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“The head of LA’s Mexican mafia was in a cell next to me”: The misadventures of Stone Temple Pilots
By Paul Elliott published
“I could not seem to put more than 30 days of abstinence together”

“In terms of thinking it was a hit, I had no idea”: The creation of ’90s classic Walking In Memphis
By Neil Crossley published
“Me and the piano – that’s all I cared about”

“I knew I was good”: Stevie Nicks on Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and a whole lot of drama
By Paul Elliott published
“You can be in love on stage and that’s fine – but when the affair comes off the stage, that screws up the band more than anything”

How Thom Yorke channelled his tour exhaustion into the track that saved Radiohead from oblivion
By Andy Price published
Bored of the band’s guitar-oriented songbook, Thom Yorke disappeared to Cornwall and came back with a song that opened the door to Radiohead's more adventurous future

Native Instruments’ Komplete 26 is here, and this vast collection of instruments and sounds has just about everything a producer could ever need
By Advertorial published
Presented by Native Instruments
Expand your sonic universe with over 190 premium instruments and effects, 150 Expansion sound packs, and 180,000 sounds

“Within a few minutes, we’d sampled our first fart”: The mistakes and choices that made New Order’s Blue Monday
By Beth Simpson published
Still the biggest-selling 12-inch of all time

How Gorillaz deployed some sublime music theory to build their most beloved tune
By Roland Schmidt published
The reason Gorillaz biggest track lingers in the mind longer than others is down to its tightly-constructed arrangement

“This cop says, ‘Those little fellas – do you hang one of them every night?’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s outrageous tales of idiot lawmen, chimpanzees and more
By Paul Elliott published
“Sharon’s going, ‘Smile!’ And the chimp is biting my thumb off!”
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