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“Unfortunately I have a torn hamstring and damage to my hip”: Gilby Clarke to replace Orianthi (who was replacing Nita Strauss) on upcoming Alice Cooper dates

Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin… the former Guns N' Roses guitarist has been drafted in for the Godfather of Shock tour after Orianthi suffered an injury

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“He stands behind me, and counts it off with the kids – he did the pick slides, the whole thing”: Dweezil Zappa showcases the Kramer Eddie Van Halen gifted him when he was 12 years old

Zappa was set to perform Runnin’ With the Devil at his middle school talent show, and was struggling with his guitar. Then, somehow, Eddie Van Halen showed up at his band's soundcheck...

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Lady Gaga To Release 'Mayhem' Album, Embracing Chaos And Transformation

Lady Gaga's upcoming album 'Mayhem' promises chaos and transformation with a fresh sound. Stay tuned for new singles and her participation in the FireAid b...

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“Adrian and I connected on everything – we even went to the Whisky and paid $5 to see Van Halen play in a one-third full room”: Cult guitar hero Rob Fetters on his friendship with Adrian Belew – and the time they raced home to try tapping after seeing EVH

The Raisins co-founder has returned to making his own music after years of commercial work. He looks back on his fruitful friendship with Zappa sideman Belew – but can’t predict if they’ll reboot their former band

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"In the early days, it was actually Oasis supporting us, but that changed very quickly. I suppose it was easy to look at what was happening to Oasis and think, ‘I want a bit of that’": Former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe on Britpop and musical inspiration

“I could never see the connection with the Verve, really," says McCabe. "I had nothing against Britpop at all and there was some amazing music that came out of it, but it wasn’t the sound that we wanted to make"

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RAYE Shares What Music Shaped Her—And What's on Her Playlist Now

The Best New Artist-nominated singer discusses Britney Spears, Charli xcx, and Nina Simone.

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"No one else is making contemporary heavy metal on their level." Every Trivium album ranked from worst to best

Rating the storied career of one of modern metal's most important bands as they head out on tour to celebrate 20 years of Ascendancy

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The vast majority of independent artists cannot even afford to tour, new survey reveals

One in seven fund their career from personal savings

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Steven Wilson announces first full-band North American solo tour for seven years

Steven Wilson will release The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, on March 14

Louder

Hear Deafheaven go back to black metal with new single Magnolia

The California blackgaze darlings will release Lonely People With Power, their first album in four years, on March 28

Metal Hammer

Who Is Performing At Super Bowl 2025? Full List With Special Guest Singer Revealed

Fans expressed excitement as Apple Music announced the special guest who will be joining rap icon Kendrick Lamar at the 2025 Super Bowl. The post Who Is Performing At Super Bowl 2025? Full List With Special Guest Singer Revealed first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine review – glorious exchange of skull-crushing riffs and deafening roars

The veteran rockers turn back the clock on the dual anniversary of their breakthrough albums, with the south Wales band playing a conquering heroes’ return

The Guardian - UK

‘It was triggered by a Fellini-esque woman who pulled a knife on someone’: how the Only Ones made Another Girl, Another Planet

‘It wasn’t a hit at the time, but when it was later used in an advert, I got paid 100 grand. I was still using drugs and the money was gone in a year’

The Guardian - UK

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Larkin Poe, Ricky Warwick, the Doobie Brothers and five other rockin' rebels, rampagers and rioters

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“I didn’t know it was going to be loved by so many people. I didn’t even want to record the song!”: How a famous guitarist scored a surprise solo hit

“I stepped out of my comfort zone with the funky guitar!”

The Independent UK

Ronan Keating lashes out at ‘vicious’ Louis Walsh: ‘He made the wrong choices’

Explosive documentary, which features interviews with Keating, his ex-bandmates and former manager Walsh, charts the feuds and fallouts that transpired in one of the biggest boybands of the Nineties

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“The river was flooding – the water was flowing so fast it created a whirlpool. I was sitting in an innertube, floating in a circle and that walkdown came to me”: Riff inspiration can strike in the strangest places – just ask William “Billy” KingReynolds

Billy King & the Bad Bad's new album, Introspective Resolute, is all Lovecraftian punk sneer, howling at the moon and the sound of a band stretching out

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“He was only paid £6 for his credit on the James Bond theme, but he would dine out reputationally on that riff for the rest of his life”: Vic Flick played sessions for The Beatles, Tom Jones and Dusty Springfield – but the James Bond riff is his legacy

Remembering the veteran gun-for-hire who played the tough, wiry riff from the James Bond Theme

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“Surreal and fun to play Saturday Night Live with Bob Dylan.. I mean Timothee Chalamet”: James Blake joins Oscar-nominated actor as he plays three lesser-known Dylan tracks on SNL

Not quite complete unknowns, but definitely deep cuts

Guitar World

“Built for speed, equipped for domination”: Jackson stealth-launches the Pure Metal range – a trio of limited edition single-pickup shred machines

Finished in Black with Creme binding, this Kelly, Rhoads and Soloist are packing a Fishman Fluence Modern humbucker, a Floyd, and that iconic six-in-line headstock

The Independent UK

Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire says he’s still ‘emotionally floored’ by Richey Edwards disappearance

Welsh guitarist disappeared almost 30 years ago on 1 February 1995

Louder

David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy musicians reunite for European tour

Carlos Alomar and George Murray to undertake the D.A.M. Trilogy - Back To Berlin Tour in November and December

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"I’ve written this tune and I’m going to record it tonight and have it pressed, up and out tomorrow": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened

"It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift Asked One of Harry Styles's Favorite Bands to Handwrite Lyrics as a Birthday Gift for Him When They Were Dating

The Temper Trap said Swift “came to our green room with a piece of paper" during an awards show to ask for the favor

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“The net result of this process is a progression which sounds smoother, calmer and more musical”: The value of adding chord inversions

If your chord progressions sound a little clunky, try approaching your harmony in an inverse way.

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