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The 10 best cover songs by nu metal bands

Nu metal loves a cover song. From Limp Bizkit to Alien Ant Farm, here are the 10 finest examples

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“We might have blown our wad on our first single!” Mudhoney’s Mark Arm on the making of their classic debut Touch Me I’m Sick

The grunge pioneers’ debut single was later reworked to feature in Cameron Crowe’s Seattle-based comedy Singles

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Legendary lead singer of the Shangri-Las, Mary Weiss, passes away at 75

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, a legendary girl group from the 1960s, has passed away at 75. She was an icon of the era and left a lasting imp...

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On my radar: Margo Price’s cultural highlights

The US country star on learning a new instrument at 40, her favourite place to eat in Nashville and an app she’s happy to have send her to sleep

The Guardian - UK

“He just showed up and didn’t sit with us or anything”: The inside story of Jason Newsted’s final Metallica show

Bassist Jason Newsted left Metallica on January 17, 2001. Six weeks earlier, he’d played his last show with the thrash metal titans, where he very literally waved goodbye.

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The Smile: Wall of Eyes review – agile, tuneful second album

With strings and psychedelia added to the mix, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s ever-evolving side project feels as dynamic now as their day job

The Guardian - UK

“I said, ‘Let’s take a little drive’ and we drove down to Basildon”: Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan on the time he took his family to where he grew up

The Depeche Mode frontman had to explain to his US-raised son what a terraced house was…

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"Saviors is the sound of reassuring rebellion from the midst of the 21st Century breakdown": Green Day's Saviors is part hurtling punkarama, part political rock drama

Punk pop masters Green Day return to formula on 14th album Saviors, with the odd sprinkle of Gallagher

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“This was easily the most difficult shoot we ever did”: YouTube guitar adventurist Bernth just performed his new single Farewell underwater and almost blacked out in the process

Diver down! Join the Austrian guitar maverick in the clear blue Caribbean water as he performs the two-minute instrumental in the drink, debuting the world's first wet/wet/wet acoustic rig

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NAMM 2024: “1967 is back!” Vox turns back the clocks with recreations of the first-ever production wah pedals

The Real McCoy and V846 Vintage don’t bother with fancy reimaginings – they’re ‘as they were’ builds based on its now-timeless ‘60s invention beloved by Jimi Hendrix

Guitar World

The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Judas Priest, Invent Animate and Chelsea Wolfe are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Is Madonna tardiness lawsuit death knell to rock’n’roll behaviour?

Some music industry insiders think it’s time artists were more respectful of fans’ time and money

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift's Cashmere Hoodie Dress by The Row Signals a Shift in Her Style

Swifties, are you paying attention? Is this her next era?

Marie Claire

“It was like being a reporter with a notebook going, ‘No! Wow!’ It was hilarious. We had all the fun but we didn’t have to go through the lifestyle”: Martin Barre on being serious with Jethro Tull while Led Zeppelin partied

Guitarist nearly missed his chance to join Ian Anderson’s band in 1968 because he didn’t have the courage to call the number on the advert

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NAMM 2024: “Voted the world’s best combination”: Glassjaw’s Justin Beck gets signature guitar AND bass models courtesy of Schecter

The unusual move sees the swamp ash and black hardware-adorned builds given six- and four-string treatments

Latin Times

New Latin Music: Luis Fonsi's Heartbreak, Prince Royce & Gabito Ballesteros Create a Mexican Bachata

The new Latin music tracks this week include Prince Royce and Gabito Ballesteros' Mexican bachata, as well as Grupo Pesado covering Miguel Bosé

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Judas Priest stream new single Crown Of Horns

The Metal Gods’ new, stompin’ song is the third single from the upcoming Invincible Shield

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"I don't think I'd have enjoyed a stay in a South American prison": Therapy?'s Andy Cairns has learned some important lessons from three decades in rock

You don't spend a lifetime in the music business without learning a lesson or two: here's what rock 'n' roll has taught Therapy? frontman Andy Cairns

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Cool new prog sounds from Lesoir, Ihsahn, Chelsea Wolfe and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

The week's best new prog music to check out from Midas Fall, The Chronicles Of Father Robin, Final Coil and more...

Guitar World

“We have dreamt about expanding our storytelling into full-length feature films and this is only the beginning”: Gibson Films launches with hour-long Slash documentary

Gibson's new venture sets out to "capture musical moments of cultural impact and explore the stories of iconic and emerging music legends" with the making of Slash's first live-recorded album first up

Guitar World

“Distinctive and affordable”: Jackson’s new X Series Dinky DK1 guitars offer straightforward speed machines with complex finishes

The new electrics aim to dazzle on a budget, with a combination of streamlined spec and unignorable aesthetics

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"We got a good crowd here!" Watch a heavily-disguised Green Day busk a hard rockin' cover of Bad Company's Feel Like Makin' Love on a New York subway platform

Who had 'Green Day jamming on a Bad Company classic' on their 2024 Bingo card? Not us

The Guardian - UK

You want to sue Madonna for being late on stage? She’s an artist not a service industry worker

Some music fans seem afflicted by a sense of entitlement, and to have forgotten inconvenience used to be part of the gig-going experience. Mind you, with today’s ticket prices, is it any wonder?

Evening Standard

Alt-pop artist Gia Ford curates your Friday night playlist

Ahead of new music and a major London gig next week, Gia Ford selects the soundtrack to our Friday night

Guitar World

NAMM 2024: “The distinctive sonic punch of the larger, iconic amplifiers in a compact footprint”: Peavey introduces compact 20-watt version of its Classic tube amp combo without sacrificing tone

The cream-colored, tube-powered combo promises the same Peavey sound in a smaller and more affordable package

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