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“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”: How one song turned the self-confessed “worst rapper in the world” into an alt-rock icon

“I knew my folk music would take off if I put hip-hop beats behind it”

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“We played a song or two, and I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to jam on some Isley Brothers?’ Nobody laughed”: Les Claypool looks back on his disastrous Metallica audition

Following the death of the sorely missed Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and co. auditioned the bassist of the then-emerging band Primus

Guitar World

Louis Tomlinson admits One Direction’s biggest hit song was ‘corny’

The pop star says he always disliked performing ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ live

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"We had friends film us and then went to bed. Imagine our surprise the next morning: we woke up and it was already viral." How one powerful video turned a group of outcasts who'd escaped war into Ukraine's biggest metal band

After fleeing war and needing a hit to keep their career going, Jinjer struck gold with a simple live video that set the internet alight

Metal Hammer

Louis Tomlinson calls One Direction number one ‘a little corny’ and uncool

The 34-year-old also spoke about his love for their song Story Of My Life.

Evening Standard

Alfie Boe releases single paying tribute to late Stone Roses bassist Mani

It comes after Mani, who also played in Primal Scream, died in November last year.

Evening Standard

‘Good old Mani played it right': Alfie Boe pays tribute to Stone Roses bassist in new single

‘Good old Mani played it right,’ sings Alfie Boe in his new single, Face Myself

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Labrinth is disillusioned with the music industry. Clearly, he’s not alone

Artists including Diplo, Dove Cameron, Natasha Bedingfield and Victoria Canal have backed the producer’s call for ‘meaningful interactions’ over ‘fake’ people

The Independent UK

"We had expected empty rooms, possibly even bottles of urine, but from the first night everyone knew the words." The sudden rise, spectacular fall and slow road to recovery of America's great lost AOR band

Despite falling record sales and changes in the musical landscape, Tyketto stayed true to their style. Now, with a new album on the way, they’re finding a new audience

Louder

“It was like, ‘Are we going to work on Peter Gabriel’s stuff or our stuff?’ Everybody said, ‘Our stuff! We just like it better’”: The American band who decided to stick to their own course… and ran aground

The ex-Genesis singer wanted them to be his backing band exclusively, leaving them to choose between his ambitions or their own

Louder

"It was like pulling teeth. Which is among the reasons why we stopped writing together." The story of the Status Quo song that ended a partnership and became a roller-coaster live classic

Forty-Five Hundred Times was the song that threw a spanner in the songwriting partnership of Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi, but it took on a life of its own, and they even extended it for royalty

Louder

"It's not a whitewash... and we don't try and hide anything." Heart's Ann Wilson confirms In My Voice documentary and screening tour

In My Voice traces Ann Wilson's journey from childhood to stardom with Heart, drawing from her personal archive of home movies, photographs and journals

Louder

“It’s clearly had a lot of thought put into making it as flexible and useful as possible”: Laney Black Country Customs Nathan East Digbeth DB-EAST review

Over a long, distinguished career,Nathan Easthas never had a signature amp. Until now… 

Guitar World

"It'll be a fat cheque!" This thrash guitarist reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death — and it's not Dave Mustaine

Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo Die By His Hand should entitle him to a cut of those sweet Metallica royalties

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Would you buy “one of the greatest rock albums of all time” from this man for $2 million?: Meet the ex-Kiss guitarist asking one lucky fan to pay to manufacture and sell his album

It’s a “classic” called Guitarmaggedon

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“All roads go back to the music we did. I worked with Bruno because he loved what I did with Amy, and as big as other records were, that is ground zero": Mark Ronson explains what made Amy Winehouse such a great musical collaborator – "she had no filter"

He also looks back on the time he brought Winehouse and Adele together for a performance at the 2008 Brit Awards

Guitar World

“Legend has it that, while recording, Clarence said, ‘Hey, I need another finger to play this chord!’” Charlie Starr on the origins of the B-Bender – and how you can play those licks without one

No B-Bender, no problem, as the Blackberry Smoke frontman shows us 9 licks for that faux pedal-steel sound

Evening Standard

Singer dies in London bus crash days before she was due to have 'life-changing' meeting with music giant

The R&B singer was rushed to hospital after the crash with a double-decker but tragically died from her injuries

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“I tried to write a love song that wasn’t corny, that didn’t sound stupid or lame the way many do. I think I succeeded”: How Talking Heads crafted the delicate beauty of This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

Both one of Talking Heads’ most out-of-character compositions and their most emotionally resonant, This Must Be the Place continues to cast its spell over listeners

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“I created the guitar parts. I was super jet-lagged and loopy, but I was able to focus, and we created the song. Natalie’s version is extremely similar”: How Paul McCartney’s guitarist Rusty Anderson helped to shape the sound of a classic ’90s hit

Plus: Rusty's early years with Van Halen, the Bangles and more

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“It’s not for the faint of heart. You need to know what you’re doing to play that guitar”: Derek Trucks reveals what it’s like to play Jerry Garcia’s record-breaking $11.56mn Tiger guitar

Trucks got the chance to put the ultimate Grateful Dead guitar through its paces during The Tedeschi Trucks Band's residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City – and he says it's a “beast”

Guitar World

“I literally cried tears of joy”: After years of searching, YouTuber finally uncovers the identity of Kurt Cobain’s mystery In Utero amp

Guitarist and YouTuber Aaron Rash has been documenting his tonal quest for four years – now he’s discovered the amp that’s been driving him crazy

Louder

"He meant so much to me." The verses on Peter Frampton's new single Buried Treasure are crafted entirely from Tom Petty song titles

Peter Frampton's first album of all-new rock material in 16 years stars Sheryl Crow, Bill Evans, H.E.R., Tom Morello, Graham Nash and Benmont Tench

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“Fans are consuming music from the artists they love in more ways than ever”: US vinyl sales hit the $1 billion mark for the first time in over 40 years

It’s the 19th consecutive year of growth

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"The numbers are going backward": New report finds that 2025 saw "no progress" for women in music

The percentage of women credited as songwriters in the Hot 100 decreased from 18.9% in 2024 to 14.5% in 2025 – a ratio of 5.8 male songwriters to every one woman

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