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Roadrunner Records held a “funeral” for nu metal in 2002 in honour of Killswitch Engage's Alive Or Just Breathing album and the footage is hilarious

To promote Killswitch Engage’s Alive Or Just Breathing, Roadrunner Records Australia put turntables and baseball caps in a coffin and buried it on camera

Metal Hammer

Is Aphex Twin's new EP named after this hardware sequencer?

The "blackbox" referenced in the EP's title appears to be the Cirklon, a powerful multi-track sequencer from Sequentix

MusicRadar

Britain’s Got Talent teen star Malakai Bayoh reaches number one with debut album

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Welsh singer and presenter Aled Jones are among those who have praised the teenager

Evening Standard

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Punk-funk legends Bush Tetras: ‘We had no rules. Song structure didn’t exist. It was nihilistic’

Danceable and politicised no wave songs made them the toast of downtown New York in the early 1980s. Having reformed, the band recall the hedonism of the age

The Guardian - UK

Here’s what you voted the greatest acoustic guitar song of all time – and the winner might be controversial

The track beat Eric Clapton’s Tears In Heaven and Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here to the top spot

Guitar World

"If you ever do that to me again, I'll kill you": the night Mark Lanegan had guns pulled on him when drug dealers thought his friend Josh Homme was a cop

One night during Lollapalooza 1996, Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan struggled to score as every drug dealer in town was convinced that his buddy Josh Home was an undercover 'narc'

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The bizarro novelty hit from 1965 that featured one of the wildest alternate tunings in guitar history

Pickwick Records specialized in elevator music and clearance-rack recordings major labels wanted to rid themselves of. One of its releases, however, was not like the others… and featured Lou Reed

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“They pelted the s**t out of them!”: The night Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and friends live on stage

In 2005, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath co-headlined Ozzfest for what should have been a dream festival tour. It became infamous for one of the most public spats in metal history

Metal Hammer

Bernie Marsden’s vintage guitar gear is officially now up for sale via ATB Guitars’ Reverb store

The Beast might be staying at the Marsden residence but his ’52 Gold Top, ’61 Telecaster Custom and ’64 ES-345 TDSV are stunning and available now

MusicRadar

“For the genius of Boygenius: three individual germanium transistor boost pedals in one single enclosure”: Nardwuar nails the ultimate indie trio gift with this custom pedal

The indie supergroup’s three band members are so close they can all share the same stompbox says the viral interviewer

Guitar World

Nineties singer given community order for smacking female police officer’s face

Antonio Di Bartolomeo, who performed as Tony Di Bart, hit Pc Jessica Howells on February 28 this year.

The Independent UK

"Make it cream, make me scream": Prepare to do the most aggressive twerking of your life to this cover of Cardi B's WAP performed in the style of Slipknot

Cardi B's 2020 single WAP (Wet Ass P***y) featuring Megan Thee Stallion has been reworked to sound like an old school "IOWAP" Slipknot banger

Metal Hammer

“You bassists who think your bass isn’t loud enough, you’re right! I always want my bass louder in the mix”: How Geddy Lee found his sound with Rush

Geddy Lee used distortion to “knit together” his live sound with Canada’s pioneering power trio

Guitar World

If you've got a lot of spare cash you can buy a 10% stake in Led Zeppelin

The sale is for the share of Led Zeppelin's rights currently owned by Helen Grant, daughter of late band manager Peter Grant

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Watch Shane Hawkins play drums on Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Black Sabbath songs with Taylor Hawkins’ cover band, Chevy Metal

The young drummer delivered a solo on Moby Dick, and the band were joined by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach

Guitar World

“It’s one of the most important instruments in rock ‘n’ roll history”: Jim Irsay names his favorite guitar from his billion dollar collection

The businessman and renowned guitar collector has been discussing the highlights of his gear haul

Metal Hammer

"Neither James nor Bruce are gonna suck your d**k for this, LOVE": Hayley Williams calls out "incel internet bros" after suggestions that Paramore's enthusiasm for touring compares badly to Metallica and Iron Maiden

Following Paramore's recent postponement of shows due to illness, Hayley Williams has received criticism from men online who think that veteran rock bands would never let sickness force them to pull live dates

Louder

JBL Tour One M2 review

The pro-audio DNA is strong in these stylish noise cancelling headphones from JBL

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Music theory 101: How to write a chord progression to fit any melody

12 steps to harmonising in your DAW

MusicRadar

Top songwriting guitar chord tricks to try

Elevate those everyday chord progressions and get your writing juices flowing with these 10 creative ideas

The Independent UK

From busking to Abbey Road, it was a dream, says viral musician on album release

Former busker Wilfy Williams has collaborated with Elbow drummer Alex Reeves on his new album, which came out on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Nothing compares to you, Sinéad

Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023), with her buzz cut, spare music and strident voice against authority, was received differently by all those who knew and loved her

The Independent UK

Singer Coco Lee mourned by fans and family at Hong Kong funeral

Singer and songwriter Coco Lee is being mourned by family and friends at a private ceremony a day after fans paid their respects for the Hong Kong-born entertainer who had international success

The Independent UK

‘She was a very good friend of mine’: Bob Geldof recalls final texts with Sinead O’Connor

Singer and activist remembered fellow Irish artist during his performance Cavan Calling festival over the weekend

The Conversation

Taylor Swift didn't just update the lyrics for Better Than Revenge – she updated her public image

We’ve all been waiting patiently (and not so patiently) for the latest in Taylor Swift’s “Taylor’s Versions”. At first, these seemed to be just re-recordings so that the pop icon could own her own music. But, as each album was released, small changes to the narrative of the album keep…

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