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‘I’ve always been fond of hairy creatures!’ Visual effects maestro Rick Baker on a monstrously good career

Rick Baker helped define Hollywood’s creature features with his wild makeup effects skills. From Locarno, he talks Gremlins, his love of simians– and why AI will never replace expert design

The Guardian - UK

“When I first played Jump for the guys nobody wanted anything to do with it. Dave said I was a guitar hero and I shouldn’t be playing keyboards”: The story of Van Halen’s 1984, and the end of the David Lee Roth era

Creative differences led to Roth’s departure the following year, but 1984 found the band firing on all cylinders, as Eddie Van Halen embraced his pop sensibilities while retaining the musical adventurism that made him the greatest of all time

Guitar World

Tame Impala review, Deadbeat – Imposter syndrome meets disco on this anxiety-riddled album

4/5 Kevin Parker’s latest record begins with what might be the best opening track of the year, as he makes mountains out of social awkwardness molehills

The Independent UK

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“The pursuit of immortality, I’ll chase that as hard as the next guy”: The epic story of Born In The USA and Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s

The Boss owned the 1980s thanks to landmark albums The River, Nebraska and Born In The USA

Louder

“He got up, smashed the table and said, ‘I’ve got the power and I’m never gonna give it up!’ I prayed for sales to bomb. I was happy to see the thing die”: The turbulent story of Twisted Sister’s Stay Hungry, the 80s metal classic that tore the band apart

1984’s Stay Hungry should have turned Twisted Sister into megastars- but it was the beginning of the end for them

Metal Hammer

"When I first played Jump for the guys nobody wanted to have anything to do with it": How Eddie Van Halen became a superstar and the real story of Van Halen's biggest-selling album

Welcome to 1984: it was the album that would see Van Halen straddle theplanet like a rock colossus, but it would also mark the end of the originalline-up

Metal Hammer

Celebrity deaths 2024: famous faces we've lost this year

Liam Payne, Dame Maggie Smith, and Donald Sutherland were among the stars who passed away in 2024

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“You only live 26,000 days, and I'm telling you, I'm gonna wear all of them out. They're gonna know we came through here”: The life and legacy of Quincy Jones

Jones might have put Michael Jackson on the map, but over a 70+ year career he worked with just about every other great American recording artist...

MusicRadar

5 Quincy Jones songs producers need to hear

In tribute to Quincy Jones, who has passed away aged 91 it’s time to take some tips from the master

MusicRadar

"On a road trip to Los Angeles, about to move into the first home he'd ever purchased, something gave way": The torment and triumph of Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A.

Forty years after the release of Born In The U.S.A., we look at the making of the record that elevated Bruce Springsteen from star to global superstar

Louder

Here’s how the synth bass sound for Michael Jackson’s PYT was programmed on an ARP 2600

Anthony Marinelli reveals the patching secrets behind the Thriller-era single's funky bottom end

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