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Kim Kardashian, Flea, and Travis Scott have this space-age sofa in their living room – the unique, luxury piece is redefining how we think about seating

Recently, we've spotted this otherworldly sofa in the homes of seemingly every celebrity we know, Kim Kardashian included

Homes & Gardens · Apr 20, 2025

“Slapping was a matter of natural evolution”: 21 slap bass legends who made thumpin’ and pluckin’ their own

From the godfather of thumpin’ and pluckin’ to Victor Wooten’s game-changing slap technique, we bring you the players that you must know if you want to call yourself a true bass aficionado

Guitar World · Apr 3, 2025

“The bass is the instrument you need to play the longest to become truly funky”: 20 funk bass legends who took low-end groove to new heights

A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster groovers around today

Guitar World · Apr 1, 2025

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“Use your voice”: Patti Smith issues call to arms as she's honoured by Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Depp, Michael Stipe and many more at an all-star tribute gig

Horses, her groundbreaking debut album, turns 50 this year

MusicRadar · Mar 27, 2025

“What is this garbage?”: 25 years on, Nick Cave has made his peace with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and reveals what happened when Flea came face to face with a bear…

Get ready for the hair-raising outcome that nobody saw coming, courtesy of Cave’s latest… newsletter?

MusicRadar · Mar 13, 2025

"Countless musicians and friends lost everything." Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili Peppers duo and more donate unreleased songs to new benefit album to aid Californian wildfire relief

The newly-released Los Angeles Rising compilation also features previously unheard music from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gary Numan, Devo and more

Louder · Feb 6, 2025

‘We will be OK’: Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish among headliners for LA wildfire benefit concert

Music A-listers from Dr Dre to Olivia Rodrigo perform at fundraising extravaganza FireAid at neighboring LA arenas

The Guardian - US · Jan 31, 2025

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Courtney Love: 'I may not love Taylor Swift musically, but her angry lyrics resonate with me'

Courtney Love tells us about her new collaboration with 070 Shake... and gives a few thoughts on Lamar, Taylor Swift, Billy Corgan, Lana Del Rey, PJ Harvey and more...

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

“I’m in it to win it.” Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan enters charity raffle to win Courtney Love's hand-written lyrics for Hole's Violet, a song inspired by Billy Corgan, “a guy I know a little bit about”

Want to beat Billy Corgan to the ownership of lyrics about Billy Corgan, and help a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra at the same time? Of course you do

Louder · Nov 19, 2024

“I was just looking for a story to tell the grandkids. It was Flea who said that I might get the gig”: Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery recalls his 2003 audition for Metallica

After surviving Jane’s Addiction and touring with Alanis Morissette, Eric Avery was granted an audition with metal giants Metallica

Guitar World · Oct 5, 2024

“We grabbed a taxi home, but I left the bass in the trunk. I woke up in the middle of the night and started freaking out”: Viral bass hero Blu DeTiger just gave the Fender Jazz Bass a radical revamp – but she started on a Gretsch she left in a cab

We talk to the bassist with 1.4 million fans on TikTok about how DJing influenced her bass playing, and sending her new signature Jazz Bass to Flea

Guitar World · Sep 14, 2024

“Paul’s bass playing is so lyrical and melodic, and it’s just so beautiful... He’s amazing”: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea thinks McCartney is "the greatest rock bassist"

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea calls Paul McCartney "the greatest rock bassist"

MusicRadar · Aug 13, 2024

From solo albums to The Smile and Peaky Blinders to Flea: the 10 best non-Radiohead Thom Yorke songs

The Radiohead frontman has built up a huge body of work away from the group and here’s some of his best

Louder · Jul 28, 2024

“Guitar’s versatility is unparalleled. But it’s also an instrument with a lot of baggage. We all know the tropes we’re trying to avoid”: St. Vincent on returning to real amps, stealing Josh Homme’s secret weapon – and how she overcame her fear of Strats

St. Vincent’s new album, All Born Screaming, sees her teaming up with two FooFighters, using Prince’sfavourite pedal and embarking on a prog odyssey. It also sees her return to real amps played real loud…

Guitar World · Jun 5, 2024

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Guitar World · May 20, 2024

The 20 greatest slap bass songs of all time

These masterful slap basslines chart the evolution of the quintessential bass technique, from Larry Graham to today's YouTube heroes

Louder · May 4, 2024

“People think of them as a heavy metal band, but they swing. It‘s not just bash bash bash”: how Deep Purple changed Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith’s life

RHCP drummer Chad Smith is a card-carrying Deep Purple fan, and here he explains why

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

St Vincent: All Born Screaming review – the unmasking of a great American songwriter

Are we finally seeing the real Annie Clark? Replacing alter egos with raw immediacy, she delivers one of her best albums: restlessly inventive and packed with ideas

Guitar World · Apr 15, 2024

“I feel like such an idiot”: Flea regrets his bass-smashing antics in Red Hot Chili Peppers’ earlier years

The energetic bassist took to social media to voice his regret of destroying his instruments in the ‘90s and ‘00s

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Louder · Mar 30, 2024

“Watching David Byrne work was so pivotal”: St. Vincent on what she learned from working with the Talking Heads leader

The pair collaborated on the 2012 album Love This Giant

Louder · Mar 28, 2024

“The second he kicks in on the first chorus, it’s just mind-blowing!" St. Vincent shares slinky Dave Grohl-powered new single Flea, reveals All Born Screaming North American tour dates

Flea is the second advance preview of St. Vincent's forthcoming All Born Screaming album, due on April 26

Guitar World · Mar 25, 2024

“I gravitate more towards Victor Wooten than the straight-up shredding of Billy Sheehan, but I’ve ripped pages from both books”: Jacob Umansky unpacks the origins of his cutting-edge slap technique

How the Intervals and JIA bassist powered up his slap technique – with the help of Victor Wooten and Billy Sheehan

Guitar World · Jan 2, 2024

The 20 greatest bass solos of all time – from the fastest ‘lead bass guitarist’ to the only bass solo James Jamerson ever recorded

We count down moments of bass guitar genius from Tal Wilkenfeld, Flea, Victor Wooten, John Myung and many more

Guitar World · Nov 6, 2023

“It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound

Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing

Guitar World · Jun 30, 2023

Flea names his least favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers album – and says he wants to re-record it

The RHCP bass icon revealed he has tried to convince the band to take another crack at it, but “can never talk anyone into it”

Guitar World · Apr 24, 2023

Watch Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry join Metallica for a pulverizing performance of Train Kept A-Rollin' at 2009’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

The two Yardbirds alumni and Aerosmith icon – who each had history with the song – were joined by Ronnie Wood and Flea for the rendition, which featured a who's who of rhythm heroes and lead legends

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