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Shiner from Those Damn Crows on how to write a No.1 album and the Slipknot riff he wish he wrote
By Jonathan Horsley published
With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play

“Don’t get precious about your songs. We’re going to tear them apart”: Producer Mutt Lange’s first words to Def Leppard
By Paul Elliott published
How Leppard's 'sixth member' took them to a new level

We speak to the maker of a game putting the humanity back into music discovery
By Andy Price published
Music League lets players discover and vote on music via a fantasy sports-aping model - and it’s already got thousands of daily players

The K’s speak to us about leading the guitar band fightback
By Andy Price published
The exhilarating four-piece tell us about hitting the top three of the UK album chart, and point to a still-thriving live band scene

When Elvis Costello terrified Saturday Night Live by launching into an unplanned song
By Andy Price published
The 23 year-old Costello drew the ire of Lorne Michaels with the legendary stunt

“I didn’t even want it on the album”: How Alanis Morissette created her biggest hit
By Neil Crossley published
“I see words as paint, so I play with them," she said

The insult that brought David Bowie back down to Earth
By Andy Price published
Bowie later said that the dog walker’s jibe left a lasting impression

How the Killers’ misunderstood classic drew on a struggle with faith - and an MTV presenter’s time with Iraq war veterans
By Andy Price published
The Killers’ most euphoric song was fuelled by spiritual uncertainty, a reach for U2-level stature and a late night bar chat with an MTV presenter
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