We're a little over a month away from the release of The Alchemist and Budgie's The Good Book Vol.2 project, and we finally get a taste with their first single off the collaboration. The two musicians ...

The post R.I.P. Burke Shelley, Budgie Singer-Bassist Dies at 71 appeared first on Consequence. Burke Shelley, the singer and bassist of the influential Welsh metal band Budgie, has died at the age of ...

John Burke Shelley, the bassist and lead singer for Welsh heavy metal band Budgie, has reportedly died at the age of 71. “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my father, John Burke ...

Burke Shelley, founder and frontman of pioneering hard rock/proto-metal band Budgie, has died at age 71. His daughter Ela Shelley broke the news, writing, “It is with great sadness that I announce the ...

Ray Phillips, drummer with pioneering heavy metal band Budgie, recalled how Metallica’s cover of their song “Breadfan” saved him from financial disaster. The Welsh band released the original track on ...

Several notable members of the rock and metal community gave their respects to Burke Shelley following the musician's death on Monday (Jan. 10) at age 71. Shelley was the lead vocalist, bassist and co ...

Whether it be about politics in metal, the role of metal in the mainstream, or whether something counts as metal at all, metalheads find no shortage of things to argue about. Another argument that ...