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“I blagged my way into this band from the beginning”: Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan on tricking his future bandmates into letting him join

The story goes that the other members heard him singing Bowie’s “Heroes” in the room next door – but was it Gahan on the mic or not?

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“I don’t believe he had any idea how rare it was before he bought it”: Kurt Cobain's $6m MTV Unplugged Martin was a historic guitar even before its Nirvana association, but a mod inspired by one of his guitar heroes made it one of a kind

According to Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey, Cobain was far from a vintage guitar fiend, and had no qualms with making his already weird D-18E even more unusual

Guitar World

See Berlin through the eyes of one of its most iconic photographers – Helmut Newton

Taschen showcases Helmut Newton's striking work created in his home city of Berlin

Digital Camera World

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“As a term, ‘prog’ only evolved in the 1990s. And I loathe it. As soon as someone sticks a label on to you, they stop listening”: How Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back for their final resurrection

In 2014, Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back from hiatus – and he was ready to make a “joyous racket”

Louder

From David Bowie to Amy Winehouse: PR trailblazer to talk about 40 years of working with music's biggest stars

Alan Edwards will discuss an extraordinary career that started in the punk scene of Seventies London

Evening Standard

“John Wayne said: ‘My daughter would be so happy to get your autographs.’ So David Coverdale and I signed his cowboy boots”: Glenn Hughes’ wild tales of Ritchie Blackmore, David Bowie, Phil Lynott and The Duke

Bowie, Blackmore, Richard Burton and Linda Blair – Glenn Hughes has crossed paths with them all

Louder

Band Aid 40: Where the original singers are now as Do They Know It's Christmas? returns for 2024

A new refresh of the song, which combines vocals from three past versions, will be released on November 25

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“I love Bowie, but I was a kleptomaniac. I couldn't help it!": Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones remembers the night he stole David Bowie’s gear

Jones made his move after one of Bowie’s legendary Ziggy Stardust gigs

MusicRadar

“I was always so surprised that jazz musicians were into the idea of doing rock”: the story of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), the song that set up David Bowie’s final triumph

Bowie’s jazz experiment was released ten years ago this month. Here, his collaborators remember how it came together

Louder

Lou Hayter: "A very small percentage of women are producers so this record is a statement"

Lou Hayter’s new album shows an artist in full control of her music and puts her firmly in the fast lane

Evening Standard

Jeff Beck guitars used in Bowie performance and with The Yardbirds up for sale

Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection, will feature more than 130 of his instruments, and see his recognisable 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul go on sale.

Evening Standard

“I’d like to think that there's a big studio in the sky”: Shel Talmy, legendary producer of The Who and The Kinks, dies aged 87

He produced My Generation and other classics

MusicRadar

Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87

The American producer helped to craft a raw, immediate sound for British rock in the mid-1960s, with hits such as You Really Got Me and My Generation

The Guardian - UK

“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded

It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude

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"We've had comments like 'Darling' and 'Can I carry your handbag?' and I think it just has to stop": The strange story of David Bowie's first TV appearance

When David Bowie first appeared on TV it was not as a musician but as president of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men

Louder

“I had a meltdown. Cocaine psychosis took over – it’s a form of paranoid schizophrenia”: How Deep Purple split from Ritchie Blackmore and made a funky masterpiece in Come Taste The Band

Ritchie Blackmore was out, US hotshot Tommy Bolin was in and Deep Purple’s Mk IV line-up were about to make the most under-rated album of their career

Louder

Watch footage from David Bowie’s last ever live performance

The rock'n'roll icon drew a line under his live career with a charity gig performance in New York in 2006

Louder

"I don't only shoot famous people, but it's fun working with cranky old rock stars": Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and more

Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them

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“Herbie Flowers was supposed to do the date, but he couldn't make it. So Bowie said to me, ‘You'll have to play bass’”: Trevor Bolder speaks out on his storied history with David Bowie

How could anyone who played bass on Ziggy Stardust not be a rock legend?

Louder

“Slash came up to me and said, ‘Man, I got laid to your records so much.’ I said, ‘Dude, didn’t we go to high school together?’”: How Lenny Kravitz’s Let Love Rule and Mama Said turned him into a superstar

Bowie and Petty loved him, Jagger danced onstage with him, Slash jammed with him – this how Lenny Kravitz’s retro mix of rock, soul and funk made him a crossover star

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Neil Patrick Harris And His Family Nail Halloween 2024 Costume Again, Internet Is Obsessed

Neil Patrick Harris and his family return for yet another legendary Halloween photoshoot, this year posing as some of the greatest music icons. The post Neil Patrick Harris And His Family Nail Halloween 2024 Costume Again, Internet Is Obsessed first appeared on Bored Panda.

Evening Standard

Best wool sweaters for women: from the season's coolest collab to timeless classics

The cold snap is here, so perfect your layering game with one of these cosy winter warmers

The Guardian - UK

A forest of questions: take our quiz on the Cure!

Ahead of the band’s first album in 16 years coming out on Friday, superfans can test their mettle with this trivia spanning their entire career

MusicRadar

“She didn't move from the sofa and she sang two takes of Rolling in the Deep and that's what we used”: Adele, Daft Punk and Taylor Swift are among our picks for the best recorded albums of the 21st century

For your Recording Week pleasure, these are the are the most notable albums of the last 24 years…

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What is necro-branding? And what’s it got to do with Elvis, Princess Diana and Taylor Swift?

Do you own any memorabilia depicting Elvis, Princess Diana, David Bowie, Prince or Michael Jackson? Perhaps a beloved t-shirt, a favourite mug, a special keyring or a novelty plate? You might not know it, but you are participating in something known as “necro-branding”.

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