Day in Rock Part 2

The Strokes Release 'Threat Of Joy' Video

Speaking on Swedish radio, Ulrich says: "A lot of people ask me about the presence of anger in my creative process. A lot of people that play rock grew up in broken homes, with problematic and rebellious relationships with their parents and their surroundings. I never had one of those.

"What fuelled me towards harder rock was the energy, the sense of belonging to something greater. Anger and hostility was never a driving force."

We Care A Lot hasn't been commercially available since 1996 but will be reissued on August 19 via Koolarrow Records, and features a remaster of the original album along with alternative mixes, demos and live cuts.

The band have been heavily involved in the reissue after Gould discovered the original master tapes in his basement. And the bassist reveals listening back to the record again reveals moments he had completely forgotten about.

He tells EonMusic: "I'm just really happy that we're putting it out ourselves the way we want it to be. Keyboardist Roddy Bottum wrote a bunch of liner notes that are awesome.

"It was a different world back then, and we were different people. We even had a different singer, and a different guitar player, and people don't realise that this band goes back a long way.

"I didn't even realise until I heard the music. It was like, 'Oh my god, I forgot we were like that too.' And you can even hear what we are now in that back then - the beginnings of it, so to me it's really interesting."

And despite the shock of her exit from Nightwish a decade ago, Turunen says everything has worked out for the best. She tells Metal Hammer: "Everything is different nowadays. I have a career, I have my audience, and a life as an artist. I can also be free. It's unbelievable to be able to choose things, or choose how to do things, and with whom to work. That freedom is something I would never give away."

And he describes drummer Tommy Aldridge as "a living legend." Hoekstra says the band benefit from Coverdale's support and adds that he was touched when the singer name-checked him while being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this year with Deep Purple.

Hoekstra tells Metal Rules: "David is great professionally and personally. He is very straightforward with what he wants with the band. On a personal level, I think he is really supportive of his players and loves to build us up. He even mentioned me by name during his Hall Of Fame induction, that's huge. It is very much appreciated as a guy who is still looking to make a name for himself.

"There are not many guys that can balance being a funny and witty guy then the next minute telling you stories about working with Jimmy Page or Ritchie Blackmore. I don't take it for granted, same goes with Tommy, no disrespect to anyone else but he is such a legend on the drums.

Eckerstrom tells Metal Hammer: "I've received letters from people saying, 'Your music saved my life.' If you've been through something where staying alive became hard, then you are the survivor - you're the one who fought and lived to tell.

"Soundgarden is in the middle of writing songs," Cornell tells the Hartford Courant. "After this tour the songs will become real and we'll put an album out. There's much more to Soundgarden. I get to play with my band and I get to go solo. It's great for me."

Belladonna tells Metal Wani: "It's just me and Jay Ruston in the studio and it's awesome to be able to do a record that way. With nobody there, that's my favourite thing. No-one interjecting what I'm doing.

"Long ago I never even got to the next thing that I could have without having someone interfering. Sometimes that's a good thing, but a lot of the time it's tough.