Louder Sound 🤘 "I’ve been whipped, stabbed and had to have surgery. Most recently, I got licked on the tongue by Alice Cooper's snake." Nita Strauss shares the battle scars that shaped her into a modern guitar hero: From Alice Cooper to Demi Lovato and her own solo work, Nita Strauss has become a modern metal icon http://dlvr.it/TT5jXz LinkInBio for More 🤘 #LouderSound #heavymetal #metal

"I’ve been whipped, stabbed and had to have surgery. Most recently, I got licked on the tongue by Alice Cooper's snake." Nita Strauss shares the battle scars that shaped her into a modern guitar hero | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/nita-strauss-metal-hammer-interview-big #bandsampartists

Louder Sound 🤘 “It isn’t my fault. The band was going nowhere. I haven’t spoken to him for years – there’s nothing new to say”: How Styx finally got happy and achieved closure with their past: They’d been utilising prog rock for decades. But with 17th studio album Crash Of The Crown, they fully embraced the genre and their post-Dennis DeYoung era, and gained a new lease of life http://dlvr.it/TT5gDc LinkInBio for More 🤘 #LouderSound #heavymetal #metal

“It isn’t my fault. The band was going nowhere. I haven’t spoken to him for years – there’s nothing new to say”: How Styx finally got happy and achieved closure with their past | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/styx-crash-of-the-crown #albums #music

"I don't think there is any musician that I've worked with that has ever come close to that." How Jimi Hendrix recorded Purple Haze – on a guitar he'd never played before | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/jimi-hendrix-purple-haze #music #tracksampsingles

Louder Sound 🤘 "I don't think there is any musician that I've worked with that has ever come close to that." How Jimi Hendrix recorded Purple Haze – on a guitar he'd never played before: The story behind the song that established Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic credentials http://dlvr.it/TT5d4x LinkInBio for More 🤘 #LouderSound #heavymetal #metal

Louder Sound 🤘 "They're not gonna get anybody heavier than me, are they?" In 1971 Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was asked how he dealt with bootleggers: The BBC footage also shows Pink Floyd hearing one of their own bootlegs for the first time – and they're not happy http://dlvr.it/TT5d2D LinkInBio for More 🤘 #LouderSound #heavymetal #metal

"They're not gonna get anybody heavier than me, are they?" In 1971 Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was asked how he dealt with bootleggers | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/peter-grant-pink-floyd-bootleggers #bandsampartists #interviews

Louder Sound 🤘 "I loved the idea of playing noisy, heavy rock, but calling ourselves after something diametrically opposed to that."Nine Budgie albums you should listen to and one to avoid: Heroes to the NWOBHM – and covered by Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Iron Maiden – Welsh legends Budgie are the ultimate example of a band whose influence outshone their commercial impact http://dlvr.it/TT5ZxG LinkInBio for More 🤘 #LouderSound #heavymetal #metal

Louder Sound 🤘 "He used to do stupid things that smashed the reputation of the band. That's all over now." The frosty relationship between Saxon's Biff Byford and former guitarist Graham Oliver has thawed after more than 30 years: After all the bad chemistry and court battles, Biff Byford and Graham Oliver are no longer at loggerheads http://dlvr.it/TT5ZwL LinkInBio for More 🤘 #LouderSound #heavymetal #metal