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“There was a 50/50 chance that I’d be able to sing again!”: The dramatic story of an ’80s mega-hit
You know things are bad when your guitarist tries to kick you out of your own band!
“I could see and hear my brothers dying”: The horror of a rock band’s plane crash - by the guitarist who survived it
Six people died, including the band's singer
Chris Shiflett on how he found weapon of choice with the P-90 cut of his Fender Cleaver Tele Deluxe
Here is Shiflett on his P-90 epiphany, why everyone should have 500K pots on their guitar, and everything you need to know about his new signature Tele
“All the energy we put into that record just exploded on to the world!”: Chester Bennington on Hybrid Theory
The Linkin Park star spoke to Metal Hammer a year before his death
“The music business attracts the lowest form of life!”: How one rocker took on the industry and won!
If ever an artist stuck it to The Man, it was Boston’s leader Tom Scholz
"It's got more punch than a kangaroo at boxing practice": What is OTT compression - and how do you use it?
This influential Ableton Live preset made its way into thousands of tracks, spawned a copycat plugin, and inspired a new - and unapologetically excessive - style of compression. But why does it sound so good?
How the breakbeat genre took over the music world
“It was the B-side that became one of the most important pieces of music ever - certainly one of the most sampled”
“He didn't want his credibility blown by being named on a Def Leppard album!”: The rockers’ secret weapon
“He added a new dimension to our songs,” Leppard’s singer says
