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THE STORY BEHIND
How a Top 50 hit inspired by a comedy sketc
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
Spinal Tap guitarist/vocalist David St. Hubbins takes your questions on The Four Horsemen, Sabrina Carpenter and kiss cams
SLASH WAS THERE when, in the aftermath of Guns N’ Roses’ 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction, the band suddenly exploded onto a chaotic arc from Sunset Strip hopefuls to one of the biggest, mos
Hot Wax always started the same way: Suzanne in the driver’s seat of a butter-yellow ’68 Ford Ranchero fondly known as Blondie. The car is a character in the book as much as anyone else – Suzanne’s on
Top 20 albums, headlining arenas and that Taylor Swift cover – post metalcore crew I Prevail are dragging heavy music back into the mainstream
DON’T LET THE finality of The End fool you. Despite the connotations of the title of Wolfgang Van Halen’s third and latest album as Mammoth, the hard rocker’s thrilling new era has only just begun. Wh