Brandon John

Editor of Tone Deaf until 2017, Brandon then wrote gaming and music news for The Brag Media. He now leaves the writing to the next wave of journos, but you'll still find him in the shadows of his favourite Melbourne venues.

“Guitars are going extinct” – QOTSA open up about the state of rock music

With rock losing its crown as America's favourite genre, QOTSA share their worries over the genre's future, but also their hopes it can turn things around.

The Aussie initiative helping artists kick-start their music careers

There's a great new program helping our next crop of talent get their foot in the door of the Australian music industry, and have their music heard.

GWAR slay American Authors singer onstage at Vans Warped Tour

The most brutal stage invasion ever sees a pop-rock singer meet his bloody end

We can honestly say that we've never seen a band have their singer slaughtered by a gang of alien barbarians before... but we'd like to see it again.

Watch an awesome doco about the 12yo son of Metallica’s Robert Trujillo touring with Korn

Narrated by Robert Trujillo and shot by Korn's videographer, this has got to be one of the coolest rock 'n' roll stories of all time.

The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood opens up about his cancer battle: “I shouldn’t be here”

The guitarist has now opened up about the sudden battle with lung cancer that has overshadowed the last year of his life.

Neil Young is finally dropping his unreleased studio album from 1976

Recorded at the peak of his powers, Neil Young's new LP 'Hitchhiker' will bring us unheard tracks straight from the mid-seventies.

Die Antwoord release an insane trailer for their new TV series

Die Antwoord's boundary-pushing videos have all built towards a new show called 'South African Ninja, and you can watch the trailer now.

Chris Cornell's daughter Toni performs live

Watch Chris Cornell’s daughter perform ‘Hallelujah’ in an emotional tribute

Toni Cornell has performed a special tribute to both her father and Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, after both took their own lives this year.

Elton John expands his 2017 Aussie tour

Sir Elton's tour will see him skip the usual touring spots and hit up regional areas like Wollongong and Cairns - and the tour just got bigger.

Opportunists sell memorial items from Chester Bennington’s funeral on ebay

What began as a wonderful way to remember the late singer and his monumental career, ended up being listed on ebay for tens of thousands of dollars.

Listen to Motörhead’s heartbreaking unreleased cover of Bowie’s ‘Heroes’

One of Lemmy's final recordings before his passing, the newly-revealed track is taken from the band's upcoming covers album Under Cöver.

Like A Version brings us a lovely cover of ‘Say Something Loving’ by The xx

U.S. singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers made her way into the triple j studios this morning to deliver a tender cover of the Splendour headliners' huge hit.

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