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"It's almost like a template of how a hard rock band playing a rock'n'roll tune should be": Ian Paice's eight favourite Deep Purple songs
Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice is the only member of the band who's been with them since they formed in 1968, but, having seen ...
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Robert Trujillo reflects on first Metallica shows: “What I remember most was not knowing what the setlist was gonna be each night”
Between learning songs on the spot and playing to prison convicts, Metallica’s bassist had a hectic first few gigs with the ...
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Steve Perry has rerecorded a Journey deep cut with the sons of Steve Lukather and Phil Collins
Trev Lukather and Nic Collins' new band The Effect have employed the services of former Journey frontman Steve Perry on one of his band's old tunes ...
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Party rockers The Karma Effect get a powerful second wind on Promised Land
The Karma Effect might not be reinventing the hard rock wheel, but there's plenty of rabble-rousing to be found ...
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"Roy Thomas Baker would organise food fights and set fire to the mixing desk": How Bill Nelson built up then broke up Be-Bop Deluxe
For the follow-up, Nelson unveiled a slimmed-down new line-up, with bassist Charlie Tumahai and drummer Simon Fox. EMI duly ...
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“I didn’t realise how much Him meant to people”: Ville Valo on the legacy of Him, finishing up with VV and the music that comes next
The goth metal beloved talks about his impending Royal Albert Hall show, drawing VV to a close and why he won’t play a Him album live in full ...
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The Pink Floyd solo albums you should definitely own
Freed from the rivalry and constraints within Pink Floyd, the band members held nothing back on their solo endeavours – and ...
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When Sir Christopher Lee met Tony Iommi: “When I go to see a good concert from a metal band, it’s exhilarating”
Metal Hammer brought together acting legend Sir Christopher Lee with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi for the ultimate ...
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"We sound like a really bad tribute band": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been playing Rush songs together
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The mystery and mythology of Magma founder Christian Vander
years on, the difficult and driven creator of the zeuhl genre is still developing the theme he introduced to the world in ...
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Watch Disturbed frontman David Draiman sing Metallica’s Enter Sandman at Nita Strauss’s wedding
Alice Cooper and Demi Lovato were also present when Strauss married her longtime partner in Hollywood on Saturday ...
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Listen to the only non-Metallica song that Lars Ulrich has ever recorded drums for
In 1993, Metallica’s drummer manned the kit for another band in the recording studio. He’d never done it before, and he ...