“We simply thought, ‘Let’s just f*cking be Green Day’”: The story of Revolution RadioWith Billie Joe Armstrong sober and Green Day enjoying a deserved Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction, it was time to get back to what the trio did best…
Kid Bookie: “I’m challenging the status quo by prodding and making people think. This is the place to practise rebellion and influence change”Born and raised surrounded by gangs and drug dealers in South London, it’s been a hard-fought battle for Kid Bookie to break free from the underbelly and make it on his own terms. Ahead of his new album Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead, we go back to his old haunts to learn just what it took to survive and how these experiences inform his music today…
From e-girl jewellery to Gremlins knitwear: The best in alternative style this monthSummer’s almost over and it’s time to reinvent your wardrobe with this month’s hottest trends and brands – from heavy-duty boots to cult classic collabs to seatbelt-inspired bags…
“Their songs helped me not only understand those feelings, but get through them”: How 1000 musicians channelled the power of Linkin Park to fund mental health supportIt was in Birmingham that Chester Bennington played his final show with Linkin Park on their One More Light tour. Seven years on, one giant band has joined together in his honour at the Utilita Arena to raise £100,000 for the Uprawr Mental Health Foundation…
“We paid someone £400 to drive to Sheffield to get a cable for Mogwai, or we were f*cked”: Kerrang!’s view from the bar at ArcTanGent 2024Averting disasters, spilling blood, engagements, bogeys, being watched “by a God”, and badgering the organisers for news on next year: here’s what we saw and heard backstage at ArcTanGent over the weekend.
Stand Atlantic: “I’m so glad I got myself back – this album literally saved me”Stand Atlantic’s WAS HERE isn’t just a record, it’s a reintroduction. Ahead of the Sydney crew’s ambitious third LP, vocalist Bonnie Fraser opens up about escaping negative relationships, rediscovering who she truly is, and why we need more unapologetic sapphic rock stars…
“Screaming, for me, is almost like rapping”: Mikael Åkerfeldt talks Opeth’s new album, The Last Will & TestamentOpeth mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt lifts the lid on the record’s dark concept, special guests, and why the growl’s returned…
Yours Truly: “Everyone goes through sh*t periods. Find some beauty in the pain”Yours Truly are made of tough stuff. With new album Toxic landing and some dream-come-true live dates scheduled ahead, they’ve proved that enduring hard times can yield the biggest rewards…
In the studio with Stand Atlantic: “This time, we ripped the Band-Aid off!”Stand Atlantic are about to drop their fourth album, WAS HERE. We caught up with Bonnie Fraser to find out how the Aussie pop-punks are getting louder, wilder and more vulnerable…
How Green Day’s ‘lost’ album put them on the path to greatness againThe album that never was, the question mark ahead of their second wind, this is the story of Cigarettes And Valentines…
FEVER 333: “I want to highlight the emotional element of existing in such a f*cking fractious and divided world”As FEVER 333 announce long-awaited second album Darker White – the follow-up to 2019 breakout STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS – we meet an exhausted Jason Aalon for a startling and brutally honest chat about the toll things have taken so far… but why the idea of positive change is something we all must desperately cling on to.
“I wanna see more sex in the mosh-pit”: Kerrang!’s view from the bar at Bloodstock 2024All the gossip, news and funny stories we picked up at Bloodstock, from Opeth, Green Lung, Mimi Barks and more…
Twin Atlantic: “The theme was, ‘Let’s make an album with the most amount of purpose we possibly can’”On their newly-released seventh LP Meltdown, Scottish rock favourites Twin Atlantic are on the form of their lives. As singer/guitarist Sam McTrusty reveals, it’s not only been achieved through an entire career of putting the work in – but with one eye on an uncertain future for the music industry: “If this is our last-ever album,” he considers, “it gives us quite an insane self-satisfaction…”
Who are Korn’s fans?We take a trip to Gunnersbury Park for Korn’s biggest-ever UK headline show to find out who their fans are, what they love about the adidas-sporting heavyweights, and why nu-metal will never die…
AEW’s Bryan Danielson: The 10 songs that changed my lifeAEW wrestler Bryan Danielson guides us through the music that made him – from Avril Lavigne to the Beach Boys and beyond!
From Dimebag to David Bowie: The icons who inspired Baroness’ Gina GleasonWhen Baroness’ Gina Gleason plays her guitar, you listen. She’s the coolest and the best. Hardly surprising, when she’s looking up to icons as rad as these…