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“You sacrifice things you love. I love my guitar”: How a journalist’s joke led Jimi Hendrix to set fire to his guitar for the first time

It was a ritual that would symbolise Hendrix’s esoteric allure, but the first night he did it, the incendiary act was quickly thought up backstage

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“Uptown Girl… it could’ve been a Mozart piece”: Billy Joel reveals the classical music origins of one of his biggest hits in new documentary trailer

“My own history as a musician started with me hearing classical music,” he says

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“George Martin came up to me that morning and said, ’Oh, I’ve got a poser for you... I know it’s never been done before, can you do it?“: The story of the greatest thing The Beatles ever recorded

How Sgt. Pepper's epic finale was created

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“A versatile overdrive and a high-quality octaver – two pedalboard mainstays in one box”: Darkglass Electronics Kaamos review

Darkglass and session ace Amos Heller team up to create something a little out of the ordinary

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“I was screaming at the top of my lungs that it had to be a whistle. The mixer said, ‘This whistle is naff, Tori.’ I said, ‘Well, when you make your own song, you can have a mandolin on it. Now put the whistle in!'": How Tori Amos created Cornflake Girl

Its memorable infectious hooks belie a dark lyrical core

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“Quite neutral sounding and one of the more comfortable over-ear open-back designs we’ve tried”: Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa review

If you’re regularly mixing and mastering you should definitely check out this latest open-back headphone from Audio-Technica

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“I am happy to accept and concede defeat”: Damon Albarn just admitted that Oasis won

“It’s their summer and God bless them. I hope everyone has a wonderful time but I’m going to be in a very, very different place.”

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“Now I’m caught up in the ceaselessly toxic, dysfunctional web of Led Zeppelin interpersonal relationships”: How Phil Collins’ globe-spanning Live Aid journey led to one of the most disastrous reunions ever

The hectic day that Phil Collins Concorde-hopped between continents was mired by a shambolic reunion which he unwittingly became a part of

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“Ritchie and I wrote some great songs, some really wonderful things”: How Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio combined to create an epic style of heavy music - ‘castle rock’!

The two rock legends hit a peak with Rainbow's Rising

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"We played a show at a place in Omaha, Nebraska. It might have been like 12 people there... It's enough to make you quit, for sure”: Exodus’ Gary Holt pulls zero punches in his new autobiography

The guitarist and Exodus mainstay has just released his memoir and let’s just say that his band hasn’t always had an easy ride

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"Jeff is devastated": ELO's last ever mega-gig plunged into jeopardy after last-minute cancellation of last night's Manchester show

After cancelling the gig minutes before curtain up, all eyes now turn to the band's planned Hyde Park finale on Sunday

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“Bowie strolled into my bedroom with a guitar. ’Hey, Nile, listen to this, I think it could be a hit…”: Does Nile Rodgers deserve more credit for Bowie’s 1983 classic?

"A strummy folk guitar part with a moving voice in the chords? It didn’t even sound close to what I’d call a hit”

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“The day Randy died was the greatest tragedy of my life": Ozzy Osbourne thought he was finished after he was fired by Black Sabbath. Then along came a guitarist named Randy Rhoads

Rhoads inspired the greatest music Ozzy ever made outside of Sabbath

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“If these ‘Inspired By Gibson Custom’ Epiphones aren’t on your radar yet, they should be”: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Goldtop review

With a raft of recent high-spec reissue launches, is Epiphone now the home of affordable ‘vintage’ Gibsons? On paper, yes. But what about in the flesh?

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“Since I bought that bass, that just really changed my career”: He’s worked with the Who, Jeff Beck, Beyoncé, NIN… Now Pino Palladino teams up with Ernie Ball Music Man for a signature StingRay inspired by the fretless bass that started it all

Available fretted or fretless, the Pino Palladino StingRay is resplendent in 79 Burst – and there's a super limited edition Icon Series model that replicates all the wear of his original

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"I love it, but a part of me is a little afraid of it": Trap producer Lex Luger releases generative AI model based on his sound

Lemonaide's Collab Club is a suite of AI models that can be used to generate audio and MIDI clips in the style of successful producers using the company's Seeds app

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“I will say when I first heard it, it was a little like, ‘OK.’ It was that moment when I was like, ‘All right. I’m gonna sing over this. ‘Kay’”: How Amerie created a ‘00s R&B/funk classic with producer Rich Harrison - and a little help from The Meters

“The original sample, you can feel the vibe there, but the way he flipped it is what really made it feel go-go”

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“Liam came up and said, ‘Who’s Sally?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ He said, ‘Is that what you’re singing - so Sally can wait?’ I said, ‘No it isn’t… but it is now'”: How Oasis rustled up the ultimate Britpop anthem

A song destined to be bellowed at gigs, pubs, birthdays and wedding receptions for the rest of time, the huge hit crystallised a cultural moment, and verified Oasis as 90s Britain’s most popular band

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“Designed for guitarists who need an all-in-one amp for practicing at home, in the studio, or on the go”: Mooer’s F15i Intelligent Amp is a desktop doozie equipped with 55 amp models, 69 effects – and it’s got a touchscreen

The F15i is a feature-packed digital powerhouse that will give you plenty of change from $200

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“Freddie rose to the occasion. When we did Radio Ga Ga and the whole audience did the double handclap thing, I remember getting chills in that moment”: Brian May recalls the power and the glory of Queen at Live Aid

"When you watch it now, it's not without its tense moments"

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FL Studio 2025 introduces AI assistant that offers music production advice and helps you use the DAW

FL's latest update also brings Loop Starter, a feature that automatically loads up a selection of samples based on a chosen genre, and a long-requested increase in Mixer Tracks

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“When you went record shopping 20 years ago everything sounded completely different, but now it feels like there’s a blueprint for electronic music that’s been set in stone – and it becomes boring”: Adam Beyer on the evolution of modern dance music

Derailed by DJing and parenthood, Swedish techno titan Adam Beyer makes a triumphant return to the studio with Explorer Vol. 1 – his first album for more than two decades

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“The ultimate companion to Tone Master Pro and the ideal solution for players who use modellers at home or on stage”: EVH Gear drops the Hypersonic FR-12 FRFR speaker – 1000-watts to get the most out of your modeller

The Hypersonic FR-12 is equipped with an active 3-band EQ plus high-frequency cut dial, and is available in Ivory or Black

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Hear Slide Away from Oasis’ first comeback gig, as resurgent band’s massive streaming surge and earnings are revealed

First official live recording hits the net

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"We're doing a King Crimson studio album": Singer/guitarist Jakko Jakszyk reveals a new album featuring Robert Fripp and other band members

With the passing of founder members and the rerelease of side projects, a new outing from the band itself seemed off the table. Until now

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