“We kept trying to write one for 20 years, but they’re not very good, to be honest”: A Skyfall of Stars, anyone? Rare Coldplay recordings are being auctioned, including their early attempt at a Bond theme
“I avoid Splice as that’s what everyone else uses – I prefer to dig on the internet or rip from old sample CDs”: Yung Singh on his viral Boiler Room breakout and the Punjabi-influenced sounds behind debut EP Bloom
“I know we’re making twice as much money as Metallica, but can you please put ’em on after us, because they’re killing us?”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare
“We were on tour with Linkin Park when Chester Bennington got hold of Ivan and told him, ‘Bro, you’re going to rehab right now. You can do it’”: Zoltan Bathory recalls the intervention that saved Five Finger Death Punch and the life of singer Ivan Moody
“It’s a transcendental collision between American prog rock and Thai folk charm, straight from rural Phetchabun”: How Khun Narin pioneered Thai sound system rock using former US military loudspeakers
“The percentage of explicit songs on Spotify’s Top 50 chart has fallen from 74% in 2018 to 13% today”: New data reveals that explicit lyrics are in decline – but why?
“Who’s that girl playing the resonator guitars?” Billy Gibbons called Norman’s Rare Guitars looking for a young musician he’d seen online in the shop’s videos
“His son actually cleared the sample. I don’t know of him ever approving a sample – it’s quite rare, so I was very honored”: James Blake on sampling Leonard Cohen for Death of Love
“They had strippers and crabs everywhere. People would start shooting at the stage.” Stevie Ray Vaughan talks his Number One Strat, Dumble amps, and craziest gigs
“I don’t want to rage bait, but…” Did the Beatles cause guitar quality to nosedive in the 1970s? This session player thinks so
“We had to rent these pedals. They turned up and the band realised – they were THEIR pedals…” How Rush were unexpectedly reunited with their old effects pedals for their final albums
“I’m probably gonna get 150 guitarists telling me how I’m doing this wrong, but this is just what works for me. My ’board is a hot mess”: Samantha Fish on finally meeting her fans’ demands and why the SG is the one
“Long before King Edward, there was King Luis”: Nuno Bettencourt pays tribute to his first guitar hero as he brings his brother on stage to shred an Extreme classic
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