The pineapple thief

AFTER SLASH AND Duff McKagan exited Guns N’ Roses in the mid-Nineties, things went kinda sideways for a bit. The band kept rolling, but it was host to a cavalcade of guitar players, from Buckethead to

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

SINCE MAKING ITS debut on October 11, 1975, NBC’s Saturday Night Live has been a pop-culture juggernaut like no other. But before becoming a weekend staple for generations of late-night viewers, creat

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

YOU! Why aren’t you clapping? COME ON!” Out of context, Brett Anderson’s genuine fury at a fan for having the audacity not to join the throng clapping along to Beautiful Ones as the main set closer of

THE FORCE FALLS DOWN Undercover in the ...