Rock

Billy Conway, best known as the longstanding drummer for ‘90s alt-rock heavyweights Morphine, has died at age 65. Rolling Stone confirmed the news yesterday (December 20), as friend and bandmate Jeffrey Foucault – with whom Conway had toured as a duo since 2013 – told the publication that he passed on Sunday (December 19) due to

The idea of resurrecting Emerson, Lake & Palmer using hologram technology doesn’t interest Carl Palmer. He cites the Frank Zappa hologram tour as one that left him cold because it wasn’t “sincere enough.” But as the drummer tells UCR, he’s moving closer to finalizing his own concept, incorporating footage from a 1993 gig at the Royal Albert Hall

The BRIT Awards 2022 has been criticised by a number of artists, music industry insiders and fans for not including any R&B artists in its Best Pop/R&B Act category. Last month, four new genre categories were introduced to the annual award show: Alternative/Rock Act, Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Dance Act and Pop/R&B Act. After news of the new

Wolfgang Van Halen said his recent Grammy nomination helped him start writing new music after he’d lost motivation during 2020. His debut Mammoth WVH single “Distance” – a tribute to late father Eddie Van Halen – is nominated in the Best Rock Song category for 2021, with the winner to be revealed next month. In

TWICE member Sana has expressed her desire for the girl group to remain together as long as possible. In a new interview with Cosmopolitan Korea, the 24-year-old idol opened up about the act’s bond and her hopes for their future as a team. The Japanese singer also spoke about how she hoped for the group

Soon after revealing that he’d tested positive for COVID-19, Brian May detailed his battle with the illness — urging fans to take precaution as the Omicron variant continues to spread. In an Instagram video, the Queen guitarist explained that he’s been “incredibly careful” throughout the pandemic, living a “very hermit-like life.” But he suspects he

The portents weren’t good. Still reeling from a disastrous gig in New Orleans where Jim Morrison – overweight, heavily bearded and catatonically drunk – had smashed his microphone and stormed off stage during final song “Light My Fire”, The Doors assembled at their rehearsal room at 8512 Santa Monica Boulevard in December 1970 to start

SZA has shared that she will make her acting debut on a forthcoming project, details of which have yet to be announced. The R&B star told fans about the new development in her career in a recent post on her Instagram Story. “Can’t believe I got the part I wanted,” SZA wrote. “She’s an actress.”

The best reissues, box sets and archival recordings released in 2021 include a mix of live tracks, session outtakes, alternate versions and long-forgotten songs pulled from the vaults and dusted off. And while you’d think by now – decades after CDs gave the music industry new life with box sets and other expanded collections – the shelf-clearing

The debut album by the Tunisian musician Houeida Hedfi has been more than 10 years in the making. In 2011 she played percussion on a compilation album of female musicians from Tunisia, many of them linked to the Arab Spring protests of 2010 and 2011. Hedfi’s contribution was mixed by the Swedish producer Olof Dreijer

Evanescence have postponed the remainder of their 2021 tour dates after members of their touring crew tested positive for COVID. The rock outfit were set to play five more US shows as part of their tour with Halestorm, in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Newark, Camden and Worcester, but have pushed these back to January next year. “We’re

Metallica hit the stage at San Francisco’s Chase Center last night for their first of two livestreamed 40th-anniversary concerts. You can see the full set list and videos from the show below. The metal veterans took fans on a chronological tour through their entire discography, playing at least one song from all 10 of their

Suddenly everyone had somewhere else to be – at least, that’s how Air remember the playback of their second album to Virgin’s UK executives. “After about 10 minutes, they were like, ‘Oh, we have a meeting we can’t postpone,’” says Nicolas Godin. “They were in panic. It was a big disaster for them… they were

Doja Cat has revealed that she almost featured on Billie Eilish’s 2017 single ‘Bellyache’. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Doja Cat said Eilish reached out to her, inviting her to do a verse on the song that would become ‘Bellyache’. “I remember thinking it was so cute. I loved it. I just couldn’t think

Eric Clapton’s new single “Heart of a Child” was co-written with vaccine skeptic Robin Monotti. Monotti is an Italian architect and film producer who, earlier this year, published a letter from Clapton detailing the rocker’s “severe reactions” from the AstraZenaca COVID-19 vaccine. Monotti, who is an outspoken opponent to vaccination mandates and lockdown measures, later

In her 2015 memoir, Reckless, Chrissie Hynde described the pre-show ritual in the early days of her band, the Pretenders: the four of them, backstage, waiting, “like dogs at the gate”. As they took to the stage they would play Wagner’s “Ride Of The Valkyries”, then widely known for scoring a pivotal sequence in Apocalypse

Bring Me The Horizon have shared a hyperpop remix of their recent single ‘DiE4u’ – you can listen to it below. The track – which was originally released back in September – has been reworked by six impala – the genre-bending collective comprising KaTT, underscores, OMNIPONY (fka OMNI), Script, Helvetican, and newly-created member NEUTRA –

David Bowie had three studio albums to his name by the time he released Hunky Dory on Dec. 17, 1971. Still, in Bowie’s own view, this was the record that most clearly introduced him to the world. “Hunky Dory gave me a fabulous groundswell,” he told Uncut in 1999. “I guess it provided me, for

Corey Taylor has shared a few new details about Slipknot‘s forthcoming seventh album, revealing that he likes it more than their last. Speaking in a new interview with HardDrive Radio, the frontman talked about working on the band’s new material with producer “Evil” Joe Barresi (Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Nine Inch Nails) during lockdown. “When we