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“It’s an old-fashioned piece of conceptual rock”: Steven Wilson issues album update and promises no less than the reinvention of the “extended classic rock solo”

The prog visionary says Randy McStine's solo is one of the highlights of an album that's animated by a grand musical ambition in the vein of Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd

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“Our decision to use some electronic instruments is not some kind of lifestyle choice. You use the instrument to help you get across a certain thing”: How Radiohead’s most controversial shift proves that music-makers shouldn’t be restricted by genre

The success of one of Radiohead’s most celebrated albums illustrates how creators should never feel limited by the conventions - or the instruments - of their chosen genre

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Mortal Kombat 1 makes good on a 30-year tradition of trolling fans by introducing a confusing, labyrinthine quest to fight pink Floyd, a new ninja

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“Allthe labels said, ‘You’re dated.’ If weweren’t doing so well, it would have beencrushing, but we were playing tosold-out crowds”: How forgotten ’80s heroes Zebra earned their stripes as the people’s power-trio

Led by singer/guitarist Randy Jackson, Zebra kept the spirit of Zeppelin, Hendrix and Cream alive. These days, family man Jackson is busy shaping up the group’s first album in two decades

Guitar World

“My Mom And Dad In 1973”: 99 Striking Pics From People’s Lives In The 70s

What do the Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs tennis match, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon,” and the opening of the London Bridge have in common? The post “My Mom And Dad In 1973”: 99 Striking Pics From People’s Lives In The 70s first appeared on Bored Panda.

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“I get a call, ‘Hello, Andy, it’s Roger Waters.’ Who? I hadn’t paid attention to their names”: Andy Fairweather Low was personally recruited by the Pink Floyd legend – but didn’t know who he was when he came calling

In the 1980s, the rhythm guitar hero was sounded out by Waters for a new band, but there was a clumsy first introduction…

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"He’s basically a juvenile delinquent who’s out of control." Bass legend Tony Levin reveals which studio session was the most significant of his storied career

Bassist Tony Levin has played with John Lennon, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie and more, but one studio session was more significant than the others

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“Effects companies know if they come up with a new effect that’s insanely expensive, there’s one band dumb enough to buy it – us”: How Trans-Siberian Orchestra take Christmas on the road beyond December

The seasonal theme was unintentional, and so was their focus on rock operas, but that didn’t stop “the world’s most famous unknown band” starting out with a 10-date, one-truck tour before selling a million tickets per road trip 15 years later

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“I know it sounds like a joke musical but one of my ancestors was a pirate in the Caribbean. He looked a bit like I did when I was 21 in Roxy Music”: The amazing things Phil Manzanera discovered when he looked into his past

After writing a memoir, the guitarist has done the musical equivalent with an 11-disc box set exploring his five-decade career. He explains how he landed his dream gig, how Robert Fripp beat him to a tonal ambition, and why, in a way, Roxy is still active

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Gene Simmons: 'Rock music is still dead'

KISS rocker Gene Simmons says nothing has changed to make him believe rock music is alive and kicking.

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This is not a typo – you can save more than $1,000 on a Universal Audio guitar effects bundle in what is hands-down the biggest Black Friday gear deal you’ll come across this year

Six plugins inspired by legendary effects pedals and rack units beloved by the likes of Pink Floyd, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers and countless others are included in the absurdly discounted bundle

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"If I could write a song like that I could die happy never writing another song again." Oasis' Noel Gallagher on the Pink Floyd song he considers a masterpiece, and how he offended one of Pink Floyd by praising his favourite album by the prog rock legends

"He said, ‘Well, clearly your wife has impeccable taste where you have little. I suggest you listen to her'."

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“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

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“I have this heart-first attachment to it”: Miley Cyrus on the Pink Floyd classic that served as the unlikely inspiration for her “hypnotising and glamorous” new album

“It’s a concept album that’s an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music,” she says

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Miley Cyrus reveals new album is inspired by Pink Floyd's The Wall

Miley Cyrus has taken inspiration from Pink Floyd's rock opera 'The Wall' for her upcoming album 'Something Beautiful'.

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"Thirty years after Cop Killer, Ice-T is still committed to making music that goes harder than the rest." From THAT Pink Floyd cover to collabs with Corpsegrinder, Max Cavalera and more, new Body Count album Merciless is an ice-cold knock-out

Body Count only seem to improve with age courtesy of their heaviest album yet

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“I wanted to be in a band that would appeal to younger musicians like Pink Floyd or the Ramones did to me. That’s the pinnacle of our success”: How Soundgarden returned from the wilderness with King Animal

Soundgarden’s 2012 comeback album King Animal was their first in 16 years –and it found the grunge pioneers finally comfortable with their legacy

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“The band played the Reichstag in Berlin to a crowd of 250,000. He went home and told everyone… They were more excited that somebody had won a tenner at the bingo!” The grounding experiences of Barclay James Harvest

Unrelentingly Northern in attitude, both parts the slow-burning band that split in two seemed happy with their lot – but is their story one of unfulfilled achievements?

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“We went through a few phrases… they went off to play in America and left me to get on with it, stripped to my underpants”: Atom Heart Mother’s fusion of ordinary and extraordinary sounds gave Pink Floyd their first No.1 album

It had a cow’s arse on the cover and a features track sampling their roadie cooking bacon – but their fifth record’s wild genius paved the way to their future

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“Every time my parents went out, Supper’s Ready went on the turntable so I could listen uninterrupted”: Long before Gary Kemp joined Nick Mason’s band, he ensured prog infiltrated Spandau Ballet

Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd were the guitarist’s early purchases – making more sense of his presence in Saucerful Of Secrets than it may have seemed

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You can buy a vintage ham slicer for $34,000 but the 'ham' is made from pink vinyl copies of Pink Floyd's Animals

Inspired by a "goddess in a delicatessen", the Pink Floyd ham slicer includes 100 copies of Animals

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“They were sporty types which was a surprise to me. I thought they’d be spliffing away.” Photographer Jill Furmanovsky on the “too revealing” Dark Side Of The Moon tour photo book which Pink Floyd buried

In winter 1974, photographer Jill Furmanovsky spent six weeks on the road with Pink Floyd, documenting shows on the Dark Side Of The Moon tour. Most of the photos she took have never been seen

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"Different enough to make you think, respectful enough to have the whole crowd swaying": David Gilmour opens his world tour in Rome's Circus Maximus

Global Luck and Strange jaunt kicks off in epic surroundings with Pink Floyd-heave set

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David Gilmour dazzles on the opening night of his tour in Rome: the first review!

David Gilmour unleashes Pink Floyd-heavy set to get the ball rolling on his Luck And Strange world tour at Rome's Circo Massimo

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After reviewing hi-fi through five decades, here's why The Wombles remain my biggest musical influence

The furry litter-pickers were a supergroup of GOATs and heavily influential on my formative musical taste.

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