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The 20 greatest Download festival sets ever

For two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

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“He wants the heaviest guitars that we can humanly make”: Here’s why Adam Jones has Gibson searching for “the heaviest woods” in order to build his custom Les Pauls

Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian says the Tool maestro is very particular about the weight of his guitars thanks to his vintage '79 Custom model

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Epiphone and Adam Jones unveil ‘Sensation’ – the latest Silverburst Les Paul Custom from the Tool guitarist’s Art Collection series

Sensation features art from Korin Faught and is the fifth of seven collaborations between Epiphone, Jones and his band of artists

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“My guitar playing in itself is crude and extremely simple, but whole sonic worlds grow out of it”: Swans influenced everyone from Nirvana to Tool, but Michael Gira still doesn't see himself as a guitarist

A truly singular talent, the founder of the cult experimental rock outfit “can't play a single thing written by anyone else” and relies on a battered Guild acoustic that “sounds like s**t” – but he wouldn't have it any other way

Guitar World

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

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"Congratulations, this is the most Tool fan post I've ever seen": man divides online opinion after postponing his wedding to see Tool, upsetting his bride-to-be

A Tool fan has asked the Internet for advice after getting into the "worst fight of his life" with his fiancé for asking to push back their wedding so he can go to see his favourite band

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10 times metal bands re-recorded their classic songs – and it actually went well

Re-recording your greatest hits is rarely a good idea. Such superstars as Iron Maiden, Anthrax and Tool absolutely nailed it though.

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Ozzy pulls out of Power Trip Festival: "My body is telling me that I’m just not ready"

The Black Sabbath vocalist was set to headline the three-day California bash alongside AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and Tool this October

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Hostile Tool crowds, a demonic Dave Grohl, pirvate jet rides with Slash and pissing off Lemmy: How Tenacious D became the world's most successful comedy metal band

Jack Black and Kyle Gass look back on how Tenacious D became pop culture phenomenons - and reveal the real inspiration behind Tribute

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"It ended up being a Frankenstein creation": how Bob Odenkirk, sketch shows and songs about lady bits finally brought Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer to life

It took a while for Puscifer to finally get off the ground - and the journey was typically dotted with the most bizarre and unlikely of circumstances

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Melvins' Buzz Osbourne: My Life in 10 Songs

Buzz Osbourne picks the 10 songs that have defined Melvins' career, from inspiring Tool and Nirvana to helping define sludge, stoner and grunge

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Tool’s Adam Jones unveils new version of the best Epiphone Les Paul on the market

The fourth incarnation of the hugely impressive Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection is here – and it features, er, “ironic rococo surrealism with a social-satirical twist”

Guitar World

This week’s essential guitar tracks: thrash wigouts that sound like Tool on acid and the best MTV video pastiche you’ll see all month

Unmissable new jams from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Gov't Mule, Nita Strauss, Towa Bird, Empire State Bastard, My Ugly Clementine and LOADS MORE

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That time Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner jammed with Tool: “It was pretty daunting... let’s just say it wasn’t like jamming some AC/DC”

The Flying V titan locked guitars with Adam Jones on a live performance of Jambi, but “almost throw up because of how technical the song is”

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Danny Carey reveals the Tool songs he finds most difficult to play live

With a tricky back catalogue, there's no shortage of options to choose from

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Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: Frazetta "The Berserker"

Heavily-adorned art collectable, or serious, signature Tool of hard rock? There’s no reason it can’t be both, actually…

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Hear Justin Chancellor play through Les Claypool’s rig as this Primus-Tool supergroup take on Ænima at chest-rattling velocity

Members of the two bands and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen teamed up for a double-drummer take on the Tool classic

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Watch pro-shot footage of Tool, Primus and QOTSA members covering Ænima

That benefit gig featuring members of Tool, Primus and Queens of the Stone Age is the gift that keeps on giving

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Watch Tool and Queens Of The Stone Age members perform Led Zeppelin and AC/DC songs with Primus

Members of Tool and QOTSA joined Primus on stage to perform Led Zeppelin and AC/DC classics at a recent benefit concert in Los Angeles

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Maynard James Keenan says he's too old to do a full set of classic Tool songs

“Your body is not going to allow you to perform the way you used to perform at certain ages”

Los Angeles Times

Metallica, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC to headline Power Trip concert at Empire Polo Club

LOS ANGELES — The lineup for October's Power Trip metal festival just got twice as heavy.

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It's official: AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and Tool confirmed for first ever Power Trip Festival

The much-rumoured Power Trip Festival lineup has been confirmed, and it's packing the biggest set of rock and metal festival headliners ever

Guitar World

Epiphone Adam Jones Silverburst Les Paul Custom review

The Tool guitarist's lower-priced signature model is, quite literally, a work of art – and quite possibly the best Epiphone Les Paul ever made

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AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Tool and Ozzy Osbourne release teaser videos for PowerTrip festival

It looks like a sequel to The Desert Trip is coming, and it promises to be a lot louder

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Primus and Tool members unite for charity show

Primus and Tool's Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor announce benefit concert for film director Jimmy Hayward

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