Three Days Grace Singers Share 3 Favorite Bands of 2025
Having just celebrated Three Days Grace for their 2025 Rock Album of the Year Alienation, we recently asked singers Adam Gontier and Matt Walst what music and memories will reflect the year for them when they think back on 2025….
Nazareth Welcomes New Singer for Upcoming Tour Season
Nazareth has replaced the long-time singer who took over in 2015 after their late founding frontman Dan McCafferty retired. “Carl Sentance and Nazareth have come to a parting of the ways,” co-founding bassist Pete Agnew said in an official statement,…
Wolfgang Van Halen Shares Excitement for 2 Upcoming Albums
The mammoth mastermind Wolfgang Van Halen is genuinely thrilled about two specific upcoming new albums that will be released in early 2026. Loudwire named the title track from Mammoth’s latest album The End as the Best Rock Song of 2025…
Marty Supreme Feature Excites Peter Gabriel
Marty Supreme is one of the most talked-about films of the year, and attentive classic rock fans will recognize Peter Gabriel’s 1982 song “I Have the Touch” in the movie. Released on the singer’s fourth solo album, the track was…
Vinnie Vincent Responds to Critics of His Song Prices
Vinnie Vincent had some harsh words for the “fucking babies” who criticized the steep price of his upcoming new music. The former Kiss guitarist announced his plan to release “Ride the Serpent,” the lead single off his long-gestating solo album Judgement Day Guitarmageddon. Each…
Spotify Responds to Reported Music Piracy Issues
Spotify has taken action after reports emerged that a group scraped its library with plans to make it publicly available as a “preservation archive.” Reports surfaced early Monday (Dec. 22) that a “pirate activist group” had scraped metadata from Spotify’s…
Bikini Kill Singer’s Inspiration for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
Here’s how Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna came up with Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” song title. Interestingly, Kurt Cobain didn’t actually create the phrase that became the name of the song — which ultimately propelled grunge from a fledgling…
Peter Criss Offers New Album Downloads for $1,000
Peter Criss really doesn’t want you to buy his new album digitally. The former Kiss drummer has put his brand-new self-titled solo album for sale at industry-standard prices for vinyl ($33) and compact disc ($15), but has set the download…
The Best Prog Rock Songs of 2025: Top 11 Picks
Here are the 11 best prog rock songs of 2025! Elsewhere in recapping the year’s best in prog, Loudwire rummaged through both the best progressive metal albums and best progressive metal songs of 2025, as well as the best progressive…
Jack White Criticizes Trump for Remarks on Rob Reiner’s Death
The shocking death of This Is Spinal Tap actor-director Rob Reiner has stirred up a lot of emotion, and Jack White has called out President Trump after the politician used the somber occasion to insinuate that Reiner’s vocal opposition to…
38 Special Announces 2026 Tour for First LP in Two Decades
38 Special has announced a dozen initial concert dates for 2026 in support of their recently released album Milestone. They will perform multiple shows in Illinois, Georgia, and South Dakota, with additional concerts scheduled in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, among…
20 Rock and Metal Bands That Reunited in 2025
Was 2025 the year of the rock and metal reunion? It certainly seems as though that was the case as some of the biggest names in heavier music managed to set aside past issues and find their way back to…