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"The next day I started putting signs up in guitar places." Corey Taylor reveals the band that inspired him to pursue a career in music - and how it came during his darkest moment

He's become a metal icon with Slipknot and Stone Sour - but it was a random encounter involving some alt metal heroes that set him on the path to greatness

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“I’d love to have all vintage stuff. There’s just something different about using an original version of a legendary pedal”: John Notto reveals what’s on his pedalboard

The Dirty Honey guitarist shares his overdrive philosophy, give loves to the POG, and explains why the SoloDallas TSR is a pedal for life

Guitar World

“We’re going to explore how I shape my signature tone and dig into some of my favorite technical and creative approaches”: Eric Johnson launches TrueFire online masterclass – featuring in-the-works material

Play like Eric Johnson? We can dream. Or we can subscribe to his interactive video masterclass and In The Jam play-along sessions – which feature "tunes you might hear on an upcoming record" from the guitarist – on TrueFire

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Genesis Owusu: Struggler review – moments of brilliance in an otherwise limp record

The Australian hip-hop artist has followed his brilliant debut with an ill-defined retread that plays it too safe

The Guardian - AU

"He’s a prince who thinks he’s a king already": The day a young Prince supported The Rolling Stones, and was abused and brought to tears by thousands of food-throwing racists

The Rolling Stones appeared to blame Prince for their audience's deplorable reaction to his performance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on their 1981 Tattoo You tour

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"There was talk that I would have to appear to prove that I was alive". The FBI once launched an investigation into the murder of Trent Reznor. Two years later, they realised he was still alive.

In 1989, the FBI launched an investigation into the apparent murder of an unidentified man in a video, who was later revealed to be Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. They later realised that Reznor was (and is!) still alive

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kd lang on Tony Bennett: ‘It was a salve for society to see an older man and a young dyke in a happy relationship’

The singer-songwriter and Bennett had a mutual respect when they met and formed a long-lasting friendship. lang talks about their radical duet, feeling safe with him and what she misses most

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Positive Grid continues its signature Spark Mini spree with a Paul Gilbert amp – and it's joined by custom presets of his “most iconic tones”

Only 100 units will be made, and each will bear the virtuoso's signature and the dragon emblem from his Ronnie James Dio tribute album

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"I had a phone call from Dave Gilmour and he said, 'Would you be interested in coming down?'. Former XTC man Colin Moulding on how he almost joined Pink Floyd!

Revelations from former XTC bassist, singer and songwriter Colin Moulding when he released his TC&I EP Great Aspirations with old band mate Terry Chambers

Louder

Jon Batiste: World Music Radio review – safety-first global pop from a jazz superstar

The Grammy winner has amassed an array of international guest stars – reggaeton rappers, Lana Del Rey, Kenny G – for his vision of global pop, but the bland effect is more amiable than eclectic

The Guardian - UK

The super rare Fender amp that Kurt Cobain used on In Utero

The 4x12 Fender Quad Reverb was only made for four years in the 1970s – and Cobain's was a very specific version

MusicRadar

For 30 years, this Japanese guitarist has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page – watch the first trailer for Mr. Jimmy, a documentary about his incredible story

See the remarkable tale of Akio Sakurai, who recreated Led Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs, until a meeting with Page changed his life forever

Guitar World

"We kept the groupies and drug dealers away": Steve Albini on the making of In Utero, Nirvana's bleak, beautiful swansong

The unimaginable success of Nevermind made Nirvana the world's most reluctant and confused rock stars. Steve Albini looks back on what Kurt Cobain's band did next, and the birth of their dark masterpiece In Utero

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Get Billie Joe Armstrong’s explosive Green Day tone in a compact pedal as MXR brings the Dookie Drive back – again – for a limited time only

New enclosure art, same great amp-stack crunch – the limited run sees the return of the punchy drive that was first launched in 2019 to celebrate 25 years of the band's landmark Dookie album

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"You take me back to that time. You remind me what I did on the stage": Jimmy Page on the Japanese fan with the obsession that's been turned into a film

Watch the trailer for Mr Jimmy, a film about Japanese guitarist Akio Sakurai's obsession with Jimmy Page

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“I played Sweet Home Alabama, and that became part of Metallica’s The Four Horsemen”: The Four Horsemen vs Mechanix – how Metallica and Megadeth released two warring versions of the same song

Megadeth leader and ex-Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine wrote a thrash metal classic called The Mechanix in the early ’80s. Today, both bands lay claim to vastly different versions of the song.

The Independent UK

The 1975 in talks with Malaysian festival over £2m demand for Matty Healy’s LGBT+ rant

Frontman Matt Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald while criticising country’s anti-LGBT+ laws

Chicago Sun-Times

Jerry Moss, music exec behind Peter Frampton and Janet Jackson, dies at 88

With Herb Alpert, Moss co-founded A&M Records and released blockbuster albums by Carole King, the Carpenters and the Police.

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The Independent UK

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88

Music industry giant Jerry Moss has died at age 88

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The Cure’s Simon Gallup has been gigging with 2 gnarly new-look bass guitars – and now Schecter has released them as his latest signature models

A cosmetically updated Ultra Spitfire and a new semi-hollow stunner dubbed the Corsair have been unveiled

The Independent UK

Music Review: DeYarmond Edison, the fleeting band before Bon Iver, lives on with nostalgic 'Epoch'

DeYarmond Edison was a short-lived indie folk band formed by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and his childhood buddies

The Independent UK

Jon Batiste goes galaxy-building with ambitious new album 'World Music Radio'

How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich blend of R&B, hip-hop, swing, jazz and pop

Chicago Sun-Times

Sam Smith delivers a sultry dose of razzle-dazzle in United Center show

“This show tonight is about freedom. So, let go, have fun, make some friends, sing, dance, take your tops off if you must,” Smith declared.

Guitar World

“For 40 years, guitar manufacturers have been trying to get me to flaunt their product”: Lars Ulrich turns his hand to guitar demos for the first time – while Kirk Hammett shreds on a Strat

It’s only taken four decades, but Juanes’ signature Fender Strat is so cool that Lars finally feels comfortable sharing his guitar-playing capabilities as Metallica turn their hand to gear demos

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Corey Taylor: "For eight years I was married to the wrong woman. It was a very toxic relationship and it ate a part of me that I don't know if I'll ever get back"

Corey Taylor discusses the "real life sh*t" that inspires his solo songwriting, from PTSD and depression to his "toxic" second marriage

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