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The drumming wisdom of Paul Cook
This week marks 38 years since the release of the Sex Pistols' incendiary debut album, Never Mind The Bollocks.The record sparked a musical and cultural sea change all around the world, helping to bring punk into the mainstream. But, what often gets forgotten amongst the filth and the fury is...
Corey Taylor puts Joey Jordison's Slipknot departure down to the drummer 'going another way'
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has spoken out on the band's parting of ways with drummer Joey Jordison, explaining Jordison left out of "necessity."Jordison left the band in 2013, with the departure put down to "personal reasons" at the time."It is with great pain but quiet respect, that for personal reasons...
Adele Interview: World Exclusive First Interview In Three Years
Adele Adkins is an anomaly. She has won at the fame game simply by refusing to play it, and her music is all the better for it. She’s perhaps the most important British singer of right here, right now. In her first interview in forever, Adele talks about being a...
Martin Taylor on his favourite guitars and onstage nightmares
The jazz fingerstyle champion of the world confesses to an embarrassing past project and that he almost quit in the 80s as he takes on the 10 questions we ask everyone... 1. What was your first guitar and when did you get it? "I started playing the guitar when I...
Phil Rudd Up Close and Personal
Phil Rudd has been in the news for quite some time now because of his troubled state of mind, he has made the headlines again, this time for all the good reasons. Phil Rudd was recently interviewed by New Zealand’s 3News where he spoke about his defiant change towards positivity...