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"The first time I heard Fish singing, I felt him connecting with me. The first time I heard Steve Hogarth singing, I felt he was connecting with my girlfriend": Marillion ring the changes on Seasons End

How could Marillion ever replace Fish, their charismatic and beloved frontman? With relative ease, it transpired

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"We didn't have a clue what we were doing, but the first playback was one of those moments you never forget": How The Damned took four days and lots of cider to kickstart a revolution

The Sex Pistols may have got all the headlines and The Clash the critical acclaim, but The Damned trumped them all

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“The bouncers wouldn’t let the audience stand up. That frustrated me to the point that I destroyed my bass guitar”: The Clash's Paul Simonon reflects on that iconic London Calling moment

Paul Simonon smashed his Fender P-Bass during a concert at New York’s Palladium on September 20th, 1979

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Rock'n'roll pioneer and 'Titan of Twang' Duane Eddy dead at 86

Duane Eddy hits like Peter Gunn and Rebel Rouser were an influence on a generation of future guitar heroes

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"I’ve sat in a room with Amy Winehouse and a guitar. Watching those tiny hands finding all these weird jazz chords. And her strumming patterns... crazy, off-kilter timings. She made it look so effortless": Pete Doherty talks friendships, guitars and music

Plus, the 5 songs that changed his life

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"Sometimes its songs are a gentle caress, sometimes its songs are a maelstrom": Melissa Etheridge mixes it up on Brave And Crazy

The comparisons with Bruce Springsteen might be merited, but Melissa Etheridge's second album saw her making a name for herself

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“I don’t think Joe would’ve been happy retreading any steps he’d made already”: Paul Simonon on why The Clash never reunited

The Clash bassist added that he still keeps in touch with his old bandmates

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Tension, ego, heroin: How The Clash's epic unreleased double album Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg all but finished them off

Combat Rock would gave The Clash their biggest singles, but it was only part of a bigger, more ambitious mothership

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“WTF?”: Mark Ronson shares Paul McCartney’s F-bomb video reaction to being told that Foreigner aren’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The producer has enlisted Josh Homme, Chad Smith, Jack Black, Dave Grohl and Slash to help get the band inducted this year

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"I'll never forgive myself for shutting my mouth. From that day on it was never any good": Joe Strummer on the day he knew that The Clash had lost their soul

Joe Strummer knew that The Clash's days were numbered long before he fired Mick Jones from the band

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"Parkinson’s is a daily struggle, the important thing is to persevere": Foreigner's Mick Jones reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis

Foreigner founder Mick Jones tells Billboard that he is "doing alright" while dealing with Parkinson’s diagnosis

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Mark Ronson Campaigns For Foreigner's Rock Hall Of Fame Bid

Mark Ronson advocates for Foreigner's Rock Hall induction with support from music icons. Foreigner's legacy and impact on music highlighted.

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“Want to know what love is? Love is putting Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”: producer Mark Ronson recruits Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Josh Homme, Slash and Chad Smith to lobby for his stepdad's band's induction into Rock Hall

Want to see Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? So do some of your favourite rock stars

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"He'll tell you I pushed him more than I needed to, and he's probably right": Mick Jones looks back at the Foreigner single that helped invent the 80s

Mick Jones reveals how Mutt Lange and a young British keyboard wizard helped steer Foreigner out of a difficult time

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“Tony Hicks from the Hollies popped into the studio and said, ‘That’s my guitar.’ I thought, ‘F**k me, I’ve bought a stolen Les Paul!’” Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks on the making of their 1978 punk classic, Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Fast-paced, big hooks, and one almighty left turn, the Buzzcocks’ incendiary debut is one of the most important punk albums of all time. Here is its story

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“Tommy Bolin said, ‘Joe Walsh quit the James Gang. He wants to start a new band, and I told him you’re the guy’”: Kenny Passarelli has played with rock royalty, but it’s his recordings with Bolin that would “blow you away” – if he could let you hear them

He’s been lucky enough to get a gig with Elton John with no audition, and unlucky enough to miss a gig with Foreigner after killing an audition… the Joe Walsh and Hall & Oates bassist has had a truly remarkable session career

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"If you stormed in here and said the new record was rubbish, I would probably quit": Joe Strummer's struggle after The Clash

Before his death, Joe Strummer could hardly get arrested. After, he was feted as a rock icon. This is the inside story of the solo years of a punk rock warlord

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“I never liked it. I never understood it. And it made no difference to the way we played, not for a second”: how Bad Company defied punk to make their classic third album Run With The Pack

In 1976, punk was on the verge of exploding. But rock was far from done – and Bad Company were making a stand with Run With The Pack

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"We have one rule: you can have body punches and choke-holds and throw bottles at each other, but we never crack each other in the face": What happens when bands fight

The 40 bitterest bust-ups in rock history: From fisticuffs to wars of words to litigation and beyond, rock'n'roll’s divorce courts are packed with ire and animosity:

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Grayson Perry channels his inner Bob Dylan with music video

The artist laments middle-class guilt in a musical remake

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“My brother was into Yes but it didn’t speak to me. They knew too many chords!” He was a punk hero, while her dad was Kevin Ayers and Daevid Allen was her babysitter. How Galen Ayers turned Paul Simonon onto prog

2023's unlikeliest duo discuss art as inspiration, Hendrix's guitar and the forthcoming Kevin Ayers’ reissues

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9 legendary bands who are playing farewell tours in 2023

This year will be your last chance to see Kiss, the Eagles, Foreigner ever play live

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The Flaming Lips’ Stephen Drozd explains why he converted his doubleneck Epiphone into a singleneck 11-string

The psych-rocker’s new rig tour shows off some of his weirdest tones, but this wrecked Epiphone G-1275 takes the cake

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Beam me up again! William Shatner revisits his prog all-stars album Ponder The Mystery, starring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman and others

Star Trek icon releases new version of title track with Steve Vai in full flow, mixed by Jurgen Engler

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How The Clash made history by visiting some of Belfast's most divided and violent streets

Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result

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