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“The title was a joke, but it fitted the song so perfectly”: How Massive Attack created a groundbreaking ’90s hit
“We were trying to create dance music for the head rather than the feet"
From Nazi rockets to drone motors, the secret military history behind the studio gear we use today
How military conflict has fuelled the development of technology that’s now essential in modern music production
“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad. And we had a great one”: How a soft rock classic was created
But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?
“I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff”: How Courtney Love created a grunge classic
Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide
“Miles said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play the guitar!’”: John McLaughlin's baptism of fire with Miles Davis
He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way
“I gave it to Michael and he wrote that lyric in one stream of consciousness”: How INXS created a funky No.1 hit
Need You Tonight marked a distinct sonic shift for the band
“He really didn’t like it the first time we played it”: The controversial Radiohead hit embraced by Prince
"It was written during “a pretty strange period in my life” said Thom Yorke
Sundragon unveils the Nymph, a one-watt powerhouse tube combo designed for Jimmy Page
The Nymph is a one-watter with a 1/4-watt setting and a line out – and Page says he used his double neck to test it out
