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“We might just say, 'Let's go back to the '90s again.' It's not a bad idea”: Kirk Hammett on the next Metallica album
By Paul Elliott published
And he has 767 new riffs ready to go!

“The chugging guitar was inspired by a Queen track”: Adrian Smith reveals the origins of his first song for Iron Maiden
By Paul Elliott published
It’s on their classic album The Number Of The Beast

“I got a feeling about this one…": Travis Barker reveals his production tricks in a new studio tour
By Daniel Griffiths published
The Blink 182 drummer-turned-producer just gave fans a surprising reveal of his favourite gear and how he uses it

"It took me 10 years to finish the song, but I wrote that chorus in 15 minutes!”: How an ’80s rock star agonised over a classic No.1 hit
By Paul Elliott published
"I’m able to look back and laugh at myself," the singer says

"The greatest pop record ever made”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever - John Lennon's masterpiece
By Neil Crossley published
Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

Former Huey Lewis and the News guitarist Chris Hayes on that Ghostbusters plagiarism dispute
By Ben Rogerson published
“Ivan Reitman, he came to us and said, ‘Hey, we want to use I Want a New Drug for our movie, Ghostbusters’”

Kirk Hammett and Gibson team up for epic book documenting Metallica guitarist’s guitar collection
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars

“This religious freak came on stage with a dagger to stab me!”: Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi's most dangerous gig
By Paul Elliott published
"When we got to the venue, somebody had painted a cross on a door in red..."
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