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“We had three prog musicians from big bands playing bubblegum songs, really”: Carl Palmer on his ’80s supergroup Asia
By Paul Elliott published
But he admits: “I didn’t enjoy making those silly videos”
![A classic black-and-white portrait of Queen: [left to right] Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BeB6p9kAVyYVb68o6VrwjW-320-80.jpg)
“I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album
By Paul Elliott published
“It has a lot of power, it has wonderful orchestration and incredible playing”

“Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia and Sinead O’Connor in wigs...”: Dave Stewart recalls a bonkers TFI Friday appearance
By Will Simpson published
“I was always doing wonky ideas” he tells Chris Evans

Greg Phillinganes schools Clyde Lawrence on how to play the piano part in Toto’s Rosanna correctly
By Ben Rogerson published
The Lawrence member had been tasked with learning the song by ear as quickly as possible

“It’s quite funny when people ask us what it means”: How Wet Leg's breakout hit was written in a single day
By Amit Sharma published
“We’d just hit our guitars sometimes. Actually hit them!”

His creative contributions were immense”: Greg Brown, co-founder of 90s band Cake has died
By Will Simpson published
They were best known for 1997 hit The Distance

"Cliff took Kirk's solo, which I think is just so cool": Robert Trujillo on the time Metallica mixed up their solos
By Will Simpson published
He says Orion is “the closest thing to the spirit of Cliff Burton”

"Forever a true friend and brother”: Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken has died, aged 72
By Will Simpson published
He played with them all the way up to 2014
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