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Shock rock legend Alice Cooper has thrown his leather-gloved support behind the campaign to finally get Iron Maiden inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – and honestly, about time mun! Cooper, who himself was inducted back in 2011, said it’s “criminal” that Maiden haven’t been recognised yet, calling the British metal titans “one of the most influential...

Rumours have been swirling louder than a Marshall stack at full tilt – whispers that Toto guitar wizard Steve Lukather might be laying down licks for a mysterious new Van Halen album. 🚨 But Lukather, never one to mince words, has stepped up to set the record straight. Speaking out on the speculation, he laughed off the idea, calling it...

Geordie pride met rock ‘n’ roll thunder at Wembley this weekend as AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson lent his legendary pipes to a rousing video package celebrating Newcastle United’s Carabao Cup triumph. 🎤⚫⚪ The short film, brimming with black-and-white passion and that trademark Brian growl, aired just before kick-off at Wembley, sending Toon Army fans into absolute overdrive. Imagine hearing “Back...

Tragic news rocks the Rush family once again 💔🥁 Tragedy has struck the Peart family for the second time. Danny Peart, the younger brother of the late Neil Peart – legendary drummer and lyricist of Rush – has died after battling the very same aggressive brain cancer (glioblastoma) that took Neil’s life in 2020. The heartbreaking news was shared by...

Iron Maiden fans are used to the band pulling off mad stunts – flame-throwers, Eddie stomping across festival stages, Trooper beer fuelling hangovers worldwide – but this one takes the in-flight meal tray. The band have officially launched luggage tags made from the actual fuselage of Ed Force One, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet that frontman and licensed pilot Bruce...

“Shapes of things before my eyes…” – and what shapes they were! From Clapton to Beck to Page, The Yardbirds weren’t just a band—they were a bloody sonic boot camp for guitar gods. Strap in, butt, we’re going down the psychedelic-blues rabbit hole with the most iconic, fuzz-laden Yardbirds tracks ever to melt a vinyl needle. 🤘 1. For Your...

Posted by The Riff Report Blog – where riffs reign, pyro rules, and we ain't afraid of a little glitter with our growls. 🚀🎸 Alright butt, strap in for a wild ride through pyro, leather, ridiculous costumes, and just enough double-kick pedal to make your nan cry into her sherry! 🍷🔥 Here’s Every Metal and Rock Band That’s Ever Competed...

Now this one hurts, mun. Two absolute prog-rock legends — Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee — had agreed to join the mighty Black Sabbath onstage at their Villa Park 2025 gig. Just imagine it: Geezer Butler locking in with Geddy, Tony Iommi trading riffs with Lifeson, and Ozzy probably forgetting what day it is but still screaming “Let’s go...

🎸 Loud, overlooked & criminally underplayed – let’s fix that! Metal’s a big ol’ beast, innit? With titans like Metallica, Slipknot and Maiden hogging the limelight (and the festival lineups), it's easy to miss the bands tearing it up just outside the mainstream. Some of these lads and lasses are slogging it out in sweaty clubs, others are dropping albums...

12. Whitesnake – 1987 (1987) By the mid-’80s, Whitesnake were basically a bluesy pub band with dreams bigger than their denim. David Coverdale had tried breaking America before, but with MTV in its spandex-and-hairspray phase, he reinvented the whole band into a slick, stadium-ready monster. What happened? A total glam-rock metamorphosis. Out went the barroom boogie, in came glossy production, power ballads, and...

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ madcap bass magician Flea is stepping away from the low-end funk thunder to make… a trumpet album. Yep, you read that right, mun — he’s blowing horn instead of minds this time. And who’s joining him? None other than Nick Cave, the Prince of Gothic Croon himself. The revelation dropped in classic Cave fashion — sideways...

Iron Maiden’s founder, bass commander, and chief galloper Steve Harris has opened up about the much-debated Blaze Bayley years — and guess what? He reckons some of the tracks from that period are among his finest work. For the uninitiated (where have you been, butt?), Blaze Bayley fronted Maiden between 1994 and 1999, stepping into the mighty boots left behind...

Up the Irons, mun! 🏴 If you thought Iron Maiden had conquered every stage on the planet, think again – this autumn, the metal legends are storming the big screen with a brand-new documentary film that promises an emotive, thunderous journey through their 50-year history. We’re talking five decades of denim, leather, riffs, Eddie nightmares, near-death tours, and stadium-slaying anthems...

What’s occurring? Metallica have just dropped one of the wildest fan treats of 2025 — a free concert experience, captured in jaw-dropping Apple Immersive Video. The catch? You’ll need to strap a £3,499 Apple Vision Pro headset to your noggin. That’s right mun, it’s free if you’ve already bought the most expensive gig ticket in the galaxy. When and where?...

Papa V Perpetua Joins Black Sabbath at Villa Park 🤘 What’s occurring, mun? Rock’s most theatrical frontman, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, has been waxing lyrical about the godfather of heavy bass riffs himself – Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath. And not just in passing either – Forge went all out, calling Geezer’s songwriting “a huge inspiration” to both him personally and...