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The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history

From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater

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Christopher Walken returns to SNL and finally pronounces Foo Fighters correctly

Foo Fighters have performed on the long-running NBC sketch show some nine times

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters explain how to correctly pronounce their name

Foo Fighters have performed on the long-running NBC sketch show some nine times

The Independent UK

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Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken cameos in solid Halloween episode

A spooky episode sees some notable missteps, including too many jabs at Biden’s senility, but first-time host Nate Bargatze makes a decent impression

The Guardian - US

Guitar played by Kurt Cobain at Nirvana’s last performance to go to auction

The blue left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar is estimated to fetch between one million to two million US dollars (£820,000 to £1.64 million).

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters create a nostalgic atmosphere at Riot Fest 2023

“Whenever we play this city I always gives props, not only to Cubby Bear, not only to Naked Raygun, not only to my cousin Tracy who took me, but to the city of Chicago. Without you I don’t think I’d be doing this thing,” David Grohl told fans on Friday…

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The Breeders throw Riot Fest back to the ‘90s with full album play of ‘Last Splash’

Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon were seen watching from the stage wings during the band’s Friday afternoon set.

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Cat Power’s 20 greatest tracks – ranked!

As she announces an album version of her recreation of Bob Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert, and her classic Moon Pix turns 25, we appraise one of the alt scene’s finest voices

The Guardian - UK

There’s no such thing as an ‘acoustic guitar chord’ – but these 12 shapes sound amazing unplugged

Learn a dozen chords that will expand your musical vocabulary and enhance your songwriting – and the best bit? They’re not that difficult

Guitar World

"It turned out to be a wonderful show, and it healed us for a little while": Nirvana at Reading 1992 - a story of rumours, a wheelchair and salvation

In the build-up to Nirvana's final UK show the band were unhappy and underprepared... and then Kurt Cobain was pushed onstage in a wheelchair

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"It would just have reminded me of being back in Nirvana. It would have been sad, for me personally": Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on why he turned down joining Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty once asked Dave Grohl to become an official Heartbreaker, but the Foo Fighters frontman wasn't keen

Louder

Watch Dave Grohl, Chad Smith and Taylor Hawkins' son Shane cover Led Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC and Van Halen classics in a pizza joint

Chevy Metal rocked a Californian pizza restaurant earlier this week with a few famous friends, including Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith

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"I don't know if she's aware that Jessie’s Girl is about her": The true story of the Rick Springfield song that turned him into a superstar

Rick Springfield's 1981 hit Jessie's Girl elevated him from soap star to new wave icon - he recalls how the song came to life, and the girl who inspired it

Louder

13 easy drum songs every beginner should learn

Stop cramming and start jamming with these must-know easy-drum classics for beginners

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"Dave was really nervous about talking to these guys": Why Dave Grohl ditched the Foo Fighters to make extreme metal supergroup Probot, featuring members of Venom, Sepultura, Motorhead and more

Tired of playing rock shows with Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl recruited his favourite vocalists for the all-star metal project Probot

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"We kept the groupies and drug dealers away": Steve Albini on the making of In Utero, Nirvana's bleak, beautiful swansong

The unimaginable success of Nevermind made Nirvana the world's most reluctant and confused rock stars. Steve Albini looks back on what Kurt Cobain's band did next, and the birth of their dark masterpiece In Utero

Louder

"Food was flying everywhere, with no regard for the industry geeks whose suits were getting splattered": That time Nirvana got kicked out of their Nevermind release party for starting a drunken food fight

Prior to the release of Nevermind, Nirvana were kicked out of their own album listening party for drunken shenanigans involving guacamole, smuggled bourbon and vomit

MusicRadar

Foo Fighters enlist ‘superfan’ Michael Bublé for surprise vocal guest-slot on Haven't Met You Yet

The Michael Foo-blé collaboration came about via Josh Freese’s drumming contribution to the singer's hit song

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“This motherf****r better know the song!” Watch Michael Bublé front Foo Fighters in San Francisco

Ladies and gentlemen, for one night only, the Bublé Fighters

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Wolfgang Van Halen on his approach as a multi-instrumentalist: "Drums are, to me, the most important part. It's the backbone of everything"

As Mammoth WVH II drops, Wolfgang tells us about taking his one and only drum lesson from Eddie, and why Travis Barker and Danny Carey shaped his playing

Guitar World

“We’ve always said genre’s a lie since day one”: Meet Hot Milk, the Manchester punk-rockers who love P-90 pickups and EDM in equal measure, and count Dave Grohl among their fans

Jim Shaw and Han Mee are tearing up the genre rulebook, and producing some of today's most vital guitar-led music as a result. The Manchester upstarts explain what drives their diverse DADGAD-tuned songcraft, and the advice Dave Grohl gave them when they shared a stadium bill with Foo Fighters

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"Neither James nor Bruce are gonna suck your d**k for this, LOVE": Hayley Williams calls out "incel internet bros" after suggestions that Paramore's enthusiasm for touring compares badly to Metallica and Iron Maiden

Following Paramore's recent postponement of shows due to illness, Hayley Williams has received criticism from men online who think that veteran rock bands would never let sickness force them to pull live dates

Newcastle Herald

Beatles legend Paul McCartney locks in Newcastle date

Get ready to sing Hey Jude, Newcastle.

MusicRadar

Watch Weezer drummer Pat Wilson play guitar with Foo Fighters at Japan's Fuji Rock festival

The band were earlier joined by Alanis Morissette for a cover of Sinéad O’Connor’s Mandinka

Metal Hammer

Watch Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette join forces to perform tribute to Sinead O'Connor during Japanese festival appearance

This weekend at Fuji Rock Festival, Foo Fighters performed Sinead O'Connor's 1987 single Mandinka with Alanis Morisette as a touching tribute to the late singer

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