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"I was physically frightened: 'What danger does it pose to me and my family?!'" Tom Morello on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life

Rage Against The Machine's mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he'd been training for his whole life

Metal Hammer

“Nearly impossible to produce a bad tone”: Xotic AC Booster V2 review

Xotic revamps its classic boost pedal after 23 years – and it’s all but guaranteed to improve the relationship between your guitar and amp

Guitar World

“My guy redesigned it into a medieval weapon: he did the blood splatter, drilled spikes on the side, and added three stripes because we wear Adidas all the time”: Slaughter To Prevail’s electric guitars are as savage as their deathcore breakdowns

Guitarist Jack Simmons unpacks his wild ESP refinish, why pinch harmonic riffs are the best riffs, and how he grabbed Ronnie Radke and Babymetal to guest on the metal heavyweights’ third record

Guitar World

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Five burning questions from Triple J’s Australian Hottest 100, a ‘rare and precious thing’

How did the radio network’s Top 100 Australian Songs poll become a cultural moment and why does Triple J’s head say we should stay ‘fucking loud’?

The Guardian - AU

“I saw pyramids while listening to 2112 and I rode my bike as the street moved like water to YYZ”: Joseph Arthur’s first acid trip turned him on to the majesty of Rush

In an incident he doesn’t recommend emulating, the singer-songwriter’s appreciation for the Canadian giants was cemented – but that’s only one of four reasons he loves them

Louder

Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler reflects on ‘strangest part’ of Ozzy Osbourne farewell show

Musician recalls final gig with his late bandmate, who died weeks after Black Sabbath’s farewell show in Birmingham

The Independent UK

“It’s for the ‘big spliff’ crowd, who frankly get terrified by Dogs or The Wall”: The Pink Floyd songs that influenced final Pink Floyd album The Endless River

The biggest influence on The Endless River? Pink Floyd themselves. Here are the sounds from the band’s past that informed their 2014 release

Louder

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Watch Phil Rudd return to the stage – with several AC/DC classics and a full orchestra

Rudd returned to action at a sold-out, 13,000-capacity show in New Zealand

Metal Hammer

After Matty Healy’s Mom Shaded His Ex Taylor Swift, A Source Makes Claims About Why She Decided To Speak Out

She decided to Speak Now.

Cinemablend

Insider Drops Claims About How Selena Gomez And Benny Blanco Feel About Their Wedding Plans Supposedly Being Leaked

Security breach!

Cinemablend

Phil Collins explains why he’s in hospital and debunks hospice claims

Recent online rumors spread that the 74-year-old music legend was in hospice

The Independent UK

Drake concert cancelled due to ‘unforeseen’ travel issues

The Canadian musician was due to perform at Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena on Monday July 28, however, has had to reschedule the gig.

Evening Standard

“Grunge was taking off, and yet we were having our two biggest albums. It makes me wonder how well they’d have done had they been out in 1987”: The turbulent story of Lillian Axe, the 80s hard rock band who were too good for hair metal

Cult US hard rockers LIllian Axe should have been way bigger than they were

Louder

“If it felt like punk speed freaks, so much the better. Elvis never came up to us saying, ‘Suspicious Minds was too fast tonight’”: At the suggestion of guitar picker James Burton, Elvis set up an audition with an unlikely bass candidate – Jerry Scheff

How bassist Jerry Scheff became the core of Elvis' famed TCB Band

Guitar World

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Metal Hammer

“All those nu metal copy bands, I don’t give a s*** about”: System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian has some thoughts on being lumped in with the 90s nu metal scene

Scars On Broadway/System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian is interviewed in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

Louder

"As a transitional record, More Songs About Buildings And Food is extraordinary": Talking Heads' second album, expanded

Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food takes the existential blankness of European art-rock and filters it through a uniquely American lens

Louder

"We were sunbathing together outside of the dressing rooms": Thirty years ago, R.E.M. befriended a young British band and helped steer them on the path to greatness

The Athens, Georgia quartet had hand-picked a stellar support bill on the UK leg of the Monster tour, but there was one group to which they became mentors and friends

Evening Standard

I Was There by Alan Edwards: Behind the scenes with a Starman of rock

Exactly what you want from a behind-the-scenes music autobiography: anecdote after anecdote

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The Independent UK

Big Thief: ‘Our bassist leaving was like a divorce... the change is very significant’

INTERVIEW: Singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker and her fellow band members talk to Louis Chilton about their new album ‘Double Infinity’, the departure of longtime bassist Max Oleartchik last year, and how they stop the band from growing ‘stale’

The Independent UK

Billy Joel reveals ‘hurtful’ Elton John comment that sparked early rift

‘Piano Man’ singer said there was ‘bad blood’ between them for a while

Metal Hammer

"Ozzy would always tell me how he loved Ronnie." Vinny Appice says rumours of beef between Ozzy and Dio were untrue

Ozzy surely hated the man who replaced him in Black Sabbath, right? Nope

The Guardian - UK

‘Terrible racket’: bishop in dressing gown shuts down London choir concert

Jonathan Baker complained over noise ‘in my house’, telling stunned singers night is ‘over’

Metal Hammer

Streaming of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tracks skyrockets in wake of beloved icon's death

Spotify numbers soar after Ozzy's death as Judas Priest, Oasis and Robbie Williams pay tribute to Prince of Darkness

AAP

INXS win Hottest Aussie 100 with Never Tear Us Apart

National youth broadcaster Triple J has named 1980s power ballad Never Tear Us Apart by INXS as Australia's favourite song in its special edition poll.

Guitar World

“With Mammoth, I play an EVH prototype built by Chip Ellis at the Fender Custom Shop. Only 2 exist!” Bassist Ronnie Ficarro on taking Wolfgang Van Halen’s studio sound to the stage

Ronnie Ficarro explains the nuances of pick playing, why tone can make or break a band, and how he stumbled upon slap bass for Mammoth’s latest single

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