A NEW documentary to be screened tonight will credit a ’60s heavy metal band from Cardiff as influencing the legendary long-haired likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Boot was only in the band for one album, 1974's In For The Kill, and was replaced that year by Steve WIlliams. Then, in 1976, Budgie signed to A&M and released two further albums.

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 ...

We’re sad to report that former Budgie guitarist John Thomas has passed away at age 63. As one of the earliest bands which inspired heavy metal, Welsh band Budgie is one of the genre’s most ...

When Budgie, the former drummer in post-punk outfits Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Slits, was a touring member of John Grant’s live band in late 2018, he used a day off in Los Angeles to ...

Budgie (real name: Peter Edward Clarke) is the former drummer in the English post-punk band Siouxsie & The Banshees, in which he performed from 1979 to 1996.

Budgie’s classic sound evokes a hybrid of Black Sabbath and Rush. Budgie’s first three albums were produced by Rodger Bain, who also produced Sabbath’s first three.

Do you know about the rock band that Ozzy Osbourne initially wanted to hire for his post-Black Sabbath band Blizzard Of Ozz?

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The Cure's Lol Tolhurst, Siouxsie and the Banshees' Budgie on the true origins of Goth: 'We weren't sitting in the school playground with a Ouija board trying to summon up spirits' "Music weeklies ...

As part of Big In Japan, The Slits, Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Creatures, Budgie (born Peter Clarke) was one of the stand-out drummers of the post-punk era. His forthcoming memoir, The Absence, ...

Lol Tolhurst and Budgie have performed a trance-flavoured live version of The Cure’s ‘A Forest’ – check out the footage below.