Brenton Harris, Journalist

"In John's view, the timing for endorsing any Sex Pistols requests for commercial gain in connection with 'God Save The Queen' in particular is tasteless and disrespectful to the Queen and her family at this moment in time. John wrote the lyrics to this historical song, and while he has never supported the monarchy, he feels that the family deserves some respect in this difficult time, as would be expected for any other person or family when someone close to them has died."

The trailer for I Wanna Dance With Somebody gives us our first look at Naomi Ackie's (Yardie, The End of the F***ing World) read on the Houston character and provides a glimpse at the stylistic approach taken by the Kasi Lemmons-directed film.

"We are deeply saddened today, as we bring the terrible news of David Andersson's passing. He was one of a kind and a brilliant man in so many ways. He was our guitarist for more than 10 years and had a big impact on Soilwork's musical journey forward. Sadly alcohol and mental illness took you away from us. We will miss him dearly and will continue to carry the musical legacy that he was a part of."

"Threads’ is about the fear of letting a relationship consume me."

"Get Wound Away is an energetic grunge song that draws inspiration from Hardcore Punk, Surf and Stoner Rock"

"It is most unlikely that I’ll ever sound like myself again. I consider myself lucky that this is not life-threatening, though the loss in my own small world is staggering."

“To us, Taipei Houston is about going against the grain in every aspect. We live in a time that is ripe with extremely difficult and confusing challenges. Technology grips the world more and more, politics have become so polarised, we are heading towards climate disaster. This music is born and bred out of the contemporary, buzzing digital anxiety we all experience, and how we can try to escape those feelings – even for a second.”

"Ovule for me is my definition of love, it is a meditation about us as lovers walking around this world, and I imagine 2 spheres or satellites following us around, one above us that represents ideal love, one below us representing the shadows of love, and we ourselves walk around in the third sphere of real love, where the everyday Monday-morning meet-in-the-kitchen-love lives in"

In celebration of the Stray From The Path record 'Euthanasia', we caught up with guitarist Tom Williams for a conversation about the artists that he believes have truly strayed from the path and created genuine change through their music.

Taylor Swift will face trial by jury in the USA in January after a judge dismissed her request to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit.