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Mark Morton on the chemistry behind Lamb Of God's twin-guitar groove and what he owes ZZ Top
By Jonathan Horsley published
Morton gets geeky with rhythm and discusses the making of Lamb Of God's pummelling new album, Into Oblivion, and explains why he is proud to be (just) behind the beat

“We were very secretive about the song title. For a long time we called it Burger King!”: The story of ’90s pop banger Barbie Girl
By Paul Elliott published
“We never had the urge to be credible – it’s just not us!”

“Slacker my ass! I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”: How the “worst rapper in the world” became an alt-rock icon
By Amit Sharma published
“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”

“A&M Records didn’t know we were signed to them – even though we’d done two albums for them!”: Supertramp's rise and fall
By Paul Elliott published
“Breakfast In America took eight months to finish – some people would call us anal!”

The fateful circumstances that led to Coldplay’s biggest ever song
By Andy Price published
Coldplay’s first stab at a euphoric crowd-pleaser was a clear indication that a stadium-filling future awaited

“Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the Big Mac and we make fries and we don’t care about doing sushi’”: Zakk Wylde on musical identity, jailhouse rocking with Ozzy and the return of Black Label Society
By Jonathan Horsley published
The maestro of the pinched harmonic and pentatonic blitzkrieg sits in to talk Engines Of Demolition, Randy Rhoads' greatness, and the origin of his style

"The record company went berserk”: How Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo had to fight to release Love Is A Battlefield
By Beth Simpson published
Love Is a Battlefield introduced the Linn Drum into mainstream rock

“All I hear is ‘Auto-Tune sucks’ and 'drum machines have no soul'”: Flying Lotus on the backlash against AI music
By Matt Mullen published
FlyLo weighs in on Suno and talks us through the making of BIG MAMA, a chaotic speedrun of an EP that zooms through chiptune, breakcore and jazz fusion without looping a single bar
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