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“We have an identity crisis. People say, ‘I knew every one of those songs, but I had no idea they were yours’”: Mike + The Mechanics’ history is a bit more rock’n’roll than Genesis’

Spurred on by surprise early success, Mike Rutherford’s band endured a tough time with a demon-haunted singer, then a replacement who expected rehearsals to be all thought and no action

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“David shook my hand and said, ‘Here’s the song I want to do.’ It was Golden Years. I was auditioning during the making of the album”: Bassist George Murray’s six-year stint with David Bowie

As a member of Bowie’s band, George Murray cut the studio albums Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, and Scary Monsters

Guitar World

“I figured people would frown about the group because we had three prog musicians from quite big bands playing bubblegum songs, really. But they were good songs”: Legendary drummer Carl Palmer on the multi-million-selling success of ’80s supergroup Asia

But he admits: “I didn’t enjoy making those silly videos”

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"When it ended, I asked, “Do you hate it?” How an old rap-rock demo, a Chris Farley skit and an all-star jam helped turn one Canadian pop-punk band into megastars

Deryck Whibley said Sum 41's breakthrough hit was kicking around for 18 months

Metal Hammer

“We were terrified we were going to get caught. A lot of people would have lost their jobs”: That time one of alt-rock’s goofiest bands snuck into a storage space at 2am, and recorded a solo through Carlos Santana’s full guitar rig

A tip from a roadie led to a clandestine operation that, its lead perpetrator said, “resembled an early morning bank heist”

Guitar World

“Tal came over and said, ‘Sting, it doesn’t quite go the way you’re playing it…’” When Tal Wilkenfeld taught Sting the correct way to play an Aerosmith classic

Sting was performing alongside Steven Tyler and Jeff Beck at the MGM Grand when Wilkenfeld intervened

Guitar World

Taylor Swift Has Shared Behind-the-Scenes Footage From Her Opalite Music Video and It’s Going Viral

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“One day in Berlin, Eno came running in and said, ‘I have heard the sound of the future’”: How to replicate the trailblazing pulse of I Feel Love

I Feel Love’s innovative electronic rhythm section set the stage for pretty much everything that followed, and here’s how you can recreate its bewitching energy in your DAW

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“He was like, ‘No, I want the other position.’ That’s where it became so acrimonious between us”: Francis Rossi opens up on the internal tensions between Status Quo’s two guitar greats

A decade on since Rick Parfitt's death, Rossi reveals how the Quo wasn't big enough for the both of them

Guitar World

“It says on the record: ‘No synthesizers’. That’s so cool. And I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album

“It has a lot of power, it has wonderful orchestration and incredible playing”

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“I saw these at Guitar Summit last year and came away with one thought: this might be the guitar of my dreams”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a long-awaited Lamb of God Les Paul

All-new drops from Kiesel, Manson, Gibson, Eastman, Taylor and more…

Guitar World

I'm A Huge Emo Fan And I Didn't Even Clock That Deep Cut Song In Bridgerton. It's So Perfect Though

The Bridgerton soundtrack has done it again.

Cinemablend

"He would blow a fuse and get p**sed off at us and scream!" How an irate producer and 'Chris Rock' convinced Beastie Boys to finish what would be their biggest-ever song

Listen all of y'all, it's a Sabotage story behind the song

Metal Hammer

The Guide #230: From Oasis to Bowie, your stories of seeing pre-stardom acts

In this week’s newsletter: Everyone has to start somewhere … and in front of someone. Thankfully, these soon-to-be-huge artists left the mime act and dodgy covers (mostly) in the past

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Creative Bloq

Yes, Apple, it's time to bring back the iPod

Even the original designer says so.

Evening Standard

Eurovision Song Contest live tour cancelled because of ‘unforeseen challenges’

The tour was to celebrate the song contest’s 70th anniversary with a series of shows across 10 European cities, including London.

Evening Standard

Jesy Nelson in tears as SMA petition reaches more than 100,000 signatures

The petition was launched on Thursday morning.

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Corrosion of Conformity, Knocked Loose and a mega Napalm Death/Melvins collab are among the best new metal songs this week

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Evening Standard

Charli XCX’s Wuthering Heights soundtrack receives positive reviews

The soundtrack was released on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Ebo Taylor obituary

Ghanaian guitarist, arranger, singer-songwriter and cult hero who rose to fame outside Africa only late in life

The Guardian - UK

Bad Bunny gets first solo UK Top 10 hits thanks to Super Bowl boost

The Puerto Rican star’s album Debí Tirar Más Fotos jumps to No 2, while the song DTMF rises to No 4

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift lands sixth UK number one single with Opalite

The US singer’s return to the summit follows the release of her Opalite music video, featuring stars including Cillian Murphy and Graham Norton.

Metal Hammer

"It's as if overnight the world decided Deftones were the most culturally important band since Nirvana." Alternative metal's original baddies get hot and heavy as they kick off their UK tour in Birmingham

TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues

The Guardian - UK

Deftones review – alt-metal veterans sound exceptionally fresh 38 years on

The US band’s brawny, pit-inciting riffs come laced with blurry waves of distortion, making for music that is oddly reflective and melancholy

Evening Standard

K-pop stars BTS plan to be ‘dancing in our 60s’

The boyband appear on the front cover of the March issue of GQ ahead of their live reunion concert on Netflix next month.

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