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(from left) Mark Gallagher, Rob "Wacko" Hunter, and John Gallagher, of the English heavy metal band Raven, pose for a group portrait at The Kabuki Theater in San Francisco, California on June 7, 1984

The thrash metal bands who deserved to make it – but didn’t

By David Konow published

For every success story like Metallica from the ‘80s metal movement, there are countless bands who didn’t make it. Some of them never gave up

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Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee pose with their Gibson ES-355 and Fender Jazz Bass

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the inside story behind the Rush reunion

By Joe Bosso published

How Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee found drummer Anika Nilles and put together the biggest reunion tour in prog rock history

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Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain performing live onstage

The recording of Nirvana's Bleach – and the band's “ultimate grunge song”

By Janelle Borg published

Recorded in four sessions in December 1988 for just $606.17, Bleach would signal the primal quality and rawness that came to define the grunge movement

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Guitarist Steve Stevens (L) and singer Billy Idol perform at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Billy Idol and Steve Stevens inducted into Guitar Center’s Hollywood Rockwalk

By Phil Weller published

They’ll be be among some prestigious players on Sunset Boulevard

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Angine de Poitrine and the Russian joke band Urin de Potrin

It turns out the fake Russian Angine de Poitrine isn’t actually a real band. Here’s what actually happened

By Phil Weller published

Footage from a Moscow show had led the internet to believe the microtonal mavericks had an imposter band

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Ben Gibbard (left) and Dave Depper of Death Cab for Cutie perform at All Points East 2024 at Victoria Park in London, England on August 25, 2024

How Death Cab for Cutie found their second act – by embracing the weird, and guitars from their past

By Jackson Maxwell published

Ben Gibbard developed the songs for their sharp and confident new album I Built You a Tower like he did in the indie icons' earliest days, power trio style – but he and guitarist Dave Depper have never been more in lockstep

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Anika Nilles of Rush performs onstage during the 2026 JUNO Awards at TD Coliseum on March 29, 2026 in Hamilton, Ontario.

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee on Anika Nilles’ rollercoaster audition for Rush's Fifty Something tour

By Phil Weller published

Their five-day session with Nilles wasn’t an audition, but it took until the last day for their doubts over a Rush reunion tour to be destroyed

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The Eagles perform live in 1977 (L-R): Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Felder and Joe Walsh

The making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California

By Bill DeMain published

How the Eagles harnessed their cresting creative powers – and resisted their appetite for destruction – to create one of rock’s all-time classics

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Left–Nuno Bettencourt performs at Lucky Strike Live on January 11, 2017 in Hollywood, California; Right–Flea performs during Pathway to Paris at Le Trianon on December 4, 2015 in Paris, France

Extreme and Red Hot Chili Peppers classics among first tracks confirmed for Guitar Hero's successor, Stage Tour

By Janelle Borg published

The game seems to be taking a page from Guitar Hero's playbook by featuring both old-school legends and more contemporary powerhouses

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A fake Angine de Poitrine performing in Moscow, and the real band performing at the Nuits Botanique music festival in Brussels on May 28, 2026.

A fake Angine de Poitrine has been passing themselves off as the real deal in Russia

By Phil Weller published

The imitators are passing themselves off as the real thing – and show just how far the band’s success has gone

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