Broadcasting legend Johnnie Walker dead at 79
The death of Johnnie Walker has been announced by his BBC Radio colleague Bob Harris
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Former Skid Row singer Erik Grönwall has taken Europe's euphoric anthem The Final Countdown and made it "slow and dark"
Happy New Year!
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Slayer’s Kerry King names metal’s most overlooked guitarist
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Peter Gabriel pays heartfelt tribute to 'the rock'n'roll president' Jimmy Carter
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Made famous by The Doors, the historic Morrison Hotel has been destroyed by fire
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Scott Ian reveals which song got Anthrax banned from MTV
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The people behind Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown are planning a Syd Barrett movie
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Myles Kennedy talks new Slash and the Conspirators album
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Megadeth are working on their next studio album
Sounds like Dave Mustaine’s thrash icons won’t take another six years to release their next album…
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