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"People said I was just jerking off on guitar. There was a point when I thought, ‘Oh, God, they’re right’”: Chris Impellitteri is one of the fastest guitarists of all time – but he realized there was more to life than shredding

Impellitteri explains why he listens to Albert King and Joe Bonamassa, what he learned from Eddie Van Halen and Ritchie Blackmore, and why he doesn’t regret missing out on the Ozzy Osbourne gig that went to Zakk Wylde

Guitar World

“I thought, I gotta have some real track marks before I quit heroin.” The Lemonheads' frontman Evan Dando knows that he's lucky to be alive

Evan Dando was already using hard drugs before The Lemonheads ever existed, but his appetite for self-destruction went into overdrive when his band were tipped to become 'The Next Nirvana'

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“Never Seen Anything Like That”: Robbie Williams Slammed For Blaming Fan For Mistake At NYE Gig

"You made me come in in the wrong place," Robbie told a fan during his New Year's Eve performance in Sydney. The post “Never Seen Anything Like That”: Robbie Williams Slammed For Blaming Fan For Mistake At NYE Gig first appeared on Bored Panda.

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“Bach was one of the only guys who really understood the range of the bass. All his cello pieces are right in the 5-string bass range”: John Myung plays for one of rock’s most ambitious bands, and he’s tackling the challenge with extraordinary discipline

The Dream Theater maestro explains what every bassist can learn from Bach, how he developed the Bongo 6-string bass with Ernie Ball, and why he runs a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier on bass…

Guitar World

“Some thought it inspired; others heard an epic train wreck… His palette broadened, the songs lengthened, the lyrics became more personal”: The prog credentials of Sufjan Stevens’ The Age Of Adz

After a long illness and the admission that his promise of writing an album about each State of the US had been a gimmick, he wobbled then reset with 2010 album that’s a prog-tinged curio

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“Who is gonna sing that to who? Cos you sure ain’t singing it to me and I sure ain’t singing it to you”: the reason that Prince turned down Michael Jackson’s request to do a duet on an 80s classic

Michael Jackson wanted the pair to team up on a huge hit but the Purple One wasn’t having it

Louder

“If she had, like, 3 more hours in the day, she would just figure out what we do and she wouldn't need any of us”: What Max Martin said to Ryan Tedder about Taylor Swift and music production after they’d both won Grammys for working on her 1989 album

Best of 2024: The OneRepublic frontman was also discussing writing and producing songs with Adele and Beyoncé

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Taylor Swift's Relationship with Travis Kelce Has "Shifted Her Priorities"

A source close to Swift that "falling in love with Travis so deeply" has "given her a new outlook on life."

Marie Claire

“He redirected the future of blues guitar from his very first release, and his influence continues to inspire new generations of aspiring players”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan

One blues legend pays his dues to another, the great SRV – a player who Bonamassa says has inspired us all to play the blues

Guitar World

BBC Radio 2 poll reveals the UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song

Fans were asked to vote ahead of what would have been the King of Rock and Roll’s 90th birthday

The Independent UK

“I got him a drink and it went from there”: how Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher buried the hatchet and became unlikely friends and collaborators

The Blur frontman and Oasis leader spent the 90s at loggerheads but a chance meeting paved the way to a blossoming friendship

Louder

‘Why not us?’: Welsh language trio on their forthcoming double album

Post-punk band Adwaith will release their third album Solas, a Celtic word meaning enlightenment, in February

The Guardian - UK

“I chose to leave, to focus on myself… It was a very difficult, painful, sad time for everyone”: Vincent Cavanagh had to quit Anathema to become The Radicant

After abandoning a fully-written solo album in 2021, former frontman looks forward to a life without a leather jacket – and possibly without a guitar – with his debut EP We Ascend leading the way

Louder

Grammy battles to Oasis reunion: What to expect from the world of music in 2025

The year is set to see bands reunite, music titans releasing new music and major artists being taken to court.

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“New Year’s Day set the template for a more direct sonic vision for U2 - and marked the point at which they shifted their gaze towards political issues around the globe”: The making of an ’80s rock classic

It was a defining moment for Bono and the boys

Evening Standard

Suspicious Minds voted UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song by Radio 2 listeners

In The Ghetto finished second, while If I Can Dream came third, Always On My Mind came fourth, and in fifth was Can’t Help Falling In Love.

Marie Claire

Ariana Grande Shares NYE Reflection On a Year Full of "Art and Heart"

"Somehow, all of my favorite projects happened this year."

Louder

"It'll be a setlist for the ages": Bruce Dickinson promises fans things they've never seen before on Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour

Bruce Dickinson ends the year with a special message for fans

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“I really didn’t want my song playing while a whole family got whacked!”: Journey singer’s fears about Don’t Stop Believin'

What happened when the rock anthem featured in The Sopranos

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"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

Best of 2024: "I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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“I had no idea it would become such a classic… I just threw in the lyric ‘It was the summer of 69’ and it stuck’”: How Bryan Adams and his co-writer Jim Vallance created one of the greatest pop-rock guitar anthems of all time

With Summer Of '69, Adams created an evergreen hit that defined the era and became a rite of passage for generations of guitarists

The Independent UK

Fatboy Slim shares sad admission after difficult 2024

DJ and producer has been through a tough 2024

The Conversation

Taylor Swift fans have much in common with theologians as they search for meaning in her lyrics

There are almost no words to describe the cultural phenomenon that is Taylor Swift. From curating the highest grossing tour to date and releasing at least five original and largely acclaimed records, to her re-recording project which has made waves in the music industry, Swift has been seemingly omnipresent in…

Louder

We celebrate 50 years of Yes's Relayer on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus Marillion, Clannad, Pavlov's Dog, Klone, Swallow The Sun, Dilemma and more

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"When he died, I cried. And I actually jumped into the ocean at San Francisco. And let me tell you, the ocean at San Francisco is cold": Bass legend Jaco Pastorius

We salute a true bass guitar virtuoso

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