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“We were rebels: ‘Hate us, we don’t care.’ But the more critics hated us, the more kids started showing up at shows”: The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band

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Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey

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Amen frontman Casey Chaos dead at 54

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Amen's Casey Chaos – aka Karim Chmielnski – also worked with Christian Death and a string of other projects

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20h ago

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“We drank a lot because of the blow and we got blown a lot because we drank a lot”: The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks

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The drugs really were working for Aerosmith on 1976’s classic Rocks album

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22h ago

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“We wanted to look like something never before seen in heavy metal. What would be wilder than denim and leather? Animal fur!” How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England

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Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England

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“People have slammed Bohemian Rhapsody but who can you compare it to? Tell me one group that’s done an operatic single?”: The epic story of A Night At The Opera, the album that turned Queen into superstars

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In 1975, Queen were an ambitious band hungry for superstardom – and then they released their fourth album, A Night At The Opera, and monster hit single Bohemian Rhapsody. Former Melody Maker journalis

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8h ago

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“Crowds would get agitated as soon as they heard Slash’s intro riff”: Duff McKagan on the making of a Guns N’ Roses classic

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How a song about the “hardscrabble lives” of the fledgling rockers became a timeless rock anthem

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8h ago

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Early career advice given to Linkin Park included a choreographer suggesting they incorporate a "gimmick" in which they would kick off a shoe onstage. Yes, seriously.

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Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda recalls the wild shoe-related choreography tips the band wisely rejected

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