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"Anybody who thinks they can do exactly the same thing they did 50 years ago is mad": Ian Paice on how drummers keep playing as they get older

Life is tough on drummers

Metal Hammer

Guitar Hero of the future? LiberLive C1 is the smart guitar I’ve always wanted

The LiberLive C1 smart guitar is everything this Guitar Hero fanboy ever wanted, and so much more.

Tom’s Guide

“I had a long vamp out and I played an extra few notes. David smiled and said, ‘Tony, in Pink Floyd you don’t do that extra couple notes until far later’”: Tony Levin on playing for Pink Floyd in the post-Roger Waters era

The session icon discusses working with David Gilmour – and reveals he was asked to tour with Pink Floyd after his session work on 1987's A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Guitar World

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"That's just basically D, B minor, E minor, A. That's the scope of all the chords in the entire song" : Finneas reveals how Billie Eilish's worldwide smash Birds of a Feather was written in 10 minutes, and has the simplest of structures

Basically, keep it simple, stupid – we knew there was a reason we're not global superstars

MusicRadar

"I'd have preferred for Uli to ask my permission. Even if he thinks it is legal, I question whether it is ethical": Roger Linn slams Behringer's unauthorized LinnDrum clone

Linn says he has mixed feelings about Behringer's LM Drum, which he says he found "confusing and difficult to use"

MusicRadar

"If this album had been released 25 years ago, it would have been a revelation." New Tremonti record The End Will Show Us How is just about what you'd expect, but it's pretty damn good all the same

Tremonti's latest album mixes his well documented love of metal with the post-grunge and balladry he made his name with

Metal Hammer

“The digital recreation of a legend”: Hughes & Kettner finally brings back its Puretone amp by popular demand... as a plugin

The no-nonsense amp head, which has been re-purposed by Nembrini Audio, has joined the digital realm

Guitar World

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Legendary Scottish band to release new album ahead of UK tour

Legendary Scottish rock band The Waterboys have announced a brand new album ahead of their UK and Ireland tour.

The National (Scotland)

“I’m not the technical producer, I’ve learned how to use a compressor but I haven’t learned why it does what it does”: Revisiting the intuitive production skills that made Avicii a superstar

As a new documentary lands on Netflix, we revisit Future Music's early interview with the late EDM hitmaker

MusicRadar

“No Strat? Not too clever”: A Rory Gallagher statue has finally been unveiled in Belfast – but some fans aren’t too happy with it

The statue was green-lit in 2016, and recreates one of the late guitar great’s most famous poses from a 1972 Melody Maker cover

Guitar World

“Coming up with a solo is like searching for treasure”: Mark Tremonti reveals his favourite Alter Bridge and Creed songs - and discusses his heavy new album

Plus: his new gear and new tricks

MusicRadar

“I’m not part of the inner circle - I never have been”: Julian Lennon says that he's always been "very much on the outside" as far as The Beatles are concerned

“It’s news to me half the time," he says of the band's latest projects

MusicRadar

“He was a great guitar player. He’s not looking at what he’s playing, so obviously he really knows the instrument”: Which grunge icon could Joe Satriani be talking about?

Plus, he highlights the “only problem” with Yngwie Malmsteen

MusicRadar

“Before studying his playing, I was doing a lot of ‘Look how fast I can play!’ There wasn’t that much feel behind my music”: Sophie Lloyd names the guitarist who overhauled her perspective on what makes a good solo

Lloyd may be known for her shredding playing style – but learning Comfortably Numb proved to be a revelation for her technique

Guitar World

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“One of Supro’s finest combo offerings thus far”: Supro Black Magick Reverb TB review

Tyler Bryant's signature tube combo brings more power, blendable channels and headroom for pedals – but you might want to just crank it up for that sweet overdrive

Guitar World

“Chris Shiflett has this great AC30 from the ’60s; that’s the main amp on the album. That and a Princeton Reverb – until I blew it up”: How one-man blues rock band Steve Hill cheated death – then found redemption at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606

Hill survived two road traffic accidents and a house fire, but through grief and cracked ribs he made it, got his new record in the can, and this is its story

Metal Hammer

"James and I have talked about it...kind of." Could James Hetfield and Jerry Cantrell make an album together one day?

Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell has discussed the possibility of collaborating with James Hetfield

Louder

"An Amplifier classic in the making!" Amplifier share first music from upcoming album Gargantuan. Watch their video for new single Invader here...

UK prog duo Amplifier will release their brand new album, Gargantuan on April 4

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Sonicware CyDrums is a "next-gen digital drum synth" that promises four-dimensional sound

With wavetable synthesis, 22 insert effects and a powerful sequencer, CyDrums is a whole lot of drum machine for only $399

The Independent UK

Jane’s Addiction members recording music without Perry Farrell after 2024 bust-up

Band cancelled their tour last year after their singer threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro onstage

Guitar World

“You fix it so it won’t break again, then you pound on it some more. Every amp gets the living daylights hammered out of it”: Randall Smith on the origins of his ‘hammer test’ that makes Mesa/Boogies bulletproof

We don’t recommend trying this at home, but it’s a test that has helped Mesa/Boogie amps stand the rigors of touring throughout the decades

The Independent UK

Elton John makes light of his eyesight problems at the Golden Globes

Singer-songwriter was in good spirits as he presented the award for Best Original Film Score with country star Brandi Carlile

The Guardian - UK

Never mind the back pain: how rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s

From Rat Scabies of the Damned to Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, we ask rock and punk’s greatest drummers how they deal with long nights of fast songs – and uncover a story of arthritis, cardio and turmeric oil

Evening Standard

Lady Gaga to Lana Del Rey: the biggest albums to look forward to in 2025

FKA Twigs, The Weeknd, Shygirl and Sam Fender also have album releases due early this year

Louder

“How dense was I, singing those songs and not realising those things were happening to me?” Linda Thompson on struggling to sing, struggling to perform live and why her kids aren’t her greatest achievement

The folk icon – who never planned on being one – recalls hilarious haircuts, playing musical bedrooms, boxing clever with label execs and becoming a heavy metal fan

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