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An oral history of Incubus’ Make Yourself: “Instead of falling into some subgenre of rock, we created our own”

Incubus’ Brandon Boyd and Mike Einziger reflect on how their landmark album Make Yourself changed their lives forever…

“It’s about the journey of searching for happiness”: Inside Brutus’ Unison Life

Locked down with their lives on pause, Belgian post-hardcore trio Brutus used the forced downtime as an opportunity to search for the true meaning of happiness with their new album, Unison Life…

We must support protestors taking direct action to save our future

In recent weeks, Just Stop Oil campaigners have been making headlines with their soup-covered direct action. But more than just a publicity stunt, these activists are bringing vital conversations to the frontline by any means necessary.

In pictures: The faces of When We Were Young fest 2022

Headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore, Las Vegas’ inaugural When We Were Young was a massively fun dose of nostalgia. Here’s how festival-goers proved that it’s really not a phase…

Taylor Momsen: My life in 10 songs

Songwriting kept The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen sane through even the most chaotic of times. Here, she guides us through the tracks that waymarked her journey…

Asylums’ track-by-track guide to new album Signs Of Life

From becoming a father to recording in his pyjamas, Asylums’ Luke Branch unpacks the writing and recording process for fourth album Signs Of Life.

In pictures: Sum 41, Simple Plan and Cassyette’s massive London show

Sum 41 brought their Does This Look All Killer No Filler tour to a triumphant end in London on Friday night with Simple Plan and Cassyette – here’s what it looked like…

“I don’t consider it to be our proudest moment”: The story of Foo Fighters’ One By One

In which the Foo Fighters survive near-death, head-turning distractions and studio bust-ups before rediscovering their spark and delivering one of their biggest-ever hits…

PVRIS: “There’s this push and pull between doom and joy, hate and love…”

As PVRIS return with two new singles and a new home at Hopeless Records, Lyndsey Gunnulfsen reflects on 12 months away from the limelight, and how taking the time to reflect has created a “dynamic” and “versatile” new era…

10 reasons why you need Pinkshift in your life

Ahead of the release of debut album Love Me Forever, Pinkshift look set to explode. Why do you need them in your life? Here’s punk’s most exciting new band tell you, in their own words…

Kid Bookie: The 10 songs that changed my life

From Nirvana to Radiohead to Busted, Kid Bookie opens up his record collection and pulls out some unexpected gems…

In pictures: Corey Taylor’s career-spanning show at London’s iconic Palladium

From Wait And Bleed and Snuff to… the SpongeBob theme tune, Corey Taylor brought all the hits to his headline show at beautiful London theatre The Palladium.

“I got punched in the face in a hockey fight”: 13 Questions with We Came As Romans’ Dave Stephens

We Came As Romans vocalist Dave Stephens faces 13 Questions – from new album Darkbloom to weird rumours, cooking skills and getting competitive on the ice…

LostAlone’s Steven Battelle: “To a lot of people, I probably am living a certain kind of dream… I can’t not do this”

As their 2022 comeback continues – from supporting My Chemical Romance to releasing excellent new album The Warring Twenties – Steven Battelle reflects on LostAlone’s incredible underdog story so far…

Scene Queen: “If there’s not a door that’s open for me, I have the full ability to kick it open”

Want something to upset the imbalance in music? Meet bimbocore pioneer Scene Queen, here to kick open doors, fight old attitudes, and crown herself rock’s new royalty…

“I got fried-chickened at the chicken joint!”: 13 Questions with Wednesday 13

From aspiring to be an action hero to popping his bicep at the fried chicken joint, horror-punk icon Wednesday 13 takes a stab at Kerrang!’s 13 Questions…

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