At a secret location in Cardiff, SUPER FURRY ANIMALS have reconvened for their first interview together in over a decade. The reasons? An upcoming tour and the reissue for one of their most beloved albums, Love Kraft . Cue, then, 30 years’ worth of irrepressible anecdotes, covering “ambient space guitar”, Spanish petrol stations, coconuts in Rio, bankruptcy, sampling Steely Dan, altercations with the E Street Band, Japanese TV shows and more. Their conclusions..? “We couldn’t do formula if we tried,” they tell Tom Pinnock

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Run-ins with riot police, pyro to rival Rammstein and a show at the Sydney Opera House – here’s how five surfer dudes put Aussie metal on the map

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Live and “on fire”.

It’s been four years since former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison died – but two of his bands are determined to keep his music alive with new albums