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“The perfect environment for creating iconic drum sounds, which have scope to move beyond their original sonic remit”: GForce Software IconDrum review

In the return of an Iconoclastic instrument, GForce revisits one of the most influential drum machines of the ’80s, and beyond

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"This is about her son": Emotional scenes all round as country music’s past and present celebrate Grand Ole Opry’s 100th anniversary

Tributes paid to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton and others

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“Part of reimagining old technology is stepping outside the boundaries of possibility”: Catalinbread’s new stompbox tribute to the EMT 140 runs two emulations of the classic plate reverb and runs them in “modulated tandem”

This Ghost with the most yields a chorusing effect to your reverb trails

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“I could write songs as bad as Wham’s if I really felt the urge to, but what’s the point?”: Dreams, red wine and the desire to explode - Robert Smith’s songwriting approach in his own words

The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox

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“American Idol - just the worst. Take risks. Go and play in a pub”: Elton John has a blueprint for musicians who want to establish themselves and have a long career - and it doesn’t involve TV talent shows

“Just keep trying to play live,” he says. “That’s the way you improve as a musician and a songwriter”

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"I love that sound - it's the reason I bought a Polymoog": UJAM's Vox Humana faithfully captures the classic Polymoog preset from Gary Numan's Cars

All proceeds from sales of the plugin will be donated to the Bob Moog Foundation

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“The deepest-ever dive into the Metallica star’s eclectic guitar collection”: Kirk Hammett and Gibson Publishing team up for epic coffee-table book

Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars

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“This religious freak came on stage with a dagger to stab me. Very disturbing to say the least!”: Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi recalls the most dangerous gig of his life

"When we got to the venue, somebody had painted a cross on a door in red..."

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"It was the first synth that made dreaming big accessible to a schlub like me": Geddy Lee teams up with Moog for special edition satin red Minimoog Model D with "hot-rodded" VCA circuit

"It’s a thrill to see the Minimoog in that stunning red, so representative of one of the most fertile periods in Rush’s creative history"

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“They didn’t like Prince’s bikini underwear”: Prince’s support sets for the The Rolling Stones in 1981 are remembered as disastrous, but guitarist Dez Dickerson says that the the crowd reaction wasn’t as bad as people think

“Prince got freaked and cut the set short. The rock stations reported that we got booed off the stage, but that wasn’t true,” he says

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“A perfect example of a Strat in a transition year”: Fender expands American Vintage II series with fresh finishes, a ’51 Tele with a prototype paint job and a super classy reproduction of a 1965 Stratocaster

Described as “a near 1:1 comparison” of the original models that inspired them, these box-fresh new electrics and bass guitars give you that old-school tone and feel without the vintage price tag

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Watch alt-rock’s two iconic Kims' "first time performing together, anywhere"

Kims Gordon and Deal team up for Netflix show

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“There’s nights where I think, ‘If we don’t get to Paradise City soon I’m going to pass out!’”: How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses for 19 years

And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

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“We will handle the matter in a courtroom": Ex-Eminem engineer could face 15 years in jail

Studio staffer accused of stealing unreleased music

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"This bass has got a bit of a Goldilocks vibe going on": Cort Artisan Space 4 review

Cort's Space program has expanded with a four-string variant and you might want to get onboard

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“I quickly realised that the order of Eddie’s embellishments is really important to the fans”: Joe Satriani says which Van Halen songs were the trickiest to play on tour with Sammy Hagar

"This audience knows the studio versions," Satch says

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“A reasonably versatile set but these cymbals excel in a rock and metal context”: Zultan Z Series cymbals review

Budget cymbals without the budget sound

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How not to crowd surf: Watch The Dare fail to read the room, take a leap of faith, and wind up the worse for wear

Next time you see a swaggering pop star approaching the edge of the stage… Run for it!

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“I'm really proud of that, because I literally invented that chord”: George Harrison’s songwriting brilliance deconstructed in his own words

The quiet one’s songwriting gifts fully flourished during the latter half of the Beatles’ reign, and we’ve collected his own insights into his craft

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"An exponential upgrade; not only does it double down on what made the original impressive, but it adds copious new capabilities": Elektron Digitone II review

Elektron's hardware FM synth was already a modern classic – but this update is still a significant upgrade

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"Before we even get to the studio, we can sketch out melodies and hooks": Splice brings recording functionality to its AI-powered, sample-stacking mobile app

Record a vocal using Splice Mic, pick a genre and the app will automatically detect the key and find samples that match it

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“I hate the sound of Auto-Tune when it just turns a voice into every other voice”: Brian Eno on his love-hate relationship with the popular pitch correction plugin

In a recent radio appearance, Eno shared his thoughts on vocal production tools and revealed the piece of gear that he says launched his career

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Did an LA charity auction just reveal Radiohead's next world tour?

An inside entity giving away upcoming Radiohead tour tickets to a (hastily edited) LA charity listing would appear to have given the band's game away

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"I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says that he and Roger Taylor are "constantly writing"

"It’s whether that seed can grow," May says

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