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Putting the punk in Pistol

Band camp, court battles and instrument lessons from Underworld: filmmaker Danny Boyle was determined to make sure his new TV series about the Sex Pistols was as authentic as possible. Even if meant being called “a monstrosity” by John Lydon…

Heavy Metal Truants: Meet the wholesome metalhead bicycle gang raising money for charity

As the Heavy Metal Truants prepare to set off on their annual cycle up to Download Festival, co-founder Alexander Milas explains how fundraising and metal goes hand-in-hand…

Spiritbox: “No matter how quickly you ascend to something, you still have to earn it”

Last year, we tipped Spiritbox for greatness. Now, with a debut Download set and the band’s London headline shows selling out in minutes, we caught up with them on the road in America as their dreams start to come true…

5 reasons why you have to see Meet Me @ The Altar live

Still need to catch up on Meet Me @ The Altar? Here’s Edith Victoria, Téa Campbell and Ada Juarez to explain why everyone from Mark Hoppus to eight-year-old first-time giggers love them, in their own words…

My Chemical Romance: The lost 2006 interview

When My Chemical Romance unveiled The Black Parade, Kerrang! had the world exclusive on what would make them the biggest band on Earth. We’ve uncovered a never-before-seen interview with Gerard Way from a time when he was growing into his role as the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned…

Bay Watch: Field Of Flames

Field Of Flames vocalist Justin on getting heavy, being straight-edge, and why the band will always believe in the California hardcore scene…

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes: “We want to be progressive; we want to be weird; we don’t want to be a regular band”

Headlining Reading & Leeds. Creating their own festival in Malta. Doing the BRITs with Ed Sheeran. Bring Me The Horizon are somehow continuing to expand their frontiers. As they get going on the biggest year of their lives, Oli Sykes looks at how the band took on their final form, and why they can do whatever they want…

From Mike Patton to Iron Maiden: The icons who inspired Zeal & Ardor

Zeal & Ardor’s take on black metal is an eclectic melting pot. But what inspires the broad church of noise? Mainman Manuel Gagneux reveals the musical heroes that guide him…

Anarchy In The UK: How Myanmar punks The Rebel Riot made history

In 2017, The Rebel Riot attempted the practically unthinkable: they were to become the first Burmese band ever to tour the UK. Now, in new feature-length No Spicy No Fun, their incredible story is documented – and it not only sees a band living out their wildest dreams, it spreads an important message about the power of punk…

The rise of Bullet For My Valentine, as told through their most important gigs

Supporting Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and Iron Maiden? Check. Performing while jumping out of a helicopter? Sure thing. Bullet For My Valentine have done it all – and Matt Tuck has got the stories to tell…

Bay Watch: ZULU

In the next instalment of our Bay Watch series, ZULU’s Anaiah Lei reflects on “changing up” the standard hardcore sound, working on a debut album, and why he’ll always dance whatever way he wants…

Skin: “We offer solace. At a Skunk Anansie gig, people can be themselves, be free…”

From the minute Skunk Anansie emerged in the ’90s, Skin was an immediate icon. Ultra-cool, fearless, angry when required, and with a truly incredible voice, she remains one of the most brilliant stars British rock has ever produced, and her band one of the most enduring. Here, she looks back on their journey, including dinners with Nelson Mandela, battling racism, and starting in “a cesspit”…

Terror’s Scott Vogel: “I was pissed off and a little bit lost, and when I found hardcore it gave me a place to belong”

Terror frontman Scott Vogel has been a hardcore punk mainstay for more than 20 years. In celebration of their new album Pain Into Power, he talks growing up, how he’s no longer a “maniac”, and how turning off social media cured his writer’s block…

Malevolence’s Alex Taylor: The 10 songs that changed my life

From Hatebreed and Killswitch Engage to the Fugees and T2, Malevolence’s Alex Taylor likes to spin all sorts…

“People turn up expecting to see one of the greatest shows of their lives”: How My Chemical Romance took over the UK

Right from the start, the UK fell in love with My Chemical Romance. And they with us. Fittingly, our fair isle became the site of many of their greatest victories, from Brixton to headlining Reading & Leeds. We look back at how New Jersey’s finest built their empire on British soil…

13 of the best songs about bad luck

In honour of Friday the 13th, here are 13 songs about when fortune frowns on you. Watch out for those black cats!

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