Tom Porter

Tom Porter worked on MusicRadar from its mid-2007 launch date to 2011, covering a range of music and music making topics, across features, gear news, reviews, interviews and more. A regular NAMM-goer back in the day, Tom now resides permanently in Los Angeles, where he's doing rather well at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

Latest articles by Tom Porter

The roof is on fire! Quick, grab the fire exting... oh shit
Fire extinguisher speaker mod looks great, sounds tinny?

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Homemade gear just got hotter

Speakers
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Anthrax hospitalises drummer

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Drum maker inhales deadly spores from animal skins

Drummers
Dido in a broom closet, probably
Will Dido give away her new album?

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"I would if I had my choice." That's a 'no' then

Singles And Albums
Keeping it reel
Unseen footage of The Beatles found in "old drawer"

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8mm colour film of 1964 gig up for auction

Gigs & Festivals
Bloc Party
Bloc Party kick the CD single while it's already down

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Band to cease releasing physical singles

Singles And Albums
Michael Anthony also has his own line of hot sauces called Mad Anthony. Fact
YOUR QUESTIONS: For ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony

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Chickenfoot, VH… ask him anything

Guitarists
Typical. You want some street music and two types come along at once: guitarist and bench
Nokia's musical park bench Comes With Music

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It's a park bench, only different

Tech
Missing Image for
Beastie Boys recording "political" new album

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"If toilet talk and fart jokes are political…"

Singles And Albums
Thrifty
How to make a DIY laptop stand with a coat hanger

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Computer music during the credit crunch

Computers
Julian was born in 2004. Does anyone else feel old?
4-year-old kid drummer to play Whisky A Go-Go

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Julian Pavone: 'World's Youngest Drummer!'

Drummers
Slowhand
Eric Clapton announces 2009 tour dates

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Slowhand heads to England and Ireland

Gigs & Festivals
The head
Paul McCartney's head found in bin

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Homeless man is £2000 richer

Artists
The Strokes: missing since 2006
BLOG: The Strokes don't need another songwriter

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Is Julian Casablancas still in charge?

Singles And Albums
The Beatles For Sale... again
Beatles iPod comes loaded with CDs, not MP3s

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Collector's Box arrives, still no iTunes

Tablets & Phones
Laugh it up, Paul. Welcome to Karma
Bring me the head of Paul McCartney!

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Left in plastic bag on train: £2000 reward

Artists
Audiophiles 'heart' headphones
Audio Technica reveals 'world's lightest' earphones

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High-end headphones to entry-level buds

Headphones
U2: Stuck In A Moment?
Have U2 got writers' block?

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Bono and The Edge look perplexed in video

Artists
Plain, love or skull?
Magneat: earphone cable management yo-yo style

By Tom Porter last updated

Fix your tangled-wire woes

Headphones
Imagine the possibilities...
Foldable stage concept for versatile bands

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Are you bored with square stages?

Bands
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Speak n' Spellbinder: Guitar Hero meets circuit bending

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If ET played guitar…

Guitarists
Blur
BLOG: Oasis vs Blur: battle of the support bands

By Tom Porter last updated

Blur name indie Hyde Park lineup

Bands
Green Day
Green Day reveal 21st Century Breakdown lyrics

By Tom Porter last updated

Read the entire new album before release

Singles And Albums
Procol Harum
Whiter Shade Of Pale 'most played' song for 75 years

By Tom Porter last updated

Procol Harum top 10 most publicly played

Singles And Albums
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6 things we learnt about music last week

By Tom Porter last updated

Limp Diamond, death metal and more

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Michael Jackson: winner
MTV's Greatest Albums Ever list is… wrong

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Craig David better than Radiohead?

Singles And Albums
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