CKY: Chaos, Grit, and the Riffs That Refuse to Die

Bands don’t last this long by accident. They last because someone in the room refuses to let the thing die. CKY’s story is one of endurance — fractured eras, long gaps, reinvention by necessity rather than choice. What’s left now isn’t a band coasting on Read More …

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Saosin Are Coming Back to Australia — And Beau Burchell Is Ready to Burn It Down Again

There’s a certain kind of electricity that only exists when a band survives its own mythology — and Saosin are standing right in the middle of it. Two decades deep, scars earned, legacy intact, and somehow still swinging. Ahead of Saosin’s Australian self-titled 20th anniversary Read More …

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Dave Graney Walks Into the Velvet Night — A Dive Into His Lou Reed Tribute Tour

There’s something beautifully unhinged about watching Dave Graney — the eternal Australian shapeshifter, the man who’s worn more musical skins than most artists even dare to touch — gearing up to step into the shadow-slicked world of Lou Reed. And not as a cheap imitation, Read More …

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The Animals’ John Steel on the Final Curtain Tour – The Blueprint for Heavy Music

I usually spend my days knee-deep in distortion and blast beats — chasing the thunder of heavy music, the guttural roars and riff-laden chaos that define our world. But before there was death, doom, or distortion pedals, there was The Animals. They laid the blueprint Read More …

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Yellowcard: The Golden Echo Returns — A Killer Conversation with Ryan Key

The ghosts of Ocean Avenue never really left — they just waited for the right chord to ring out again. And now, in 2025, Yellowcard have come roaring back, dragging a generation’s heartstrings through time and memory with every note of their new album. I Read More …

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SHAVROCK Talk Debut Album Hope Found Me, Influences & Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal | Crannk Interview

Released digitally earlier this month and now available physically via Deko Records, Hope Found Me is a 12-track showcase of Shavrock’s dynamic sound. Produced by none other than Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex–Guns N’ Roses), who also laid down guest guitar solos on “Kaleidoscope” and “Amen,” Read More …

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“Deadweight 80: Grit, Riffs, and The Hair-Blowing-Back Moment

There’s a moment—if you know, you know.You stand in front of a cranked amp, you hit one note, one impossibly heavy chord—and the air splits like a crowbar to the ribs. Your hair flies back like you’re in a wind tunnel built by Satan himself. Read More …

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“Fuck You, That’s Awesome” — A Dive Into Emotion, Riffs & Realness with Brandan Schieppati

There’s a rare kind of moment when an interview turns into something more — when it stops being about the questions and becomes a shared ritual, two people unspooling memories and meaning over distorted signal and digital static. That’s what happened when I sat down Read More …

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