Frumpy

Henry Rollins examines Jon Savage’s oral history of the post-punk band.

Pioneering guitarist and progenitor of surf rock with “Let’s Go Trippin'” and “Miserlou” inspired generation of musicians

Shannon & The Clams

Pixies

Courtney Barnett

Great hard-driving rock song by Alyxx.

There’s hardly anything in history that can touch the epic accomplishments of this fearsome foursome.

“Recently found in an unmarked box at a Southern California estate sale, taken in and around the landscape of Savannah, Georgia and Clearwater, Florida, the photographer remains unknown” - Found: Rolling Stones

I love writing about Kiss. I love it too much, probably. I’ve written about this band semiconstantly for the past 20 years, sometimes for reasons that weren’t justified and sporadically with motives that weren’t justified and intermittently with logic that wasn’t justified. But Kiss go into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow, so today I’m Timothy Olyphant.

"We looked at that evening as a night that may never happen again," says Dave Grohl. "That's what made it so powerful"

Metallica didn’t exactly make an auspicious arrival. Danish émigré Lars Ulrich – a devotee of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal – took out an advert in South California newspaper The Recycler at the end of 1980, looking for likeminded metalheads to start a band influenced by Iron Maiden, Diamond Head and the Tygers Of Pan Tang. James Hetfield answered the ad and, after a false start, drummer Lars and guitarist/vocalist James forged what was to become a legendary partnership.

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page says it's "definitely time" for him to get a band together and go on stage again.

I took the original recordings and replaced the guitars with ukulele's

"He's just playing games."

Led Zeppelin are to be sued by Spirit bassist Mark Andes over iconic track Stairway To Heaven's similarity to a piece released by his band three years earlier.

A band called Spirit are attempting to block the track's re-release after claiming their late guitarist Randy California should be given a writing credit on the 1971 track.

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has reignited the controversy over drummer Bill Ward’s absence from their reunion by saying his former colleague wasn’t well enough to take part.

Courtney Love opened her UK tour last night and here’s what we learned:

"The" has risen and fallen in popularity among band names over the years. But its presence or absence always says something about a group's music, members, and relationship with history.

Perfect.

It's due on May 25, 2015.

From the album “Physical Graffiti”

Revolutionary technology sparks first official video for Bob Dylan's “Like a Rolling Stone”

The band's founding guitarist passed away in 2013.

Zippo are giving you the chance to attend the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2015 as a VIP on the evening of Thursday June 11 – and then go VIP to Download Festival for the weekend.

Russian activists Pussy Riot will promote their human rights campaign at Glastonbury 2015 with a slot from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina.

Is this the end of the road for the geek-rock gods?

Queen released a reworked ballad version of Freddie Mercury's "Love Kills" on their 2014 album "Queen Forever." I fell in love with the song and have been playing it on repeat for the last few days, so I wanted to share it.

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Famous for its live jams, the band also benefited from spontaneity in its business dealings — especially once it realized fan loyalty could be used to create new fans.

After five months of build-up, Fare Thee Well - Celebrating 50 Years Of Grateful Dead began at Soldier Field in Chicago on Friday.