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"We were stupid kids, just trying to survive, with this really weird music that we were so stubborn about." How five chaos-addicted Californian misfits helped pave the way for the 90s rock revolution with their fabulously freaky debut record

Faith No More's Bill Gould looks back on the making of We Care A Lot, his band's thrillingly unhinged debut album, now celebrating its 40th birthday

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"There was a period during my teenage years where I felt emotionally abandoned, so to speak." Wolfgang Van Halen has a thing or two to say about living up to expectations

From recording with Van Halen to touring with Metallica, Wolfgang Van Halen has worked hard at standing on his own two feet

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“I’d like to get a Flying V. I saw James Hetfield of Metallica playing one live, and I thought, ‘He’s got such a great guitar sound’”: Kim Deal on finally making her solo debut, working with Steve Albini and why she hates bright guitar tones

On her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You more, Kim Deal expands on the sonics she built in the Breeders and Pixies

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“He said, ‘Have you heard Metallica’s version of Whiskey in the Jar?’ I said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘What planet are you living on?’” Thin Lizzy’s Eric Bell on reinventing an old Irish standard as a rock track and performing it with the “cartoon” Metallica

Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell explains the roots and finer points of his Whiskey in the Jar guitar solo and phrasing and how he got the tone on the record

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“We were absolutely convinced we were gonna just kill in the US. Then Phil gets hepatitis and – boom! – the tour just stopped there”: A metal fan’s guide to Thin Lizzy, the hellraising 70s rock icons who inspired Metallica and Megadeth

The late, great Phil Lynott and his band inspired many modern metal icons

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"I am so blessed. I have the best job in the world." James Hetfield on how Metallica fans make it "easy" for him to do his job

Metallica frontman is fuelled by the passion and energy of the fans

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Radiohead achieve record attendance at The O2 with 22,355 fans on final night

The Oxfordshire-formed band, led by Thom Yorke, broke the previous record set by metal veterans Metallica in 2017.

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The 9 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Listen to some fresh noises from Alissa, Sylosis, Girlschool and more, then vote for your favourite

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“The teacher would say, ‘OK, get out your health books,’ and I would have to leave. My parents told me a little speech to say about our religion and why, and I didn’t believe it”: How Metallica turned childhood trauma into a decades-spanning trilogy

Inspired by James Hetfield’s isolated upbringing (and a little bit of Chris Isaak), Metallica made an honest, inverted ballad and kicked off a 27-year-long series

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“I thought it was frat boy stuff...it's my least favourite record of our history.” The story of thrash metal legends Slayer 'going nu metal' and regretting it almost immediately (and why that album is much better than you remember)

When Slayer began to dabble with contemporary influences in the 90s, it didn't end well for them

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Vote: who are the Big 4 in all of metal?

Thrash's Big 4 has been settled for decades, but what if we push it out to the whole genre? Who gets in?

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“Our manager basically kicked us out of his house. We were supposed to go to Europe for the first time, and our gear had gotten stolen”: How Metallica turned tragedy into Fade To Black – the acoustic epic that put the elitists in their place

Inspired by the time Metallica’s gear was pinched, Fade To Black threw the metal scene into an uproar – but the band had the last laugh

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From Max levitating via Kate Bush to Eddie Munson shredding Metallica, a guide to the very best Stranger Things needle drops

As we head towards the grand finale, here are the coolest, the funniest and the most emotional needle drops from Stranger Things so far

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"This girl walked up to me and stopped like she’d seen a ghost. She said, 'You’re not dead.' And I said, ‘No, you’re right.'" The sad, messy story of Alice In Chains’ final album with Layne Staley - and the beginning of the end of an era

The grunge titans just about managed to hold it together for their self-titled 1995 third record but they knew something had to give

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Tabitha Simmons' guide to the Hamptons

Hiking in the dunes, toasting marshmallows on the beach, nights out with Metallica… The fashion designer can’t get enough of this Long Island wonderland

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“When I finished, I sent Kirk Hammett a picture and said, ‘Do you want to use it?’ He replied in all caps, ‘YES!’” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 4 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert

Gueikian has juggled the demands of his CEO role with learning the art of guitar making, and his builds already have some high-profile admirers – including Jason Momoa, Kirk Hammett and Tony Iommi

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"I let my father know there were no bad feelings. I sorted out a lot of my anger in his departure." A death, Nirvana, U2 and a crucifixion: the surprising story behind Metallica's most successful single (and no, it isn't Enter Sandman)

With a new look, a new attitude and a dizzying new set of musical influences, Metallica crafted one of their most controversial singles. It was also their best-selling

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“These are the tracks people dream of being able to pick up and play”: New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot

UK retailer guitarguitar studied the top 5,000 guitar tabs from Ultimate Guitar to see which artists are having the greatest influence on today's players

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“You’re hanging out with Steven Tyler; James Hetfield is there and Tom Morello and Axl Rose, but everybody was the same. No head was higher”: Halestorm describe what it was like backstage at Ozzy Osbourne’s retirement show Back To The Beginning

Pennsylvania’s hard rockers were one of the dozens of iconic heavy bands who played at Ozzy’s swansong in July

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"I went to a party in San Francisco...there were all these freaks shooting up and this girl was real sick." How Metallica wrote their most iconic anthem - and how Stranger Things made it relevant to a whole new generation over three decades later

Metallica's most celebrated song helped define a generation of thrash metal and found new meaning decades later with a certain TV show

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"I saw they sent a bunch of celebrities into space and I thought 'Well, if them, why not me?!'" Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine wants their final show to be in outer space

Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has lofty ambitions for the band's final ever show. Like, seriously lofty

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“We built 19 different models. He more or less changed what we were doing”: EMG founder on why this Metallica guitarist’s pickup set was the most challenging he’s ever made

The band first started working with the pickup builder before they scored their first record deal

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Businesses thunderstruck as AC/DC shows boost spending

Australians are opening their wallets as major music acts including Lady Gaga, Metallica and AC/DC help energise the economy.

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“I put the headstock on the buffing wheel. It threw it out of my hands. That day I learned how to fix a broken headstock”: Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases

The Gibson CEO on his guitar-making journey, from early missteps to making the SG Hammett rocked at Back To The Beginning, and the Ghost Burst finish that's coming soon to the Gibson lineup

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“Our manager came in with a stopwatch and timed it. He said, ‘You’ve got to cut that solo down. It’s way too long’”: The seismic ’70s rock solo that was saved by a vote

Craig Chaquico had to stand his ground to save the solo, which would go on to be praised by a young Metallica

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