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United Creative director Collin Hills on 10 things that changed his life

NAN Spowart spoke with United Creative director Collin Hills on the 10 things that changed his life...

The National (Scotland)

“The door burst open. It was James, who was late and had come into the wrong room. He started listening and said, ’No, no, that's not the way you do it,’ and grabbed my EB-3”: Jack Bruce on his chance meeting with Motown hit-maker James Jamerson

Speaking in 2001, the late Cream bassist recalled his encounter with Jamerson at the Record Plant in L.A.

Guitar World

“I have a hair tie around the nut of my bass, and I pull it up to the 17th fret”: Just when we thought he’d settled into his routine as a bass superhero, Victor Wooten pulls out another surprise: a 25-cent hair tie?

Victor Wooten reveals the “secret” technique that makes his bass solos “pop with screaming harmonics”

Guitar World

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“We were rebels: ‘Hate us, we don’t care.’ But the more critics hated us, the more kids started showing up at shows”: The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band

Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey

Metal Hammer

Music: Kitty Empire’s 10 best albums of 2024

Americana’s classiest duo weather the storm, Kendrick Lamar has the last word, UK jazz soars – and Charli xcx unleashes the power of Brat

The Guardian - UK

“Crowds would get agitated as soon as they heard Slash’s intro riff”: Duff McKagan on the making of a Guns N’ Roses classic

How a song about the “hardscrabble lives” of the fledgling rockers became a timeless rock anthem

Louder

Gareth Southgate reveals Stormzy makes him proud to be British

Former England manager chose an Ed Sheeran hit featuring the rapper as one of his ‘Desert Island Discs’

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Early career advice given to Linkin Park included a choreographer suggesting they incorporate a "gimmick" in which they would kick off a shoe onstage. Yes, seriously.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda recalls the wild shoe-related choreography tips the band wisely rejected

Metal Hammer

Nostalgia for Justin Bieber's Mistletoe

The pop star's Christmas hit takes me back to my adolescence when I bought the song with a shiny iTunes gift card

Salon

“I go to church every Sunday when I’m home. Especially now I’ve replaced the booze with glue”: From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock

It’s Zakk Wylde’s world - we just live in it

Metal Hammer

Paul McCartney review – a dizzying, bittersweet, life-encompassing journey through time

An eras tour of a different kind finds the 82-year-old former Beatle on tremendous form, packing a three-hour show with hits, flashbacks and real emotion

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly set for a major lifestyle change in 2025

Marie Claire

Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look

With Noel and Liam set to return, the style they popularised in the 1990s is back in the spotlight – but what will the Insta-fashion-conscious Gen Z make of it all?

The Guardian - UK

“He stuck his head out and said, ‘Can you give me a ride home?’ Next thing I know, I’m driving Frank Zappa to Laurel Canyon”: When cult guitar hero Rob Fetters went to pick Adrian Belew up from a Zappa rehearsal – and ended up giving his idol a lift

In the late 1970s, Fetters swung by the studio to pick up Belew, but ended up picking up a rather famous plus one for the journey home

Guitar World

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“There’s not a bad note on Rio. Everything just came together for that album”: Duran Duran’s John Taylor breaks down the group’s landmark album and how it inspired his signature bass

John Taylor and Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood are among the guests on a new podcast series from fanned-fret originators, Dingwall Guitars

Guitar World

“Ron played bass like John Entwistle – he was definitely into that kind of rhythmic gallop”: When Ron Asheton switched from guitar to bass, Iggy and the Stooges recorded their most influential record

How a chance meeting between Iggy Pop and David Bowie put the Stooges back on their feet

Louder

“It wasn’t the notes he was playing, it was the wild abandon”: Jack White on the guitarist he learned the most from

The ex-White Stripes man and guitar magus on the essential ingredients he thinks it takes to become a six-string master

Metal Hammer

“I’d be lying if I said there weren’t times when we thought: ‘Let’s just abandon the concept, and write some good songs’”: How Queensryche made conspiracy theory-based masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime,

Metal’s all-time greatest concept album? Operation: Mindcrime could be it

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Louder

“He said he reflected the craziness around him – he’d see other people go nuts and write about that”: Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped him

Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and Don Preston discuss dealing with the filthy freak’s genius up close – and what you’re missing if you haven’t investigated his catalogue

Louder

“I had just taken my first acid trip, and I had an African spear and a Chinese Warlord outfit”: Arthur Brown’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and more

Jamming with Hendrix, partying with The Who, getting hit on by David Bowie’s wife – The God Of Hellfire has done it all and more

Louder

“I’d say to him, ‘You say words that I would prefer you didn’t say. I think they’re unnecessary!’”: the modern pop superstar that Stevie Nicks thinks should tone down their swearing

The Fleetwood Mac icon has a contemporary pop favourite but isn’t happy about all the cussing

The Independent UK

Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I have a Pulitzer and a MacArthur Genius Grant. I’m already something no one else is’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW : The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the daunting task of crafting a successor to Elton John’s beloved ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about the lure of working with Barry Jenkins, endangered Disney ballads and why he doesn’t care…

Metal Hammer

Watch Nightwish documentary on the making of latest album Yesterwynde

Nightwish release 45-minute film exploring the creation of their 10th album

The Independent UK

SZA finally releases much-delayed new album ‘SOS Deluxe: Lana’

The new album, which dropped on December 20, includes 14 brand new songs

Evening Standard

Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood reflect on surprise reunion with Paul McCartney

The performance marked the last in Sir Paul’s Got Back Tour, which began in October.

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