“There was some madman running around with a meat cleaver!”: How Angus Young remembered AC/DC’s scariest gig
“I remember one night I said to the rest of the band, ‘I’m not going out there.’ The police couldn’t get in the place. There ...
Five times musicians nearly murdered someone
The creative industry is a place filled with conflicting egos. A lot of the time this results in fighting, and sometimes, ...
Tony Stevens’ rocky ride with Savoy Brown and Foghat
Despite industry woes, he loved the challenge of playing with Kim Simmonds and ‘Lonesome’ Dave Peverett, and loved Acoustic ...
Beyoncé's Grammy nominations in country categories aren't the first to blur genre lines
This year's Grammy nominations showcase several pop artists in country categories. Will country purists finally accept them?
The silliest classic rock song ever written
But sometimes a band just knows what they’re doing and can weave humour into their very being. Although classic rock is often ...
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Pitt Meadows heavy metal band looking for new members
Miles started playing the electric guitar because he thinks it is a "cool" instrument ... Logan and Miles are inspired by bands like Metallica, AC/DC, Blink 182, Green Day, and Sum 41. So far they ...
Scene Makers Q&A: How Christopher Seebeck went from karaoke to a Garth Brooks tribute band
The St. Paul-reared singer/actor also fronts a cover band that plays everything from AC/DC to Michael Jackson.
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Shihad Announce Loud Forever - The Final Tour
Shihad will play send-off headline events with special guests at Auckland's Spark Arena, Robrosa Station in Wānaka, Black Barn in Hawke's Bay, Trafalgar in Nelson and Sector 7 in Christchurch, ...
The thinking man’s (and woman’s) ‘80s heavy metal band
"When we wrote our music," Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton says, "we weren’t writing it to fit in a category or a trend.
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Across the Spooniverse: Meet Hunter and Abby, the Spoon Man and Spoon Lady at the forefront of the spoons revival
Well, one fellow is on a mission to revive the instrument. He dubs himself Hunter The Spoon Man and (inevitably) he’s found a ...
‘80s heavy metal’s smartest band returns to their roots
"When we wrote our music," Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton says, "we weren’t writing it to fit in a category or a trend." ...
An old and toxic love: so why was it so alluring?
All these memories swirled around me as I listened to Up in Smoke on Radio 4 last Saturday night. The latest episode in the Archive on 4 series, this was a sort of love letter to a dying (and deadly) ...