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 ...

Famous fan Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich paid tribute to Shelley in a touching Instagram post. By Gil Kaufman Burke Shelley, singer/bassist for 1970s Welsh hard rock band Budgie, has died at age 71.

Arriving seven years and three studio albums into Budgie's career, May 1974's ‘In for the Kill' summed up the group's current state of mind. The album, though no match for the career-best offering ...

A former heavy metal drummer struck down with Parkinson’s Disease is ready to rock again – thanks to a ground-breaking operation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Pete Boot, a member of ...

The singer of Welsh rock legends Budgie has revealed he's suffering from a life-threatening illness and has ruled out having the operation which could save him. Burke Shelley's stage career was ...

A former heavy metal drummer struck down with Parkinson’s Disease is ready to rock again – thanks to a ground-breaking operation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Pete Boot, a member of ...