Latest articles by Joel McIver
Tony Choy talks Atheist, his love of Fender Jazz basses and pioneering playing
Grammy-nominated bassist Tony Choy has been a force of nature at the low end for more than 25 years, pioneering new approaches in metal, Latin, funk and even pop music. We meet the great man...
5 minutes alone: Sting
The sometime Policeman talks vintage guitars, his light-fingered offspring and the power of jazz…
Bring Me The Horizon's Matt Kean on his bass history and the band's unstoppable rise
Matt Kean and his band Bring Me The Horizon have spent the last decade rising up the ranks from clubs to sold-out stadiums. “I don’t even know any theory!” he tells Joel McIver...
BC Rich Mockingbird Mark 3
No bass screams ‘Metal!’ like a BC Rich. If headbanging is your thing, look no further
Bassics BPA-1 Preamp
Malcolm Toft, the designer of Bassics' new BPA-1 preamp, has a serious reputation...
Cort A5 Plus
We review a lot of basses here at MusicRadar from the low- and high-budget end of the spectrum.
Electro-Harmonix Bass Clone
Stoner-rock bassists with shallow pockets rejoice! Here's a chorus pedal that allows you to sound like you're from Palm Desert back in 1991 for a measly 59 quid.
Cort A4 Ultra
We review a lot of basses here at MusicRadar from the low- and high-budget end of the spectrum.
Darkglass Vintage Ultra
We recently reviewed the Darkglass Microtubes Ultra, a superb distortion pedal given the 'Ultra' upgrade for those who fancied some extra tone-shaping options and a bypass switch.
Sting talks Fender P-Basses, technique and jamming Jaco Pastorius
Songwriter, actor, author, activist, rock star, jazz freak... Gordon 'Sting' Sumner is quite the renaissance man. Oh, and he plays bass. We meet the legend...
Dave McClain: 'There's always pressure after The Blackening'
Machine Head man lifts the lid on new record
Steve Lawson: Even Steven
Steve Lawson, the man sitting opposite BGM and delivering anecdotes about his eye-opening career, is munching on a chapati.
10 Things Guitarists Should Know About The New Iron Maiden Album
Galloping rhythms, Bahamanian studios and single-coils that pickup local taxi chatter - it can only be 'Maiden!
A history of thrash metal
From the Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth - to the new wave
