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This WWE icon once invited a fake Sammy Hagar backstage and watched him snort so much cocaine his nose bled
“There’s people trying to get in the locker room, but we’re like ‘Go, go, go!’ and he’s snorting this big line of cocaine”
Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11
Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale: “All these men were like, ‘Lose your brother, lose the band, lose your buddies – you should be in pop’”
Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens
Billy Corgan to tour to celebrate the anniversaries of three classic Smashing Pumpkins albums, but not with Smashing Pumpkins
What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness than seeing it performed by a band that's not Smashing Pumpkins?
"Seeing the audience doing Nazi salutes really wore me down, and Johnny Rotten didn’t say anything." Skunk Anansie's Skin recalls "violent" 1996 tour with the Sex Pistols
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce unique UK and European tour, split between 'rave sets' and orchestral shows
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While Kirk Hammett hails Black Sabbath as metal’s founders, Ghost’s Tobias Forge names the “neglected” aspect of their sound
As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the Birmingham four-piece are so special
Tom Morello reveals what we can expect from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning spectacular
As if we weren't already excited enough for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's final show
Nirvana exhibition to open in London this summer
Nirvana exhibition to open in London this summer
Sex Pistols' Steve Jones confesses to stealing David Bowie's microphone from a London stage before the final Ziggy Stardust show
Before he became the guitarist for the Sex Pistols, Steve Jones was an accomplished thief, as David Bowie was to discover to his cost
Swedish hardcore legends Refused announce last ever UK and European tour
"We want to come and sweat and dance with you one last time" says Dennis Lyxzen, as Refused share final tour details
A rare studio recording of Yes playing The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby has surfaced online
The recording was made two months before Yes signed their deal with Atlantic Records
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