What’s occurring, punk rock nation? The mosh pits are boiling, the reviews are flying, and the safety pins are back out. But the big question hanging over the punk scene in 2025 isn’t whether you can pogo at your age—it’s whether the Sex Pistols fronted by Frank Carter are a glorious revival or a shameful […]
🪓 Intro: When Blocks Meet Riffs What’s occurring, mun? If someone had told me back in the days of blowing up Creepers and digging straight down (rookie mistake) that one day we’d get a Jack Black and Dave Grohl rock anthem for a Minecraft movie, I’d have laughed, spilled my pint, and called them daft. […]
Foreigner have been the soundtrack to countless pub jukeboxes, wedding discos, and late-night singalongs since the mid-70s. Their mix of hard rock grit and arena-ready ballads made them stadium fillers back in the day, and even now they can still sell out venues faster than you can shout Cold As Ice. But here’s the kicker: […]
📰 The Shocker – Mac’s Odd Couple Reunite Fleetwood Mac fans nearly fainted into their vinyl collections this week when the news broke: Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood are recording together again. Yes, the same pair who once couldn’t share a stage without passive-aggressive glares and legal papers are now back side by side, swapping […]
🎤 The Snider Snarl – Dee Being Dee If there’s one man in rock who never shuts up (and we love him for it), it’s Dee Snider. Blonde mane, banshee scream, and more opinions than Greggs has sausage rolls, the Twisted Sister frontman has made a second career out of telling it how it is. […]
🎬 Stephen Graham – The Actor Who Feels Like One of Us Stephen Graham isn’t just an actor – he’s one of those rare talents who feels real. Born in Kirkby, Liverpool, his career has always had that gritty northern edge. Whether he’s playing the terrifying Combo in This Is England, a hard-as-nails copper in […]
Alright butt, strap yourself in – and maybe crack a window – because The Riff Report is about to dive headfirst (or cheeks-first 💨) into The Darkness’ brand-new single “Hot on My Tail.” Yes, the glam-rock kings of ridiculousness have gone and done it again: they’ve written a romantic rock anthem about farting during a […]
Oi oi, butt! Just when you thought you’d seen the last of Gene’s tongue and Paul’s glitter-drenched chest hair, KISS have only gone and done it again. After ending their End of the Road World Tour with a grand, mascara-running farewell at Madison Square Garden on December 2, 2023, the hottest band in the world […]
What’s occurring, mun? After a six-year drought, A Thousand Horses are finally saddling up and galloping back into the UK — and they’re bringing along the bluesy riff beasts These Wicked Rivers for the ride. Tidy! 🎶 The Big Return The Nashville-bred southern rockers haven’t played a proper UK headline show since 2019. Six long […]
A nostalgic (and slightly teary-eyed) tour of the defunct, the dearly departed, and the downright missed… INTRO: A TOAST TO THE GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN 🍻 Once upon a mosh pit, before algorithms ruled our playlists and every festival had “sponsored hydration zones,” there existed chaotic, rain-soaked, cider-fuelled utopias of music, madness, and mayhem. These […]
Well butt, here’s one we didn’t see coming. Rock legend Neil Young – the man who gave us protest anthems like Ohio and Rockin’ in the Free World – has pulled the plug on his planned free concert in Ukraine, just days before it was meant to happen. The gig, announced earlier this year as […]
The Demon Goes Silent… For Once Gene Simmons – the man whose tongue could reach the Valleys and whose ego could fill the Grand Canyon – has done something shocking. No, not spitting blood on stage, not licensing KISS-branded coffins (yes, those exist), and not suing an ice cream van for using “Rock and Roll […]
We really miss you, butt… 🖤 Let’s not sugar-coat it — Chester Bennington was a once-in-a-generation talent. Voice like thunder, heart like a lion, and a scream that could split your soul in two. Since he left us in 2017, the world’s felt a little quieter, a little less real. But there are still so […]
Guns N’ Roses have never exactly been known for stability. From on-stage bust-ups to bandmates disappearing for decades, Axl’s circus has always been as unpredictable as a Bridgend bus timetable. But for almost 20 years, one man has sat behind the kit, quietly (well, loudly) keeping the chaos in time: Frank Ferrer. And now? He’s […]
🖤 Breaking News – A Legend Has Fallen On 20th March 2025, rock fans woke up to the gut-punch news that Marty Callner, the man behind some of the most iconic music videos of all time, has died at 78 years old. If you grew up in the 1980s or 1990s, chances are Callner directed […]