
Daniel Griffiths
Daniel Griffiths is a veteran journalist who has worked on some of the biggest entertainment, tech and home brands in the world. He's interviewed countless big names, and covered countless new releases in the fields of music, videogames, movies, tech, gadgets, home improvement, self build, interiors and garden design. He’s the ex-Editor of Future Music and ex-Group Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Musician, Guitarist, Guitar World, Computer Music and more. He renovates property and writes for MusicRadar.com.
Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths

Chappell Roan’s Grammy speech triggers celebrity pile-on as pop’s big names pledge charity cash
By Daniel Griffiths published
Her scathing speech was aimed to push the majors into revising their attitude, but so far it’s only the stars themselves who’ve stepped up

10cc's Graham Gouldman and Kevin Godley on creating a classic anti-love song
By Daniel Griffiths published
We caught up with the band's Graham Gouldman and Kevin Godley for the inside track on one of the 20th century’s greatest but most unconventional ballads

INXS classic album Listen Like Thieves gets the Giles Martin treatment for 40th Anniversary remix
By Daniel Griffiths published
New releases feature an entirely new album mix, outtakes and demos and the first airing of a lost live recording

Clash of the Liams: Prodigy’s Howlett misses out on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nom, while Oasis’ Gallagher tells fans not to “waste your time”
By Daniel Griffiths published
Oasis get a nomination but don’t want it, while The Prodigy get snubbed again. And both Liams aren’t happy…

"Mentally disturbed": Here are all of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
By Daniel Griffiths published
And with everyone from Oasis to Billy Idol on board you need vote to make sure your fave makes the grade

“Charts, shmarts, man”: After being beaten by Sabrina Carpenter, Travis Scott is down for a collab
By Daniel Griffiths published
Likewise Scott wants to get musical with Taylor Swift too. “I have some Ill ideas…”

Psst… Paul McCartney MIGHT be playing a secret gig tonight
By Daniel Griffiths published
Are you in New York right now? Know where the Bowery Ballroom is? Keep an eye on Macca’s Instagram…

Kendrick Lamar scored the biggest Super Bowl half-time audience ever but Noel Gallagher isn’t impressed
By Daniel Griffiths published
133.5 million people watched Kendrick Lamar tease Drake to death. Noel Gallagher wasn't one of them

DrumCraft’s Urban Beats delivers pro-quality looks and sound for the compact stage and budget
By Daniel Griffiths published
Their new kit comes ready made to make magic in a whole range of rhythm duties

"I love them, they just sing, they’re absolutely gorgeous:" Mike Portnoy just crashed Sabian’s party
By Daniel Griffiths published
The Dream Theater maestro just MAX’ed out the cymbal collection for his favourite brand

This Valentines Day, say it with… strings, plectrums and some bargain-priced software bundles?
By Daniel Griffiths published
Music store giant Thomann’s Valentines Day sale has just what you need to win the heart of any sweet music maker

Strum is a deconstructed, accessible guitar that anybody can play
By Daniel Griffiths published
Arcana Instruments have taken apart guitar playing and reimagined the basics with the latest tech

“Jimmy Page arrived carrying a Waitrose bag. I thought he’d brought sandwiches with him”
By Daniel Griffiths published
Turns out that getting the ever illusive rockers on the record required more than a little gentle persuasion

“How do musicians and young bands get paid? I can’t work it out”: Turns out that Gavin Rossdale doesn’t have the answers
By Daniel Griffiths published
In an age where musicians are struggling, the Bush frontman airs his fears for the future

"I’m not sure that journey is fully understood. And frankly, we probably haven’t done a very good job of explaining it": Spotify just posted their first-ever year of profit
By Daniel Griffiths published
All those subscriptions, all those ads, all those penny payouts and they still couldn’t make a buck?

Beyoncé to tour Cowboy Carter in 2025: Here are the global venues and dates - and how to get tickets
By Daniel Griffiths published
It’s time for Queen Bey to hit the rodeo…

"I aggravated it so I could drive back to London and go to the match": Bill Wyman once faked toothache to skip the Stones and watch the cup final
By Daniel Griffiths published
The famously laconic ex-Rolling Stones bassist reveals just how far he’d taken his eye off the ball

Here are all the winners in the 2024 Drumeo Awards. Did your favourite sticksmith make the cut?
By Daniel Griffiths published
The drum and percussion learning platform just announced its big winners from last year’s votes

“We used to play that song faster…”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande reveals the secret lessons he gave his Sepultura replacement
By Daniel Griffiths published
The drummer dishes the backstory on his Slipknot switch and what he really thinks of Greyson Nekrutman…

Tool’s Danny Carey just invented an exercise bike with a built-in drum workout
By Daniel Griffiths published
You’d think that being the drummer for Tool would be exercise enough…

10,000 AI-generated tracks are being uploaded to Deezer every day and it's fighting back
By Daniel Griffiths published
Reckon that music’s AI apocalypse is ‘coming soon’? It’s already here and Deezer isn't happy

Polyphia's Tim Henson teases new 8-string meisterworks that could require a whole new guitar to play along
By Daniel Griffiths published
Never a band to take it easy, their latest output could rock both music and hardware to the next level

Kays Catalogue classic the JEN SX1000 just got reborn as a plugin and iOS app
By Daniel Griffiths published
This 1978 £99 synth-for-the-masses has been rebuilt and ramped up for a whole new generation
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