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“Although it might not feel natural, when you translate what he does for guitar, it sounds different”: Adrian Smith on how Steve Harris is the secret to Iron Maiden’s triple-guitar attack – and the prog instincts driving their sonic evolution

When your principal songwriter and driving force is directing traffic on bass, is it any wonder the guitars took a different path in search of brave new worlds to explore?

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Did Sabrina Carpenter “switch it up like Nintendo” and incorporate a melody from Zelda’s Lullaby into Espresso? We’re not so sure

New TikTok video argues that “Sabrina Carpenter is a nerd”

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“I think Roger just got lost. Roger’s finding it difficult. I have to be careful what I say about Roger because he gets angry if I say anything about him at all": Pete Townshend has his say on Zak Starkey’s protracted dismissal from The Who

“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”

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“I was never a ‘wrecker’ at all… that’s a terrible insulting name”: Legendary bassist Carol Kaye says she’s “turning down” the invitation to be at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony later this year

Her proposed Musical Excellence Award doesn’t reflect “the work that studio musicians do and did in the golden era of the 1960s,” she believes

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“You bought it, you put it into the charts, not us": How a novelty sample almost derailed the Prodigy's fledgling career

A classic 1992 Future Music interview reveals how The Prodigy outgrew Charly and shook off the curse of ‘toy-town techno'

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The unlikely encounter between a pre-fame Freddie Mercury and David Bowie at a London market

The future Queen frontman encountered his eventual Under Pressure collaborator when working as a shop assistant at Kensington Market

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“I love the show - I love the show more than I did the gig”: The Who’s Pete Townshend says he’s more of a fan of the Live Aid musical than the historic event that inspired it

Townshend has previously said that The Who could “barely play” at the 1985 charity gig

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Expressive E launches its all new super-realistic virtual strings collection

These MPE-based string instruments aim to make nuanced and humanistic performances a reality

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"He was one of the most talented people I've worked with. He went in the mic booth, put the headphones on, I let the track run down one time, instrumental, and when I rewound it he said he was ready”: The making of 2Pac’s era-defining hit California Love

A sense of self-assurance and pomp oozed through the fabric of the music

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“Did he expect to find us as we had been seven years earlier, ready to start to work with him again?”: The strange, sad day that Syd Barrett unexpectedly showed up in the studio when Pink Floyd were making Wish You Were Here

The making of Pink Floyd’s 1975 masterpiece was partly a tribute to their former frontman - but when Syd Barrett himself appeared at the studio, his former bandmates took a while to realise it was actually him

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“There was talk about doing a pedal release in conjunction with the album, and the Dirt Transmitter was the perfect fit”: EarthQuaker Devices joins forces with Dave Catching of Rancho de la Luna to bring back an old EQD fuzz classic

The Fuzz Face-inspired Dirt Transmitter returns, complete with its second-generation Bias control – and some new artwork to celebrate Catching's legendary Joshua Tree studio

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“Don’t need to be perfect. I want it to feel like I’m in the room by myself”: The first trailer for Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere shows The Boss recording Nebraska on his 4-track PortaStudio

Jeremy Allen White stars in the movie, which will be released in October

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“That is so huge, and I wish somebody would have told me that when I was a kid”: Jason Isbell has some advice for any young player who has just bought their first acoustic guitar

How a little investment at the guitar store can help you start playing and keep playing

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"There was this huge existential threat of what it meant for the world of songwriting”: Thinking Out Loud plagiarism case is finally dismissed and Ed Sheeran’s co-writer breathes a sigh of relief

“It was incredibly frightening” says Amy Wadge

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“You could clone me - but why the [eff] would you want to?”: Iced tea laced with Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA, anyone?

Yours for just $450!

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“The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that set a record by holding the No.2 spot in the US for 10 weeks without ever hitting No.1

But at least the album made it to the top

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"Splice is now built directly into Pro Tools": Avid launches Pro Tools 2025.6 with Splice integration, AI speech-to-text engine and more

Avid teams up with leading sample platform in what the company calls a "game-changing integration bringing millions of sounds into the heart of Pro Tools"

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“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

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“Use each side on its own or stack them for a wall of sound that’s articulate and powerful”: Cornerstone’s revamped Imperium V2 is a Dumble x TS-style stompbox that really is the definition of a 2-in-1 overdrive

A high-end twofer overdrive for the discerning guitarist, now with four I/O connections for maximum versatility

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"There’s also an entitled, spoiled aspect to this": Josh Homme on his subterranean Alive In The Catacombs gig to 6 million skeletons

“This could be beautiful. This could be elegant,” he says, of Queens of the Stone Age's unusual live return

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Sonicware's LIVEN Evoke is a "nostalgia-evoking ambient music box" fusing acoustic and electronic sounds

The next synth in the Japanese manufacturer's super-affordable LIVEN series is billed as a "deeply expressive tool for composing cinematic ambient and post-classical music"

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“Listings are getting taken down everywhere, so grab it before it disappears”: $2,000 for a $69 Klon clone? Some people are selling Behringer’s "Lawsuit" era Centaur Overdrive for crazy money online

Have we reached peak crazy in the guitar effects pedal market?

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“That shouldn’t be a headline, but if you would like to make that the headline of this article...”: Haim push back again against people who question their songwriting, production skills and musicianship - despite a glowing endorsement from Bono

“It sucks when people think that we don’t play our instruments”

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Universal Audio's Anthem synth plugin promises to "put the biggest, baddest analogue sounds at your fingertips"

A growling analogue-modelled filter, flexible sequencer and vintage-style modulation effects give UA's new monosynth an edge

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“The most important thing is to be true to yourself so that, when you play, it sounds like you”: Fender gives Richie Kotzen’s head-turning MIJ signature Strat a global release

Ash-bodied with a figured maple top, offered in Transparent White and Red Burst finishes, equipped with DiMarzio pickups, Kotzen's Strat could be a modern classic

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