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From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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I reviewed a $230, $120 and $80 mechanical keyboard this week — this is the only one I’d buy

I've spent the last week testing mechanical keyboards from Turtle Beach, Keychron and Royal Kludge, but if I had to buy one with my own money, this is the one.

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I just tested the Royal Kludge L75 mechanical keyboard — and it offers one of the best typing experiences for less than $80

The Royal Kludge L75 is a dream to type on, it boasts a lovely sound profile, and it features five dedicated macro keys. It's fantastic if you're on a budget.

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"Future generations will consider it one of the most important recordings of all time." Rising Southern rock star Marcus King picks the soundtrack of his life

Singer/guitarist Marcus King picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the song that brought him to tears - even though he didn't understand the words

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“People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all

Nettie Baker’s new book Cream Chronicled debunks a few myths about one of rock’s most influential power trios

Guitar World

“Knowing that I had the other one, Eric starts calling me and asking if I would sell it. He was offering me £200 for it, more than twice what I’d paid for it”: The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars

The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mixofinstruments but also offers up a mystery or two

Guitar World

“As soon as they started to jam, all three felt the magic. They instinctively knew they were on to something”: Their first single was so bad, the label pulled 10,000 copies. Yet they went on to be one of the most influential supergroups in music history

60 years ago, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker put together Cream. This is the story of the early years of the power trio that changed the face of popular music, and elevated Clapton to God-like status

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“Atlantic Records told me, ‘Eric should be the singer. You’re just the bass player.’ So I cried in the corner while they came up with Strange Brew”: Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks

In later years, Bruce jokingly referred to Cream as Da Creams, in a nod to the band’s supergroup status

Guitar World

“There is something really special that can happen when three musicians are playing off of each other and interacting in real time”: Jared James Nichols on why playing in a trio opens up your soloing approaches

Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Mountain, Rush... Jared James Nichols argues that three is the magic number, allowing guitar players to stretch out and the band to feed off each other

Guitar World

“They stole our name, which means Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were listening to our records. But the main reason people know us is Gary Moore, and that doesn’t bother me at all”: The tale of the original Irish Skid Row

Bassist Brush Shiels looks back on his lifelong friendship with Moore, why he won’t sue the American hair metal band, and how Peter Green was responsible for their first album sounding so bad

Guitar World

“It’s hard to watch a friend face down their demons in front of you and come off second best”: The doomed blues hotshot who blew away Bono and toured with Dylan – but ran from fame and died in obscurity

He was signed to the same label as Dylan and Springsteen and brought the blues into the 1990s, but success eluded him

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"He was doing something that was light years away from all of my other heroes": The five albums that changed Ace Frehley's life

In 2018 late Kiss legend Ace Frehley picked the five records that guided his path towards the stars

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"He created rolling barrages of tribal intensity": When British rock drumming ruled the world

Half a century ago, a select handful of British drummers became the most talked about and influential players in the world

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“It's the first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page combined to create a groundbreaking song – and then argued over the writing credit

It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

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“If you’re given the choice between boxing kangaroos and John Lennon you choose John Lennon”: The strange, brief existence of the John Lennon-fronted supergroup hidden for decades

Back in 1968, Lennon, Keith Richards and an unlikely collection of musical cohorts tore through a White Album highlight

Guitar World

“One of the greatest to ever do it”: Terry “Superlungs” Reid, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter who forged his own path after turning down Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has died aged 75

Reid toured with the Rolling Stones, Cream, Jethro Tull, and Fleetwood Mac, released seven studio albums, and was even a session player for the likes of Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt

Guitar World

Steve Morse tackles Led Zeppelin, Mountain, Cream and Lynyrd Skynyrd hits – and honors a cast of guitar greats during intimate jam session

Appearing at a book launch event, Morse took on five classic rock cuts with YouTube royalty in the tiny crowd

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Bassist Brush Shiels looks back on his lifelong friendship with Moore, why he won’t sue the American hair metal band, and how Peter Green was responsible for their first album sounding so bad

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“One of Eric Clapton’s guitars went for half a million dollars. I was, as I often am, in trouble with the IRS. I thought, ‘This is probably the time’”: Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it

He rescued it from peeling-paint hell, restored it after the headstock snapped off, but was never fully happy with the psychedelic Gibson. Then a fan offered a happily-ever-after solution

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“He got really upset and ran off down the street. He turned the corner, and I never saw him again”: Jack Bruce’s final encounter with Jaco Pastorius

According to his brother, Rory Pastorius, Jaco was influenced by the late Cream bassist’s midrange sound and aggressive lead style

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“Not the work of the blues bruiser some supposed him to be, but of an expert in judging precisely when to hang back and when to hit hard”: Jack Bruce’s Harmony Row

Leaving Cream behind, his third solo album was a proggy affair, composed in a single sitting, exploring one day in the world of a Glasgow tenement

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“The depression lasted quite a long time. At the end of it, when I felt I was coming out of a long tunnel, I wrote God Gave Rock And Roll To You”: The epic story of Argent, the forgotten early 70s band who inspired one Kiss’ biggest hits

Argent were the missing link between the 60s pop scene and the emergence of Cream and Led Zeppelin

Guitar World

“Eric had sweated through the paint job – not long after that the headstock snapped off”: Also owned by George Harrison, Eric Clapton's “Fool” SG was already legendary by the time it ended up in Todd Rundgren's hands – but that journey had taken its toll

An emblem of Clapton’s Cream days and the Summer of Love, it was in dire need of some TLC by the time Rundgren got his hands on it

Guitar World

“A rare and culturally critical guitar directly tied to the end of the Beatles and Cream”: A 1913 Gibson acoustic – played and owned by George Harrison and Eric Clapton – has been listed on Reverb

The historically significant guitar was featured on the final albums by the Beatles and Cream and helped launch the guitarists' solo careers

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"There had to be some sort of telepathy going on because I've never seen spontaneous inspiration happen at that level”: The genius of Eric Clapton's controversial masterpiece, Layla

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