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"A big part of the appeal is the build quality, which truly stands out at this price point": Gretsch Electromatic Premier Jet review

Is Gretsch's new attempt at a Les Paul killer the perfect blend of features and single-cut affordability?

Guitar World

“It can be your Fuzz Face stand-in for Hendrix-style sounds – but it does a whole lot more”: Strymon Canoga Vintage Silicon Fuzz review

The wizards of digital stompbox design conjure more analog magic with a two-knob fuzz box promising vintage Hendrix flavors and then some

Guitar World

"An unforgiving beast, but the sort of amp I would urge every player to experience at least once": Marshall x Jimi Hendrix 60th Anniversary JMH Half Stack review

Paying tribute to 60 years of one of the most iconic pairings in guitar history, Marshall releases a signature Hendrix amp bundle, featuring not only an amp and cab, but a Fuzz Face and some very collectable extras.

Guitar World

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"NME said we were the best thing since the Sex Pistols. Sounds said we were the worst group they'd ever seen." Why William and Jim Reid feared that The Jesus And Mary Chain's classic debut album Psychocandy might never get released

"It's such a shame that you've made a record full of pop songs and wasted them with all this noise"

Louder

“I’ve been playing B-benders since 1999, so I was eager to get my mitts on this guitar”: Fender John Osborne Telecaster review

The country-rock star’s Tele tears up the template – and could be your fastest ticket to B-bender tone

Guitar World

‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded

Fifty years ago this week, the Sex Pistols played their first Manchester gig and caused a sonic revolution. What happened to the other bands that were tipped for big things that year – and why did the rock’n’roll dinosaurs survive?

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"I would prefer to see Fender tweak the pickups rather than the aesthetic": Fender Vintera III Mid '60s Telecaster review

Shifting the focus from the highlights of a decade to more specific years, Fender updates its Vintera range in a way that will please those who get a kick out of attention to vintage aesthetics

Guitar World

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“Finding a twin humbucker guitar that looks and sounds as good as this is far from easy”: Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HH review

The newly appointed Mastodon guitarist gets heavy with his first dual humbucker signature, which comes in a fitting Silverburst-esque finish

Guitar World

“We were labelled ‘the new Led Zeppelin’. I mean, wow! But it was a blessing and a curse. There could never be another Led Zeppelin, just like there could never be another Beatles”: The strange tale of a great rock band that had it all – and then blew it

As one critic said, this band had “more good riffs in one song than there are in the first four Black Sabbath albums”

MusicRadar

“I haven’t written anything on the new album. I started to write ‘very heavy metal’ things, but I ended up writing for bagpipes, folk things like Jethro Tull. Oh well – bang go my royalties!”: When Bruce Dickinson was Iron Maiden’s odd man out

“There was none of me on that record – I was just AWOL mentally”

MusicRadar

"We spend a lot of time stabbing babies, fornicating with dogs, bombing churches." The dark, twisted, brilliant but largely forgotten grunge band who could have been bigger than Nirvana

The story of the cult Seattle band who should have become superstars but couldn't catch a break

Metal Hammer

“It’s a story about a bloke who’s not sure whether he’s died and been reborn, or whether he’s just been dreaming. Kind of like a bad hangover!”: The Iron Maiden anthem inspired by near-death experiences

Plus: Bruce Dickinson on the epic Alexander The Great

MusicRadar

How Pope John Paul II forced Queen to cancel a planned appearance at Manchester United's 'Theatre Of Dreams'

The Beatles might have boasted that they were bigger than Jesus, but the Pope's 1982 visit to Britain posed problems for Queen

Louder

"He suggested doing the interview on jet-skis": Excess, eyebrows, and an extremely erratic encounter with Ozzy Osbourne

An audience with the Prince of Darkness on the Ultimate Sin tour

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"We want to appeal to everybody and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires": How AC/DC's plan to conquer the world began in the back of a squalid bus

We travel back to 1976 to spend time with AC/DC as they clamber the first few rungs on stardom’s greasy ladder

MusicRadar

“The title came up as a joke at first, but it fitted the song so perfectly – we just had to use it”: How Massive Attack created the groundbreaking ’90s hit that propelled Bristol’s unique music scene into the global spotlight

“We were trying to create dance music for the head rather than the feet"

Metal Hammer

"Ozzy stood up, produced a Zippo lighter from his back pocket, and set Bill Ward's beard on fire": A personal insight into the chaotic, beautiful mind of Ozzy Osbourne

20 years of audiences with his royal highness, the Prince of Darkness

International Business Times UK

Decoding Britain's Beach Boys Obsession: Why the UK Fell Harder for Brian Wilson Than the US Did

Discover why Brian Wilson's musical genius resonated more deeply with British audiences than American ones, from Pet Sounds to his cultural legacy.

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The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

MusicRadar

"The Layers is a subtle and unique pedal, with a lot of expressive depth": MXR Layers review

MXR's soundscaping pedal will sample, modulate, pitch-shift and stack your sound for lush, rich textures

Louder

“I called Gene Simmons. He said: ‘How the hell did you get this number?!’ That was when I got the idea that we weren’t going to be best buddies”: Dee Snider’s wild tales of Robert Plant, Frank Zappa, Freddy Krueger and Kiss

From Johnny Cash and John Denver to Manowar and Henry Kissinger, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has mixed with them all

Louder

“Too big for our boots? We were a bunch of kids destined for factory life. We were not going to screw this up”: The tempestuous story of Def Leppard’s High ’N’ Dry, the album that turned them into US stars

1981’s High ’N’ Dry was the record that introduced Def Leppard to America – and changed things for ever

Metal Hammer

"Paul was read the riot act, and given the chance to put things right. But he didn't put things right": The story of Iron Maiden - the Paul Di'Anno years

As the 1980s dawned, Iron Maiden were about to record their debut album. It was the start of a journey that would launch them into the stratosphere, but there were some massive hurdles to overcome first

MusicRadar

“If it sounds like I’m standing over a body that’s just been stabbed to death, then it’s perfect.” The brutal heavy metal masterpiece that had producer Rick Rubin yelling: “More Satan!”

How the evil of Slayer flowed “after a few martinis”…

Metal Hammer

"Phil started going mental cos he's got these two bass drums and he doesn't know what to do with them!" How the delivery of a new drum kit gave Motörhead's Overkill to the world

'Fast' Eddie Clarke: "Once we'd cracked the formula of how to work together on Overkill, that's when we really started to take off"

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