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"Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player – he was pure magic…" Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers has died, aged 48

Nu metal bassist Sam Rivers has died, Limp Bizkit confirm

Guitar World

“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us”: These are the two early Queen songs that Brian May says paved the way for Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t appear out of nowhere

Louder

“It’s nasty and greasy and oozing funk. It’s a masterclass in funk bass”: Robert Wilson had his step-out performance on this Gap Band classic, which features two bass parts, both cut on a flatwound-strung P-Bass

The main riff is likely familiar to many via Victor Wooten’s song Bass Tribute

Guitar World

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Pink Floyd star David Gilmour says ‘no possible way’ for Roger Waters reunion

Former bandmates are embroiled in one of music’s most acrimonious feuds

The Independent UK

Sam Rivers death: Limp Bizkit bassist dies, aged 48

Nu metal group say Rivers was ‘pulse beneath every song’

The Independent UK

‘I don’t really have sex to music, it’s a bit Tom Cruise’: Miles Kane’s honest playlist

The singer and Last Shadow Puppets frontman has come a long way from buying No Limit at Woolworths, but what song can make him cry?

The Guardian - UK

“You will lose out on generations of esoteric, risk-taking, creative, adventurous weirdos, rebels, agitators, and provocateurs. You’re gonna get white bread”: Shirley Manson takes aim at the music industry, Spotify and Ticketmaster

She expands on reasons behind Garbage’s decision to “curtail” touring

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Intellectual, cynical, logical: The hit song about divorce and disillusionment that was Paul McCartney's favourite single of 1979

A Beatle approved it. The record company hated it. How an existential pop-rock masterpiece turned its creators into unlikely transatlantic superstars

Louder

Sam Rivers Dead at 48: Inside the Limp Bizkit Bassist's Life, Legacy, and the Mystery Surrounding His Death

Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers dies at 48. Fans mourn the nu-metal icon as details emerge about his health struggles and unconfirmed cause of death.

International Business Times UK

Limp Bizkit bass player Sam Rivers dead at 48

Limp Bizkit mourn the loss of their "heartbeat" as bassist Sam Rivers dies at the age of 48

Metal Hammer

Fridayz Live Sydney review – Mariah Carey is impeccable but Pitbull steals the show

Dual headliners capped a R&B festival with fever-dream energy, including self-help sermons and Pitbull cosplayers everywhere you looked

The Guardian - AU

"They were ripping the whole place down. The bar was used as a battering ram to storm the stage." How a long wait for a metal singer's dealer to deliver the goods almost caused disaster at an iconic UK music venue

There's a reason drugs are bad, kids, and this chaotic night in Nottingham was one of them

Metal Hammer

"He was doing something that was light years away from all of my other heroes": The five albums that changed Ace Frehley's life

In 2018 late Kiss legend Ace Frehley picked the five records that guided his path towards the stars

Metal Hammer

Kylie Jenner says she’s not ‘Adele or anything’ as she launches music career

The 28-year-old’s debut single was recently branded ‘embarrassing’ by critics

The Independent UK

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“I’m gonna play it with you and I’m gonna stay out of your way as much as I can”: The A-list comedy superstar who teamed up with two nu metal bands for the weirdest collaboration of the early 2000s

The nu metal era was a weird time

MusicRadar

"She was in that cavewoman outfit, doing her dance with a big wig and the two dancers going at it. I’m like: ‘This is really not me.’”: Heaven 17 on their unlikely role in Tina Turner’s comeback

The soul legend recorded Let’s Stay Together in one take

Guitar World

“He was standing two feet from me. When he was done, he said, ‘Well, what do you think?’ And I said, ‘I want to cry’”: How this bluesman linked up with Eric Clapton – and got him to play a solo on his album

They’ve forged a close friendship over the years, but getting Slowhand to play an “insane” solo on his record wasn’t easy

Metal Hammer

“The anthems are unloaded with the speed of a machine gun but the accuracy of a sniper”: What happened when Killswitch Engage brought one of the year’s biggest metal lineups to Wembley Arena

The venue may not be heaving, but Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy and Decapitated still put on a night of top-to-bottom excellence

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“I was already a loony tune before I joined Kiss”: Ace Frehley on what went wrong with Kiss – plus his relationship with Gene and Paul… and the biggest mistakes he made

In 2014, the late, great Space Ace looked back on his time in Kiss

Metal Hammer

“Every time we played it, a circle-pit would open up – hip hop kids spinning with punks and heavy metal guys”: The weed-fueled 90s rap song that became a huge hit after it was adopted by metal fans

It’s a guaranteed floor-filler more than 30 years on

Marie Claire

Sources Have Weighed In on Whether Taylor Swift Will Invite William and Kate to Her Wedding

Louder

"I was blown away!" The greatest prog albums, as chosen by prog legend Geoff Downes

He's been in The Buggles, Yes and Asia – but what does Geoff Downes consider the finest prog albums ever?

MusicRadar

“For about three days, just listening to this thing, I was looking at Kevin and the other two guys saying ’What have we created? This is brilliant’“: The difficult bossa nova birth and enduring brilliance of 10CC’s I’m Not In Love

10cc’s classic turned fifty this year

Guitar World

“The string mute had disintegrated, so I stuck a piece of scouring pad to whatever was left”: How Squarepusher found a signature sound with a 1979 Rickenbacker bass, a DIY string mute and some heavy EQ

Iambic 5 Poetry features two separate bass tracks: the up-front melodic line, and another hidden low in the mix

Louder

“Vanilla Fudge had covered a Supremes hit and turned it into something else. That’s what the band tried to do – put their own spin on it”: The iconic cover version that launched a legendary hard rock band – but nearly turned them into one-hit-wonders

It came a year before Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath released their debut albums

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