Led Zeppelin and the birth of heavy metal!
40 years ago this week a little known British band released their eponymous debut album and single handily changed the face of music forever. That band was Led Zeppelin and the genre they subsequently spawned became known as heavy metal. In this week's Kerrang! magazine we celebrate as metal turns the big four oh.
Plus: Gallows new album and UK tour exclusive, The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon to go solo, You Me At Six man starts clothing line, Airbourne start work on new album... In a pub, Introducing Hexes and Haste The Day, Metallica rock LA and Stereophonics fail to rock London.
The All-American Rejects talk album number three, All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth faces the Random Question Generator, K! editor Paul Brannigan gives a brief history of heavy metal, the songs that changed Underoath's Aaron Gillespie's life, Ian Winwood hits the road with The King Blues, Architects get ready to break through from the underground and Inside The Mind Of former Nightwish frontwoman Traja Turunen.
And: The K! verdict on My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero's new band Leathermouth's debut album, we look back on the life and career of Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor and Mindless Self Indulgence mainman Jimmy urine tells us the last time he got high... Which was apparently never because "getting high is for hippies!"
Free posters! Featuring Black Stone Cherry, Gallows, The Gaslight Anthem, Lostprophets and The Blackout.
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