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“I didn’t feel the compassion, let’s put it that way”: Al Jardine criticises Mike Love’s speech at Brian Wilson’s funeral

Al Jardine and Mike Love both gave speeches honouring Wilson, their late bandmate and visionary songwriter. But Jardine has taken umbrage at what Love said in his, accusing him of “serious megalomania ...
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"Classic and timeless": Slingerland Drums are back, and Bruno Mars' drummer and JR Robinson are on board

Bruno Mars' drummer (and brother) Eric Hernandez is also fully on board, gushing “The Slingerland drum sound is classic and ...
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“Each guitar includes a 40th-anniversary certificate hand-signed by Paul Reed Smith”: PRS swaps maple for mango to give its flagship Custom 24 an eye-popping satin nitro ...

PRS Guitars has spec’d up another immaculate high-end electric guitar to celebrate its 40th anniversary, refreshing its Custom 24 in a satin nitro finish with an eye-popping mango top and some cool ...
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"It is not a polite instrument – nor is it clean, safe, or obvious": Cherry Audio revives the cult classic Crumar Spirit in its latest plugin

Cherry Audio is renowned for its well-reviewed software recreations of vintage synthesizers, having captured the spirit of legendary names such as the Roland Juno-106, ARP 2600 and Prophet-10 in ...
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“Sometimes swinging all the elements of the drums doesn't make it groove better”: Breakout producer Silva Bumpa on the secret to creating sub bass and UKG rhythms

Sheffield born producer Silva Bumpa is one of the fastest rising names in UK dance music. Known for his tracks that touch on ...
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“Thom sat down and played it in three takes, then just burst into tears afterwards”: How Jeff Buckley saved Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees

It was the song Thom Yorke just couldn't get right, but a stellar Jeff Buckley gig unlocked the missing ingredient ...
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“The place went wild, and after 4 minutes and 27 seconds of what sounded like Justin Bieber, I found out the worst news imaginable”: EDM DJ Gryffin on the moment he l…

Rather than trying to blend into the background, lest his cover be blown, the bootleg Bieber - believed to be one Dylan ...
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“This has been through thick and thin… one of our crew fell on a stair, the whole neck snapped right off”: Swedish heavyweights Orbit Culture show us their ESP guitars ...

Richard Hansson and Niklas Karlsson on why passive humbuckers are better for downtuned riffs, James Hetfield's influence, and why baritones and extended range guitars are too much guitar ...
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“I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me. We wound up plugging the guitar straight into the board. That’s why it’s such a clean tone on that track ...

“We were doing that riff and cracking up laughing the whole time”: Zakk Wylde on how a “joke” riff won Ozzy Osbourne his ...
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“I guess I’m buying a new Gibson”: Cesar Gueikian teases Custom Shop replica of Marty McFly’s “1955” ES-345 – but hunt goes on for original Back To The Future gui…

Here is news of a Hollywood remake that we can all get behind. Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has teased the release of a Custom ...
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“It was my bad… crossed wires”: Calvin Harris shuts down talk of a feud with Miley Cyrus after teasing a new song that previously had her vocals on it

Sensing scandal - when one fan wrote that they only wanted Miley’s vocals, Harris replied with “off you pop then” - the ...
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“They all thought it was a bonkers idea but it worked. It was already a great song, but that one little thing made it different”: How the Eagles made somebody else’s song ...

In the 2011 BBC documentary Hotel California: LA From The Byrds To The Eagles, David Crosby described the West Coast music industry of the time as being like a pool of sharks. And as Crosby succinctly ...