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“I feel like our journey has come to an end. This may be the last record I want to write for the band”: Anthrax on how Mr. Bungle, family trauma and late-night calls with Dimebag inspired an album 10 years in the making – but will it be their last?
What happened when Tony Iommi tried to play guitar without his false fingertips: “There was blood all over the place”
“This album, I’m never submittin’ it”: Drake joins BTS and Stray Kids in snubbing next year’s Grammys
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The secret supergroup that once featured Eddie Van Halen has been resurrected – and has recruited John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa and Steve Lukather
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“It turned out kind of wimpy. I wish we could have recorded it a lot heavier”: How Nirvana took an obscure ’60s psych-rock song and turned it into their debut single
“I don’t want to play guitar perfectly. I want to play it from the gut. I want to shoot from the hip. I want it to feel human”: Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka on making Palace for the People and why rock has got to got ruffle a few feathers
“It’s one of the rarest synthesizers ever made”: Cherry Audio brings a forgotten ‘80s synth back to life
“It’s the most underground of underground raves ever”: Roni Size to play the world’s deepest rave in an abandoned Welsh mine
“RIP my dear friend Sass. A true friend. We had so much love, joy and laughter”: Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes and more pay tribute to Canadian blues rock singer Sass Jordan who has died, aged 65
“It really broke us up, and I don’t think John Deacon did cope. He went to pieces. He didn’t want to go on in the music industry after that”: Roger Taylor and Brian May open up about losing Freddie, touring and depression
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Learn to Play 26, Britain’s biggest music-making weekend, is next week: “With performing arts teaching grants having been reduced to zero and specialist training institutions facing cuts of up to 50%, it’s needed more than ever”
“Nobody questioned it. Nobody said, ‘Justin, you know, we have drums. This is a professional recording studio. There are instruments available to you’”: Justin Timberlake apologises for his beatboxing era as video discussing it goes viral
“Use any input as raw material for granular sound design”: Baby Audio HyperWarp wants to be your new quick-fix for glitches, stutters and out-there inspiration
“We will keep enforcing our artists’ rights… but it’s becoming an uphill struggle”: Sony Music reveals the number of deepfake AI tracks it’s asked to be removed has doubled in six months
