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“I got a hacksaw, chopped down the stand and put the hi-hats down there”: How Simon Phillips learned to play left-handed
By Eric Everett published
"It was all disco in 1975 – pretty simple"

"OK, let’s have some backstory”: The group songwriting sessions that yielded Lily Allen’s West End Girl
By Ben Rogerson published
“It felt like days I had as a teenager in a band, writing live in the room,” says collaborator Violet Skies

“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff. I admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the players who inspire him
By Paul Elliott published
"I had my jazz guys, I had my blues guys, my fusion guys"

“I think that’s what grabbed people – the real moments of humanity in it”: The story of Cyndi Lauper’s first No.1.
By Amit Sharma published
She delved deep into her personal life to create four minutes of pop brilliance

“We wrote the biggest-selling single that Rod ever had, and it took us an hour”: Rod Stewart's controversial disco hit
By Andrew Daly published
It all started when Rod said, "I want something like Miss You by the Stones"

Drake’s live sound engineer on why he has to be at the top of his game from first song to last
By Ben Rogerson published
“I cater my mix to whatever the music is, so it’s a very dynamic show,” says Demetrius Moore

Everything In Its Right Place: Radiohead switch up their setlist on the second night of reunion tour
By Will Simpson published
They’re making it interesting for everyone
![Craig 'Goonzi' Gowans and Steven Jones from Scottish metalcore heavyweights Bleed From Within pose with their weapons of choice: Goonzi [left] has an ESP LTD M1000, while Jones has a Caparison TAT Special](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T7aS7xozbeLPr85jhwnXbn.jpg)
Bleed From Within’s Craig ‘Goonzi’ Gowans and Steven Jones on the high-performance shred machines behind their heavyweight metalcore sound
By Jonathan Horsley published
Backstage at this summer's Tons Of Rock festival, the Scottish high-gain stalwarts explained what they needed from their Caparison and ESP/LTD S-styles, and pondered the use of the whammy bar
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