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Articles by: Will Groves

"I get emotional when I think about Cliff and when we're together we think about Cliff": Memories of Metallica's lost bass titan Cliff Burton from Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield

By Will Groves published 27 September 23

Influential bassist tragically died on this day in 1986

Johnny Cash and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

"It was like someone kissing your girlfriend - it felt invasive": Trent Reznor on first hearing Johnny Cash's Hurt

By Will Groves published 12 September 23

Plus, Rick Rubin on how Cash "looked at me like I was insane" Remembering The Man In Black's stunning Nine Inch Nails cover 20 years to the day after his death

Keith Richards on The Rolling Stones' Start Me Up: "I was convinced – and I think Mick was – that it was definitely a reggae song"

By Will Groves published 7 September 23

Rifftastic smash hit was unearthed after years in the Stones tape backlog - "It was like a gift, you know?"

Eric Clapton's While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was laid down on this day in 1968 because, says George Harrison, "I worked on that song with John, Paul and Ringo, and they were not interested in it at all"

By Will Groves published 6 September 23

Check out the story behind the session, and Clapton's isolated guitar part

Businessman/YouTuber Lee Anderton will declare "any personal financial interest" in future product demos following complaints to the UK's Advertising Standards Agency

By Will Groves published 5 September 23

Statement issued following Victory Amps conflict controversy

Watch the Rolling Stones reveal details of their first album of new songs since 2005: "Let me put it this way, you haven't heard the last of Charlie Watts"

By Will Groves published 5 September 23

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood will talk Hackney Diamonds live tomorrow (6 Sept)

Where is Paul McCartney's original Hofner bass? "Surely if anyone can find my guitar, it's you guys"

By Will Groves published 4 September 23

The Lost Bass Project is on the case of the missing four-string

Is IK's new flagship iRig HD X the ideal compact interface for guitar streamers?

By Will Groves published 31 August 23

Loopback+ function lets streamers seamlessly rope in any app, like TONEX of Amplitube, of their choice

Universal Audio reveals Apollo Twin X USB, promising 'elite' audio performance for Windows-based producers

By Will Groves published 29 August 23

UA's acclaimed audio interface escapes Thunderbolt's clutches

Native Instruments' latest Traktor DJ Controller is 'X1 of a kind'

By Will Groves published 29 August 23

All-new layout, OLED displays and smart lighting adorn Mk3

Harley Benton heads South with its new Delta Blues Resonator

By Will Groves published 24 August 23

Mississippi vibes for less than €300

Beato it: Gibson reveals second Rick Beato signature model finish - "My signature guitar is the one that I reach for every morning"

By Will Groves published 24 August 23

Les Paul Special Double Cut now available in Sparkling Burgundy Satin as well as last year's TV Blue Mist

Have the Rolling Stones just announced their new album with a local newspaper ad for a glass repair company?

By Will Groves published 23 August 23

Hackney Diamonds ad promises Satisfaction

"This disgusting world broke her and kept on breaking her": Stars pay tribute to Sinead O'Connor, who has died aged 56

By Will Groves published 27 July 23

A "voice that cracked stone with force & by increment"

Freddie Mercury, John Deacon and Brian May of Queen live on stage

"I wasn't likely to upstage Brian or Freddie": Queen's John Deacon - a tribute to an elusive bass giant

By Roger Newell published 19 July 23

Brian May: "He won't talk to me, so why the f**k would he talk to you?"

Paul McCartney Lyrics podcast cover image

Paul McCartney goes on tape in A Life in Lyrics, his major new podcast series - "I wanted to become a person who wrote songs and wanted to be someone whose life was in music"

By Will Groves published 19 July 23

"We realised there was something very special happening," says collaborator Paul Muldoon

Stop AI 'crushing' music, urges leading industry body: "Taking other people’s work without their permission contravenes basic principles of property rights"

By Will Groves published 12 July 23

Five-point plan aims to inform government policy around copyright and more: "It is absolutely critical we develop AI in a way that enables human artistry rather than eroding it"

"I wanted to make a reggae song out of Peaches": JJ Burnel on the birth of that iconic Stranglers bass part

By Will Groves published 5 July 23

"Those three notes in Peaches: you do those three notes and it's instantly identifiable"

Rapper drops video apparently shot in his jail cell: "Appropriate action will be taken" says Canadian Solicitor General

By Will Groves published 3 July 23

Hassan Ali, aka Top5, is awaiting trial for murder

Paul McCartney sets the record straight on AI-'extricated' Lennon vocal in "last Beatles song": “nothing has been artificially or synthetically created”

By Will Groves published 23 June 23

Star moves to dampen "confusion and speculation" - plus, hear the original demo here

Aphex Twin releases Blackbox Life Recorder 21, his first official new music in 5 years - then immediately deletes it

By Will Groves published 21 June 23

Richard D. James delights then mystifies. Business as usual, then, but you can hear it here

Newly AI-separated Lennon demo vocal will feature on 'the last Beatles song', says Paul McCartney

By Will Groves published 13 June 23

"We just finished it up. It will be released this year"

Radiohead’s OK Computer painstakingly recreated using a slew of N64-derived classics

By Will Groves published 13 June 23

Follow-up to YouTuber's In Rainbows/Super Mario 64 epic features FX from Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and more

Andy Rourke, Smiths bassist, dies aged 59

By Will Groves published 19 May 23

Morrissey pays tribute to "terrific and unconventional former bandmate" while Johhny Marr announces sad news calling him "a kind and beautiful soul"

Hearing Eddie Van Halen was "like, 'OK, the adult has entered the room'" says Paul Gilbert

By Will Groves last updated 4 May 23

"When Eddie came out, it was otherworldly"

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