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At war with their producer. At war with their label. At war with each other: The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opetrh, George Murray, Queen, Vion Hdertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

Louder

"The highlights are undermined by quite a lot of dross": Primal Scream are sporadically groovy yet ultimately frustrating on Come Ahead

The Primal Scream team fail to get their rocks off with this underwhelming comeback

Louder

Rashida Jones shares emotional memory of father Quincy Jones days after his death

‘Parks and Recreation’ star was the Grammy-winning producer’s one of seven children

The Independent UK

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“It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

The filth, the fury, and '80s Fernandes Strat copies – these guitars, amps, and effects defined the sound of some of rock's greatest, and most rebellious, bands

Guitar World

Luke Combs says he wanted to ‘crawl into a hole’ after Tracy Chapman discovered ‘Fast Car’ mistake

Combs first released his cover of Chapman’s hit song in 2023

The Independent UK

Billie Eilish pauses Nashville concert to eviscerate ‘predator’ Donald Trump

‘Someone who hates women so, so deeply is about to be the president,’ the singer said before going on to dedicate her 2022 song ‘TV’ to ‘all the women out there’

The Independent UK

“It took me a while to learn that guitarists can’t play bass. It’s about more than just getting the notes right”: How Mike Rutherford’s ‘lead bass’ approach helped demystify the low-end for prog rock cornerstone Genesis

The departure of guitarists Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett cleared the way for Rutherford's angular bassline on this Genesis classic

Guitar World

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“That was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly. Because I remember, when she said that, I wanted to crawl into a hole”: Luke Combs on being told by Tracy Chapman that he’d made a mistake in his cover of Fast Car

“I think about it every single time that I sing the song, and I will think about it every single time I sing this song for the rest of my whole life”

MusicRadar

“The fastest album they’d made, chock full of hard-headed riffs and squealing solos”: Every song on Judas Priest’s Painkiller ranked from worst to best

As The Metal Gods gear up to celebrate Painkiller’s 35th anniversary, we revisit and re-order every track on their evolutionary opus

Metal Hammer

“I was leaving the studio, but they were like, ‘we’re doing country, man!’ and I was just like, ‘that’s different, let’s go.’ We did one country idea, then we started Texas Hold ’Em”: Killah K on the making of a lead single from Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter

“It’s incredible how Beyoncé was able to hear herself in the original demo; it was completely left-field from what we’d usually hear from her and that’s just how genius she is”

MusicRadar

Top of the pips: Fiona Apple’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As her classic album When the Pawn … turns 25, we pick the best of a singer-songwriter whose portraits of love and selfhood are unforgettably vivid

The Guardian - UK

“There were nine other bass players. I got the job. Then I was told they were picking me up in three hours for a tour – I had to take it or leave it”: Tony Stevens on his rocky ride with Savoy Brown, Foghat and Midnight Flyer

Despite industry woes, he loved the challenge of playing with Kim Simmonds and ‘Lonesome’ Dave Peverett, and loved Acoustic amps and Warwick basses

Guitar World

“Right before we started the set, Bill Evans called me on a pay phone. He said, ‘I’m bringing somebody to hear you.’ I said, ‘It’s not Miles, is it?’” How jazz guitar legend Mike Stern ended up joining Miles Davis’ band – and had a song named after him

Stern was playing with Billy Cobham one night in the early 1980s when Evans decided to bring along the legendary jazz trumpeter, who was in the market for a new guitar player

Guitar World

WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped — release date, interviews and everything we know

WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped celebrates the 40th anniversary of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's festive hit single.

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“Massive. Exploring. Space travel.” After ELP’s Tarkus inspired the purchase of a Hammond organ, Elephant9 have defined and refined their experimental sound with help from across the Norwegian music scene

Latest album Mythical River has artistic tributaries including John Paul Jones, Motorpsycho, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Dungen, Red Kite – and also coffee

Guitar World

“Somebody in a trailer park was selling the body – at least it wasn’t a real body”: Nuno Bettencourt explains how his custom Washburn N4 was once stolen from a storage lock-up – and met a grizzly end

Bettencourt's OG Padauk N4 featured two distinct dark stripes embedded into the wood, which became crucial in its eventual discovery

MusicRadar

“This is like Buddy Rich saying Ringo couldn’t drum. Because, coming from Buddy Rich’s sensibility, Ringo can’t drum”: What Paul McCartney said about that beef with Quincy Jones

How the two legends made their peace

Metal Hammer

"We were on a wave that hadn’t been ridden before." Papa Roach recreate the Last Resort video on Metal Hammer's new cover as they get ready to celebrate 25 years of Infest

Next year, Papa Roach will celebrate 25 years of their classic breakthrough album Infest. To celebrate, they're on the front cover of Metal Hammer!

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“They just tour like there’s no tomorrow and they put on a wicked live show!” Mimi Barks names five young metal bands everyone needs to know

The doom trap pioneer and her backing musicians champion their favourite new bands, from Tailgunner to House Of Protection

The Guardian - UK

Linkin Park: From Zero review – rock’s risk takers win big with punchy comeback

They sold millions as the most poppy and emotional band in nu-metal. Now, returning with Emily Armstrong as frontwoman, they remain just as dynamic

The Independent UK

Pete Townshend claims female One Direction fans are ‘fickle’ and move ‘from one group to the other’

The Who star spoke about his own experiences of fame as he said his band didn’t work ‘for screaming girls... we’re going to work for the boys’

Evening Standard

Jingle Bell Ball: Full line-up and ticket details as music extravaganza returns to O2 Arena

Coldplay, Perrie Edwards and Katy Perry are among this year’s performers – while another huge star will take to the stage twice

Metal Hammer

The time My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way hit out at nu metal: "It set us back to the stone age...it's like a bunch of neanderthals had a microphone for 8 years and everybody had to deal with it"

In a newly-resurfaced 2007 interview, the My Chemical Romance frontman aired his ill-feelings towards nu metal, and said that he thought certain bands within the genre encouraged sexism, homophobia and "other forms of ignorance"

Metal Hammer

Watch Sleep Token perform live without their bassist and guitarist this week

Bassist III and guitarist IV were disposed by illness, but Sleep Token performed in Zurich on Monday anyway

Guitar World

“Prince said, ‘Think more Elton John.’ I was like, ‘Is he clowning? Is he trolling me?’” Session ace Ella Feingold once auditioned to join Prince’s band – and was told her playing was “too funky”

Feingold has discussed her 2005 audition, during which her chops proved to be too funky – and not enough ‘Elton John’ – for Prince

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