There’s no need to dwell on the well-known details, but suffice to say that rock, metal, punk and alternative music of all stripes has been floored by the events of the past few months. When we attended live shows back in early March, none of us could have foreseen that those would be the last times we’d enjoy that communal experience for a while. We likely didn’t appreciate it fully either, but as with all good things, only when it’s gone do you realise how much you need it in your life.
The knock-on effects of everything that’s happened since then has understandably left a lot of people in despair and feeling defeated. But – whisper it – as the days and weeks go by, some green shoots of optimism are beginning to spring through again. Rather than get bogged down in the negatives, we figured we’d highlight some of the positive ways in which we can all contribute to the rebuild job of getting rock music back on its feet. In the spirit of being the change you wish to see in the world, here are some simple things we can all consider doing, in our bid to help get the world back to something approaching the one we all knew and loved before…