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“A force of nature. A player who served the song and who enriched the lives of every single person he met”: Danny Thompson, innovative bassist who played with Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, Pentangle, and countless others, dies at 86

Though he grew up with a love of jazz, it wasn't long before Thompson branched out stylistically, and embarked on a career of extraordinary musical breadth

Guitar World

“He wanted all that at an undoable selling price”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith confirms rumours that it built James Hetfield a signature model – and it combined three iconic amps in one

A Diezel, a JC-120 and a Mark IIC+ all in one? That would have cost a whack – and it would have, which is why the Metallica frontman's prototype never got released

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Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson has died, aged 86

Danny Thompson was a founding member of Pentangle and worked with John Martyn, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk and more

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“Once we had done that, we were in the game”: 60 years of The Last Time – the Stones’ big breakthrough

It was the group’s first self-penned Number One

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Acoustic bass player Danny Thompson has died aged 86

The musician was a founding member of the British folk-rock band, Pentangle, and worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison.

Evening Standard

“People really go ape*** for the dance tracks”: saluting New Order’s imperious 2015 album Music Complete as it turns 10

The synth-pop trailblazers’ most recent record came out a decade ago and increasingly looks like a fantastic and fitting farewell

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“Every time I slid my hand down the neck, a splinter of wood would stick in my finger and I would start bleeding”: Sepultura co-founder Max Cavalera looks back on his first-ever electric guitar, “Rotten” – and the moment he discovered metal

The metal icon also discusses how Judas Priest and the Brazilian thrash metal band Dorsal Atlântica were crucial in inspiring him and his brother to pursue music seriously

Guitar World

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Metal Hammer presents the ultimate Ghost fan pack: the story of every album and every era, including an exclusive patch and artcards

Ghost fans! Get your hands on this essential bundle about the complete history of the band

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“She said, ‘It’s an honor to be here and meet you.’ It was like, Where’s Chappell Roan? I thought she was going to be some big diva”: Nancy Wilson joins Chappell Roan on stage for an explosive rendition of a Heart classic

Wilson brandished her one-of-a-kind purple sparkle baritone Telecaster, which was stolen – and later retrieved – just a couple of months ago

Guitar World

IDLES invite Jack White to join chaotic Riot Fest guest spot – and give him the keys to Lee Kiernan’s famed Pink Mustang

The White Stripes legend joined in on the band’s energetic antics during Never Fight A Man With A Perm

Guitar World

‘The idea we should be in the kitchen serving our men is enraging’: singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan on her long fight for women’s voices

The singer and founder of the Lilith Fair festival was worried about making a new record after 11 years away. But, she explains, the need to defend women’s rights has driven an angry return

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“Will pound your ears with thick saturation… dense walls of fuzz straight from a ‘90s fever dream”: Players who deal in big gnarly riffs might need to add the Way Huge Doom Hammer Fuzz to their ‘board ASAP

Inspired by a modded '78 op-amp fuzz, with tighter low-end, the awesomely named Doom Hammer Fuzz is a simple but versatile three-knob stompbox with a wide range of gain

MusicRadar

"THANK YOU for making my amazing kid's dream come true”: Green Day facilitate a mother and child reunion

Argyle Cantrell sang with the band on his 16th birthday

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“She isn’t fit to tie their shoelaces!”: recounting an awkward encounter between Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and Madonna at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

A US writer has shared the story of a contretemps that occurred at the event in New York in 2008

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“We will not perform; we will liberate”: Heavy metal nuns Dogma to battle oppressive American “doctrines” on autumn US tour

The costumed five-piece, who sing about the Devil and sexual liberation, will play 22 US dates in October and November

The Guardian - UK

The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing

The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of personality

Guitar World

“Before getting my Dunable, I never felt like a guitar was mine. I started on a Squier Strat, but I was like, ‘There are a million of these!’” Meet Faetooth, the LA “fairy doom” trio breaking out with unlikely punk influences and a box of dirt pedals

Guitarist Ari May and bassist Jenna Garcia discuss their trance-like live shows, dark new LP Labyrinthine and why Dunables do more than doom and sludge

Louder

Creed release new career-spanning compilation

The Best Of Creed is the first set pulling together tracks from all four of the Florida rockers’ albums

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Ozric Tentacles to release new 10-disc collection, Through The Magick Valley, in November

Deluxe 10-disc earbook Through The Magick Valley features the band's years from 2002 to 2015

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“I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles

Featuring "atrocious" bass-playing by John Lennon

Guitar World

“An unforgettable night of iconic guitars”: Join Guitarist and Gibson for an evening celebrating ‘Holy Grail’ guitars with ‘The ’Burst Experience’ – and get up close with Les Paul Standards owned by Gary Moore and Gary Grainger

Guest performances of revered ’Bursts from Aynsley Lister, as well as insights from a panel of ’Burst experts, head up the unique three-hour event on October 10

Guitar World

“That song should have been finished on an Eagles record with Joe and I following up on Hotel California with some dazzling guitar solos”: The song that started life as an Eagles track – but ended up as the theme song for an animated film

Plans for a Hotel California sequel were in motion, but the track wouldn’t emerge from the Eagles archive until a few years later

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Debut albums as complete, impactful, and thrilling as Something To Consume are vanishingly rare. Die Spitz could be your life

White-hot Austin, Texas ragers Die Spitz deliver scorching debut for Jack White's Third Man Records

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"What does it feel like to be a legend?!?": An awkward encounter with a grumpy, nicotine-craving Ozzy Osbourne

After Black Sabbath's triumphant reunion shows in 1997, a nervous young writer was granted an audience with the Prince of Darkness and his cohorts

Louder

"That song is actually the answer to the big question - it's got real power": The story of the post-punk classic that defined a band and inspired a Hollywood movie

Its lyrics evoked vintage Scott Walker and posed the question of destiny vs. free will. More importantly, it didn't sound like U2

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