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“I don’t think Metallica wants to say I am an original member”: Why Metallica’s forgotten guitarist believes he isn’t considered the heavy metal legends’ OG guitar player

Lloyd Grant jammed with Lars Ulrich and helped record an early demo of Hit the Lights – but isn’t recognized as an original member of Metallica

Guitar World

“Pigeonhole this band at your own peril”: Why you should adore Katatonia – and where you should start with their enormous back-catalogue

From death/doom majesty to streamlined, melodic metal, this is your whistlestop tour through the best of Katatonia’s 12 albums

Metal Hammer

No wonder we love Bob Marley’s ‘Could You Be Loved’ – its message is as pure and pertinent as ever

IN FOCUS: The memorable track is the reggae icon’s most-played song in the UK – more so than ‘One Love’ and ‘Three Little Birds’. Why do Brits love it so much? asks Annabel Nugent

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“All the songs are about life on the road and things that were going down within the band”: Recently unearthed footage shows Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham discussing the making of the album that would end up being one of the biggest of all time

He also tells the tale of how he and Stevie Nicks ended up joining Fleetwood Mac in the first place

MusicRadar

Eagles TE Who Doesn’t Listen to Taylor Swift Took Funny Guess at One of Her Songs

A swing and a miss!

Sports Illustrated

“It meant a great deal to him and remains one of our most beloved of Jack’s treasures”: Cream legend Jack Bruce’s EB-1 violin bass to go on display at the Gibson Garage London

The life of the late Cream bassist will be commemorated with an all-star jam to raise funds for the Jack Bruce Foundation as the Gibson Garage London celebrates its first anniversary

MusicRadar

“They’ve achieved so much in their careers. I love hearing their stories. Every time we plug in together, I grow as a player”: Lari Basilio reveals what she learned from playing side by side with all-time guitar and session greats

From sharing the stage with Steve Vai to having Joe Satriani shred on one of her tracks, Basilio knows a thing or two about playing alongside some of the most established names in the biz

Guitar World

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"Fear is not a good mindset for musicians. Rock 'n' roll was not born out of fear." From Igor Stravinsky to Public Enemy, here are 10 bold, brilliant albums to inspire and fire revolution

Atari Teenage Riot frontman Alec Empire has always believed in the power of music to effect change. Here are 10 incendiary records he recommends as the soundtrack for revolutionary struggles worldwide

Louder

Are Celebrities 'Forced' To Thank Beyonce? Miley Cyrus' Grammys Speech Revives 'Thank You' Theory

While on stage to announce the winner of Record of the Year, Miley couldn't help but add a playful touch, joking that she might name Beyoncé as the winner — even though it wasn't her award to take.

International Business Times UK

“We used to play that song faster…”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande reveals the secret lessons he gave his Sepultura replacement

The drummer dishes the backstory on his Slipknot switch and what he really thinks of Greyson Nekrutman…

MusicRadar

“I didn’t know what to do. It sounded like an angry wasp”: Brian May recalls the time he played live through Jimi Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well

Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord

MusicRadar

Solstice storm the Prog Magazine Readers' Poll and announce new studio album Clann

UK prog rockers Solstice will release their eighth studio album Clann in April

Louder

Even Spotify is getting in on the Spiritbox jokes, calling Courtney LaPlante ‘Poppy’ on its Kickass Metal playlist

Spiritbox’s singer got confused for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet, and the streaming giant seems to be poking fun

Metal Hammer

“I got a text asking if he could send my name over to an ‘artist’ for a ‘show.’ It ended up being Chris Martin”: Grace Bowers takes her chops to the biggest stage in music for a surprise Grammys appearance with the Coldplay frontman

The guitar wunderkind was approached for the gig last minute, but stole the show with an emotional solo over Coldplay’s All My Love

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"The goal is world domination." Spiritbox are on the cover of Metal Hammer as one of the most exciting bands in modern metal prepare to unleash Tsunami Sea

Rising Canadian metalcore stars Spiritbox talk about the year ahead, only in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Louder

Steven Wilson's return to the prog fold features on the front cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

Plus Bill Bruford, Dream Theater, Readers' Poll Results, Jon Camp, Neal Morse, Mogwai, Tiger Moth Tales, White Willow, Matt Berry, Marko Hietala, Ritual and loads more

The Independent UK

Kendrick Lamar fans think he found another way to troll Drake at the Grammys

Rapper triumphed at this year’s ceremony thanks to his Drake diss track, ‘Not Like Us’

MusicRadar

“It had so much weight. So much power”: How Led Zeppelin’s Communication Breakdown set the template for heavy metal and inspired a legendary punk guitarist

It’s unlike any other song on Zep’s first album

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Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden with exclusive all-new interviews - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Larkin Poe, Gillan, Manic Street Preachers, Thin Lizzy, The Pogues, King Crimson, The Knack, Ricky Warwick, Shaman's Harvest, Brian Fallon, Von Hertzen Brothers and more

MusicRadar

“With Off The Rails, I was stuck – didn’t quite know where to finish it – so Iwent and saw Killers of the Flower Moon”: Jerry Cantrell reveals how Jeff Beck and Martin Scorsese influenced new solo album I Want Blood

How archive footage of Beck with a curious piece of vintage gear and Scorsese's cinematic sensibility helped Cantrell jemmy open the doors of inspiration

Guitar World

“We’d play at the Palomino under some weird name – we’d just show up, so nobody would know. By halfway through the set, the place was jam-packed”: Steve Lukather on his secret supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee and Steve Morse

In a recent chat with Rick Beato, Luke tells the story of his all-star jam band based around a group of Ernie Ball Music Man players

Guitar World

“I plugged into a Marshall stack – and it sounded awful. I could hardly play... Jimi Hendrix came onstage, plugged into the same amp – and it sounded like a cataclysm”: Brian May on the one time he experimented with a Marshall stack

The Vox AC30 amp/Red Special guitar combo is one of the most iconic in rock, but the Queen guitar hero didn't solidify that setup straight away

The Independent UK

UK’s favourite Bob Marley song revealed ahead of reggae icon’s 80th birthday

Legendary reggae artist would have been 80 this week

MusicRadar

“When I came up with the guitar part, Krist looked at me and said, ‘That is so ridiculous’. I made the band play it for an hour and a half”: It defined the '90s, yet Nirvana’s biggest anthem started out as a self-confessed rip-off

It was written to be the ultimate pop song, and with over two billion streams, the legacy of Nirvana’s most popular cut endures

Metal Hammer

"There was a rumour that I had a secret underground water park in my backyard": Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix on overnight success, the path to sobriety and the nu metal resurgence

Papa Roach are about to bring their biggest-ever show to the UK and Jacoby Shaddix still has something to prove

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