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“It was just another riff, like Into The Fire. We didn’t make a big deal out of it and it wasn’t being considered as a track for the album": Ian Gillan on the unlikely success story of writing and recording Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water

"The downdraft from the mountains caused the smoke to blow across Lake Geneva, like a film set or dry ice on a stage show. At this point, Roger wrote the words ‘smoke on the water’ on a napkin”

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The Eagles are the undisputed masters of harmony lines blending country and rock – this video masterclass unpacks their signature guitar style

If you've ever promised yourself that, one of these nights you're gonna play like the Eagles, take it easy... This video and tab lesson has everything you need to take your playing to the limit one more time

Guitar World

14 Times Famous People Declined Major Awards And Honors

These celebrities believed that talent couldn't be measured by a mere statuette or medal. The post 14 Times Famous People Declined Major Awards And Honors first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘I express purely through my songs and silhouette’: Ado, the platinum-selling pop star with a secret identity

She’s a massive success in her native Japan, but has never revealed her face. As she plays the UK for the first time, Ado explains her ultra-catchy rage-filled songs – and her hopes for gen Z

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Aya Nakamura's Olympic song proposal sparks French far-right backlash

The possibility that France's top-selling music artist Aya Nakamura might sing an Edith Piaf song during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony has upset far-right groups.

Radio France Internationale

“I get excited when a witch comes out of the broom closet”: Order your limited edition Chelsea Wolfe bundle – featuring an exclusive patch

This exclusive Chelsea Wolfe x Metal Hammer bundle comes with a special patch featuring a gothic design

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10 mistakes every DJ makes: "DJing is a job and you’re likely better at it when you’re not incapacitated"

From overindulging to peaking too early, how many of these common DJing faux pas have you made?

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Awkward Moment Madonna Calls Out Fan For Sitting Down Only To Realize They’re In A Wheelchair

Like a prayer, Madonna hoped for forgiveness after shaming a concertgoer. The post Awkward Moment Madonna Calls Out Fan For Sitting Down Only To Realize They’re In A Wheelchair first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Beyoncé, A Tribe Called Quest, Madonna and Kanye West engineer/producer Gloria Kaba offers a tour of the legendary Power Station Studio in New York – and her own insight on what it takes to succeed in the job

"To me, there's no real clean distinction between the production and engineering as I approach a project"

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"A kit with some surprising tricks up its sleeve": Donner Backbeat review

A feature-packed mid-range electronic drum set, but are the light up pads a pointless gimmick?

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Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Festival confirms Todrick Hall, Mica Paris, and more on the lineup

The Southbank Centre takeover, curated by a different star every year, kicks off in June

Evening Standard

"On this kind of form, and with this momentum, surely nothing is going to stop Knocked Loose." Hardcore's most exciting band just decimated London's 2,500-capacity Forum

Hardcore music has never been bigger, and Knocked Loose are making sure it stays true to its savagely heavy roots

Metal Hammer

“Poverty accounted for many of my choices – I had this knockoff, fake Tele I used on Rain Dogs… It was awful but also beautiful”: Marc Ribot on recording Tom Waits classics with cheap gear, and why ‘How can I destroy it?’ is one of his session mantras

A session legend who has recorded with Tom Waits, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and many more, Ribot returns with a new solo album, Connection, and, musically, anything goes

Guitar World

“My God, it’s hard to get in tune when they’re booing": when Bob Dylan faced down his detractors with a Strat and made rock n' roll history

In 1965, Bob Dylan strapped on a Stratocaster, then a Telecaster, and ushered in a bold new folk-rock sound. But he'd actually gone electric six months earlier…

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“I’ve used Gibsons and Fenders in the past, but, honestly, nothing compares to how good my signatures sound. It’s almost a joke!” How Nick Johnston found tonal nirvana by plugging straight into the amp

Just a couple of his best-selling Schecter signature models, an amp and a taste for adventure, and Canadian six-string phenom Nick Johnston had all he needed to make the album of his career

Guitar World

“Jimi Hendrix scared me. Learning about the Hendrix E chord was amazing… I figured out where to put my fingers and kinda eked it out on my own”: Steve Lukather names the 12 guitarists who shaped his sound

From George Harrison and Jeff Beck to David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen, the Toto veteran has befriended many of his heroes – and it's thanks to them that he still loves to sit at home playing

Guitar World

“To me, those are blues machines”: Joe Bonamassa picks his three quintessential guitars for playing the blues – and names his “Les Paul killers”

Bonamassa has one of the most expansive guitar collections around, but if he had to choose, which models would he select as the best bits of kit for playing blues?

Evening Standard

OPINION - Vince Power's untimely death is a bitter blow for the music industry he changed

Vince Power, the veteran music promoter who died on Saturday aged 76, always made a point of refusing to wind down. Over the course of a career beginning with the opening of his first music venue the Mean Fiddler in 1982, an unglamorous but cosy Harlesden spot which hosted legends…

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The Smile review – Thom Yorke on jolly and utterly joyful form

Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner’s pandemic-born band fly free from expectations, taking in everything from krautrock to Afrobeat

Marie Claire

Madonna Calls Out Fan for Sitting at Her Concert Before Realizing They're in a Wheelchair

The interaction is hard to watch.

MusicRadar

Does Slipknot’s broken drumstick photo confirm that Eloy Casagrande is their new drummer?

The snapped stick points heavily in the former Sepultura drummer's direction, all but confirming what fans think they already know

Evening Standard

Vince Power: Tributes pour in for legendary music promoter following death at 76

Power ran some of London’s top music venues and has been credited with changing the face of live music in Britain

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"It’s not one of my favourite things. It’s stupid because I produced it, but the keyboards just hit me as wrong": Van Halen's Jump is 40 years old. Here's how the most famous keyboard riff of all time was created (and how you can do it, too)

Or the most irritating? You decide…

The Guardian - UK

Vinyl records return to UK inflation basket for first time since 1992

Strong sales of Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) help format make an impact, as air fryers also join list

Louder

“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes

Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator

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