Brian vander ark

SINCE FOUNDING BIG Wreck in the early Nineties, Ian Thornley has filled his band’s songbook with arena-conquering melodies, Led Zeppelin-hailing heft and some of the most super-heroically knuckle-bust

With solo projects, other bands and a massive Creed reunion between them, there were whispers that Alter Bridge might be on the way out. Instead they regrouped, faced the dark side of our times, put their foot on the gas and recorded a brilliant new album.

A key figure in 70s pub rock is back with more songs “about politics or idiots with fingers on buttons”.

The Black Stone Cherry frontman on his band’s new EP, the creative inspiration of dogs and battling Darth Vader…

Mrs. Robinson

Meet the 21st-century power trio who might just cause an out-of-nowhere explosion.