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Foo Fighters mark their 30th anniversary with a new song
By Will Simpson published
Today's Song was released... today

Meet the guitarist who’s worked his dad’s ashes into his Telecaster
By Will Simpson published
"This way he will still be with me at all the shows and this has given me a sense of closure," he says

“Everyone comes back changed”: Bicep on their new collaborative project with Inuit musicians
By Will Simpson published
Takkuuk premieres tomorrow in London
![[Left] Richie Faulkner plays his custom Les Paul Custom while Rob Halford looks on; [right] Late-stage Ozzy-era Sabbath the first time around, with Ozzy cheering on guitarist Tony Iommi](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sVrRxrJkHEGCKWBssDNNZe.jpg)
Judas Priest salute the OG metal gods with a cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs
By Jonathan Horsley published
Also, is that Pelham Blue Les Paul Custom a new signature model for Richie Faulkner?

"I could not sing”: Doja Cat says that she now knows how to use her voice “as an instrument”
By Ben Rogerson published
She also calls out people who enjoy pop music but “don’t respect it or what it is”

“The award for best AI song goes to…”: The Future Sound Awards are new music awards for AI music
By Daniel Griffiths published
Reckon that your AI tune doesn’t get the love that it should? A new competition aims to celebrate the best new AI music and its makers

“Thunderous sub-octave, expressive envelope, and lush modulation effects with killer tracking and sustain”: MXR unveils the MB301 Bass Synth – instant funk for your pedalboard
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Bass Synth is a funk engine with selectable waveforms, presets, and monophonic synth sounds evoking golden era Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Parliament/Funkadelic

Scott Gorham recalls Thin Lizzy’s close shave when they nearly split over Brian Robertson’s beard
By Jonathan Horsley published
Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous lineup was exactly that, and with Robertson, things could get hairy over the most trivial matter

The Oasis song Liam hated because it was 'reggae': "I remember Our Kid saying 'Why are you writing reggae songs?' And I was like, there speaks a man that has never heard reggae"
By Rob Laing published
A songwriter in peak form, a singer and band who hated it, and the song that became bigger than anyone could have imagined
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