“I was like, ‘Oh thanks, every Google search from now on is going to come up with that’”: Robert Smith considers the SEO implications of Olivia Rodrigo releasing a song called The Cure
“It’s like, ‘Are we a band, Kevin, or is this the Kevin show, and we’re just your session musicians?’”: Kevin Parker on how he’s learned to let his Tame Impala touring bandmates have some freedom
“I thought it was stupid.” Metallica’s …And Justice for All mix engineer says the band made a mistake by burying Jason Newsted’s bass
I’ve been using a violin bow on my guitars for years. Here’s how to make it sound more “ethereal” and less “screeching cat”
“Gwen’s dad worked at Yamaha, so he got me a discount. I borrowed $350 and bought a BB1600”: How Gwen Stefani’s dad and a Yamaha employee discount set Tony Kanal on the road to bass stardom with No Doubt
The 145-year-old Martin acoustic Kurt Russell smashed in The Hateful Eight may not have been destroyed by accident after all
“99% percent of people who buy synths don’t use them as a productive tool for making music. It’s therapy. It’s entertainment”: Teenage Engineering co-founder says the company will stop making synths, and that the OP-1 was about more than just productivity
“Don’t be bidding up the old version on eBay”: Behringer got sued over its Klon Centaur clone. Now it’s back with four different versions – all priced under $76
Travis Barker reveals reason for his mystery hospitalisation: “My arm, hand and fingers have been numb since a show I played last month”
Aerosmith announce two star-studded Hollywood Bowl shows featuring Slash, Nuno, Steve Stevens and Heart – but is this goodbye?
“I still see Brent out of the corner of my eye sometimes. He was omnipresent in the band, on the tour bus or in the practice room”: Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and Nick Johnston on the evolution and survival of prog-metal’s big beast
“I thought it was a scam until a Gibson Flying V arrived at my door”: A deep dive into the wild, booming world of online guitar giveaways
UK budget guitar brand that won a fan in Joe Bonamassa saved from closure: “We’re proud that we have the chance to continue the journey”
“Toxic was probably like one out of 15 ideas that I had that day”: Galantis shares his memories of co-writing Britney Spears’ Toxic
“The foundation for this unique career was laid in that kitchen – with a broken Mellotron and ideas for eternity”: Jean-Michel Jarre to release 50th anniversary edition of Oxygene, the homemade electronic music album that sold more than 18 million copies
Musician’s Friend brings the noise with up to 30% off a wide range of music gear in the Rocktober Fall sale
“I couldn’t believe how he’d deteriorated”: Tony Iommi says he was “shocked” at Ozzy Osbourne’s condition when they rehearsed for the Back To The Beginning show
“It’s funny because there’s a lot of heavy rock but also yodelling to the point where it’s almost half opera”: Guitarist Jan Akkerman recalls the creation of a truly bizarre ’70s rock classic – Hocus Pocus by Focus!
“I betrayed the music community I care so much about”: Streaming fraudster sentenced to 18 months in prison for streaming fraud
“For decades he gave us the songs that became the soundtrack to our love stories, our celebrations, and our most treasured memories”: Eighties soul singer Freddie Jackson has died, aged 70
“Keith had just showed me so much about open tunings and playing different inversions, so my hands were in that mentality”: Andrew Watt on how producing the Rolling Stones accidentally influenced Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter
