The Latest Breaking News from Rick Rubin

“He’s like, ’I’m not a technical guy. I’m not a musician. But I bring my taste”: Daron Malakian on what Rick Rubin brings as a producer

He’s the ultimate sounding board, guitarist argues

MusicRadar · Aug 27, 2025

"Grohl's randomised fills and relentless single strokes at the end of the song makes this one of his greatest drum performances on record": Listen to 11 isolated drum tracks from rock's drumming legends

Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Beatles, Slipknot, The Police, and more

MusicRadar · Aug 26, 2025

“I said, ‘It’s really beautiful – why would you say it’s not for the Chili Peppers?’ And he said, ‘That’s not what we do’”: How the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke new ground to create their life-changing hit

One of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded

MusicRadar · Aug 19, 2025

“I said, ‘Rick, I’m playing one note, how the hell do I play less?’ He said, ‘I know you can do it’”: Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin on Johnny Cash’s American IV album was like solving a puzzle

“You need to simplify,” Rubin kept telling him

MusicRadar · Jun 12, 2025

"I remember thinking, This is ridiculous. Johnny finally said, 'This isn’t working'." Rick Rubin once tried to get Johnny Cash to record Robert Palmer's US number one single Addicted To Love

Johnny Cash's American Recordings sessions with producer Rick Rubin yielded some incredible music, but not everything worked

Louder · Jun 10, 2025

“Art creation always starts with a prompt, a seed. Anything can work as a first prompt. Only you can decide that”: Superproducer Rick Rubin just reinvented himself as an AI-powered ‘vibe coder’

The legendary producer of music from The Beastie Boys to Slipknot to Adele to everyone in between just went off at a tangent…

MusicRadar · May 28, 2025

“Making music is like constructing a machine whose function is to dredge up emotions in performer and listener alike”: How becoming more in-tune with our feelings when listening to music made us better creators - with a little thanks to David Byrne

Whether it’s by being exposed to new genres or digging out some of your favourite records - zoning in to how music affects your emotions gives you the best creative blueprint for music-making

MusicRadar · May 13, 2025

“His studio was a temple to analogue, within which he made a point of always wearing a boiler suit”: 6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before

They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape

MusicRadar · Apr 28, 2025

AC/DC - ranked! All 17 studio albums, from worst to best

As the old song goes: "Let there be rock!"

MusicRadar · Apr 26, 2025

“It’s radical. It’s like magic. I get chills”: How Rick Rubin’s philosophy of chance led System of a Down to the first metal masterpiece of the 21st century

It’s one of the biggest streamed metal songs of all time, but what role did the hand of fate play in its origin?

MusicRadar · Apr 23, 2025