“Before I started doing our ‘Curious Creatures’ podcast with Budgie, I was thinking about doing this other podcast,” says the Cure co-founder/drummer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Burke Shelley, singer and bassist of the hard rocking Welsh group Budgie, has died at the age of 71. "It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my father, John Burke Shelley. He passed ...

Welsh trio Budgie may not have been as successful as Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin, but they influenced everyone from Metallica and Iron Maiden to Soundgarden and Steve Albini. In 2004, helium-voiced ...

We’ve all been there: you meet an old friend for lunch, you reminisce, you get on famously, and before you part, you make commitments to stay in touch. And you go home, and years pass before you see ...

Cartoons have us believing certain pet combos can't work. Whether it's instincts or genetic predispositions (like predators and others prey), we're hardwired to think some animals can't coexist. Tessa ...