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The 20 greatest rock supergroups ever

From Cream and ELP to Temple Of The Dog and Velvet Revolver, these are history’s greatest supergroups

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The 11 best Record Store Day 2024 releases – Gorillaz, Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth and more

Record Store Day returns for 2024 – here are the special edition albums we think you should look out for during the event.

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"No hyperbole, I think this is our best work" – Eddie Vedder claims Pearl Jam raised the bar on new album Dark Matter, but their 2024 tour ticket prices are soaring too

Opinion: Reports of £160+ per ticket for early fan club access to the band's UK tour dates don't bode well for some fans

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Pearl Jam release explosive new single Dark Matter

Dark Matter is the title track of Pearl Jam's upcoming, Andrew Watt-produced 12th studio album - out in April

Metal Hammer

Pearl Jam Unleashes Hard-Hitting Album, Show No Signs of Mellowing

Pearl Jam's upcoming album, played for the first time at the Troubadour, shows the band's relentless energy and their best work yet.

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“Playability is where this guitar shines. This Strat is a player”: Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster review

With its Road Worn finish and easy neck, the Pearl Jam guitarist's new signature Strat feels like it's had a few decades under its belt, and is just warming up

Guitar World

In the early 80s Australia's biggest and most dangerous band, The Angels, had the world at their feet. But their meteoric rise and tragic fall is a tale littered with chaos, controversy and death

Discovered by AC/DC, The Angels were cited as an influence by acts as diverse as Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Great White

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“My first thoughts were, Well this is pretty funny!”: Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard on the emotions stirred up by revisiting the band's early days with Pearl Jam Twenty

Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard says the band trusted Cameron Crowe as he put together their 2011 documentary

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“For better or worse, you’re gonna hear a lot more lead guitar from me… I went crazy”: Mike McCready offers update on “heavier” new Pearl Jam album

McCready says it is heavier, it has the “melody and energy” of Ten and Vs, and we all might just hear it this year

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"It's a lot heavier than you'd expect": Mike McCready on Pearl Jam's next album, working with Andrew Watt, and the state of the US

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready talks smashed Stratocasters, screaming solos, and why his band need their "asses kicked"

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The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon: My stories of Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl and more

"He takes me down this dark path, and suddenly Mark Lanegan just appears out of nowhere, wreathed in smoke, kind of like the devil" - Brian Fallon

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Game-changers, taste-makers and trend-setters: here are 2023's guitarists of the year

We tip our hats to the players that made 2023 such a defining year in guitar history – and whose achievements we'll be talking about in years to come

Guitar World

"As metal staggered to its feet and limped out of the 80s, it was on the cusp of becoming stronger than ever before": How heavy metal got its mojo back

Big hair and bad spandex almost killed any credibility metal had in the 1980s. But metal not only survived, it also came back bigger and stronger than ever

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"It's the biggest song we’ve ever had... and it wasn’t even for sale": the story of Pearl Jam's unexpected smash hit Last Kiss

The tale of a Christmas giveaway that turned into Eddie Vedder & co.'s most successful radio hit

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“I loved Hendrix – he was my first guitar hero... But seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan was transcendent. He made me understand Hendrix better”: Mike McCready says SRV helped him make sense of this Hendrix technique

“When he [Vaughan] did Voodoo Child, it was so bad-ass," McCready says. “He changed how I wanted to play, and if you listen to Even Flow, you can hear me trying to emulate his stuff”

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Classic Rock Magazine: our unmissable end-of-year issue is on sale now

In this issue: the best albums, the biggest shows, the greatest songs of 2023 - plus our 2024 Calendar, a sheet of rockin' wrappin' paper, and some Classic Rock Christmas gift tags

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10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged

As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

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"Musically it didn't match its predecessor but Vs. had its moments": Pearl Jam's Vs. (30th anniversary edition)

The 30th anniversary edition of Pearl Jam's second album Vs. is a worthy reissue but light on extra content

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Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster review

A new level for a Mexican Fender – both in relic'ing scale and asking price

Guitar World

“Flea said, ‘Dude, you have to sit down with my guitar player, John – he’s the best.’ I wasn’t a fan yet, but I said, ‘Cool. Let’s do it’”: How Zach Irons established a vital new voice in guitar playing – with a little help from John Frusciante

Guitarist for IRONTOM and AWOLNATION – and the son of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack – Zach Irons takes a truly individual approach to the instrument. He reveals how he’s combating guitar self-indulgence, why he’s finally coming around to digital tones, and what makes the vintage…

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"I can't wait to tell Stone that I've almost figured his riff out" – Mike McCready admits to Chris Shiflett he doesn't know how to play the famous guitar intro to Pearl Jam's Alive

But he can teach Chris Shiflett his legendary solo from it

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From Bruce Springsteen to Beyonce: 10 Eddie Vedder duets you need to watch

Springsteen, the Stones, Neil Young, R.E.M., Coldplay, QOTSA, The Doors, Beyoncé... the Pearl Jam frontman has sung with them all.

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“We were the same side of the coin – we were just different coins." Eddie Vedder on Kurt Cobain, and the time they slow danced together

The Pearl Jam frontman reflects on his complex relationship with Kurt Cobain

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"Pearl Jam used to hire out bars to drink with us": Idlewild's Roddy Woomble on how four punk rock kids from Scotland emerged from the wreckage of Britpop, gatecrashed the UK charts and got adopted as Pearl Jam's new favourite band

With their 30th anniversary approaching, Idlewild look back on a career spent "existing in their own little place"

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Shelley Howard, concert poster artist and fixture of Chicago nightlife, dies at 76

By day, he made ads promoting musicians from Pearl Jam to the Rolling Stones, and by night he frequented bars, clubs, restaurants and parties, always with a camera at the ready.

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