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“Am I Evil? was me trying to beat Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe. I was determined to come up with something heavier”: The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band

Metal Hammer

“Jimmy Page was meticulous. Hendrix was more free-form”: The genius of two visionary guitarists by the producer who worked with both

And producer Eddie Kramer says there is even more unreleased Hendrix material in the vaults

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“There are long winding passages, it’s almost womb-like… That’s something that would have really spoken to a guy like Jimi”: How Jimi Hendrix masterminded the ultimate sonic playground where Led Zeppelin and The Clash came to record

A new boxset full of previously unreleased recordings shines a light on Hendrix's bold new vision for Electric Ladyland Studios. Sadly, Hendrix would die before being able to make full use of it, but Jeff Slate, who worked on this new release, tells us how the NYC studio was integral…

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“I just took it out and I could see all the flame coming out on the side of it and I went, ‘Oh my goodness gracious.’ It’s just so beautiful”: Gibson unveils stunning $19,999 replica of Jimmy Page’s 1964 SJ-200 acoustic

The Murphy Lab has been turned loose on a limited run of two super-collectible acoustics inspired by the SJ-200 that Page played on Led Zeppelin’s debut album

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“I was truly terrified. In the first few months, I was on the same stage as every one of my heroes: Mike Bloomfield, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix”: Martin Barre explains why his early days with Jethro Tull were a trial by fire

Jethro Tull went on tour with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge right after Barre joined the band

Guitar World

“Robert Plant was so impressed with the record, he phoned me up and said:Do you wanna support us?”: Meet Forgotten Pharaohs, the rising band making nods to Steely Dan, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin

Forgotten Pharaohs were signed as the result of an egg-and-spoon race and a wayward Croc

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BBC Radio poll reveals ‘the ultimate British group’

Poll was held by the BBC as part of National Album Day celebrations

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“We weren’t trying to better Iron Maiden. We were trying to better Michael Jackson!”: The metal fan’s guide to Def Leppard

From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

Metal Hammer

“Ozzy put a pint glass over his mouth and sucked it until he burst all the blood vessels around his face. Then he turned into a character from Planet Of The Apes”: Gary Moore’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and Led Zeppelin

Ozzy, Robert Planet, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Ginger Baker – late, great guitarist Gary Moore crossed paths with them all

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“I asked Jimmy for advice, and if it was OK to keep doing what I'd been doing. It could be seen as creepy!” Mr. Jimmy, aka Akiro Sakurai, has dedicated his life to becoming Jimmy Page – and he received some sound advice when he met the Led Zeppelin legend

Mr. Jimmy has devoted his career to learning the songs and solos of Page's back catalog, and had a fateful encounter with his hero 10 years ago

Guitar World

Jimmy Page honoured by British Embassy in Washington - watch video of speech

Film has emerged of Jimmy Page's speech at the exclusive Washington event, attended by the US Attorney General, the US Chief Justice and more

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“It was total overkill. We were getting in all sorts of trouble. I thought, ‘I’ve got two months of this, I’m going to be dead at the end of it!’” The epic story of Iron Maiden‘s conquest of America

In 1981, a young Iron Maiden made their first trip to the USA. And the USA didn’t know what hit it

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“This shadowy cut features what could be perhaps Page’s last great guitar solo”: Jimmy Page’s 10 greatest guitar solos – that weren’t in Led Zeppelin

Page had a wealth of fine leads in his sprawling pre- and post-Zeppelin career – and some of these are Firm favorites…

Guitar World

“Tchaikovsky was a sort of mentor; if it was good, ABBA or whatever, we didn’t shut anything out”: When Gentle Giant revisited seventh album Free Hand

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t

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"Easier on the ears if you're a King Crimson fan than a Kiss fan": The Mars Volta confound the ears on frenetic debut De-Loused In The Comatorium

From the ashes of post-hardcore punks At The Drive-In something stirred, and it was proggy

Guitar World

“I was really into Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, and Wes Montgomery, but I also loved Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. I asked him if I could have a guitar that does it all”: Trey Anastasio discusses the birth of his iconic Languedoc Koa 1 guitar

The Phish virtuoso has championed Paul Languedoc’s “genius”, which turned his scattershot six-string dreams into a reality

Guitar World

“My favorite British guitar players are amazing, but they all pale in comparison to the original blues guys. That was their own personal technique, from its origin”: Slash on his journey to discover the original guitar heroes

Orgy of the Damned finds the Guns N' Roses guitarist and A-list guests tackling blues standards that shaped his sound. Here he talks blues gear, the ethos, and how blues can be a force for good

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"The Red Hot Chili Peppers might have based their entire career on it": Steven Wilson's 20 favourite British rock albums

Porcupine Tree mainman, solo star and prog remix king Steven Wilson on 20 British albums that blew his mind

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“A perfect example of interpretive genius from a visionary guitarist”: The 20 greatest guitar cover versions

We asked, you voted, and the results are in, with a top 20 covers list featuring Guns N' Roses, Aretha Franklin, SRV and Joe Bonamassa. But who was voted number one?

What Hi-Fi?

10 of the best instrumental test tracks to give your hi-fi a vocal-free workout

Our pick of the best instrumental tracks to test out the talents of your hi-fi

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“Some albums are a natural birth. This one was definitely a breech birth. It came out kicking and screaming”: the turbulent story of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, the album that tore Genesis in two

Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is one of the great 70s concept albums – and the album that saw Peter Gabriel bid farewell to the band

Metal Hammer

"My organs began to shut down. I was travelling in the astral world. It was magic": Masters Of Reality's Chris Goss on the dark side of Rick Rubin, the bright side of Ginger Baker, and surviving the music industry

Chris Goss lit the fuse on the 90s stoner revolution, but his band Masters Of Reality remain a cult act despite their enormous influence

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“It’s hard to justify to friends who don’t get it that you make a living, but you’re not goddamn Led Zeppelin and not playing cover sets at the bar”: Between The Buried And Me just do what they do

Unable to battle the stigma of following their own path, they just got on with it; and, taking influence from Danny Elfman and Pink Floyd, went even more theatrical with 2015’s Coma Ecliptic

Louder

“Their first couple of albums, theywere a good band. After that... boring.” AC/DC's late, no-nonsense leader Malcolm Young wasn't impressed by Led Zeppelin

“Most people, when they progress, they progress up their own a**es.” Malcolm Young, AC/DC, 1984

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“One Meme To Rule Them All”: 50 Hilarious LOTR Memes from Dedicated Fans

From Game of Thrones and Harry Potter to Led Zeppelin and Star Wars – we would be deprived of so many great films, TV shows, songs, and literature if not for the genius of The Lord of The Rings. The post “One Meme To Rule Them All”: 50 Hilarious LOTR…

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