BIZARRE: 4 - What They Never Told You

"John Lennon doesn't have to do this, why should I?": Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, and the creation of See Emily Play

Written by co-founder Syd Barrett, See Emily Play gave the fledgling Pink Floyd their first UK Top 10 single

Louder · Sep 18, 2024

“One of the most singular, unique and influential catalogues in music history.” Every Talk Talk album ranked from worst to best

The complete studio output of Mark Hollis' groundbreaking, hugely influential band, re-reviewed and ranked

Louder · Sep 6, 2024

“We were at an EMI dinner, and David Gilmour was there. I said, ‘By far, you’re my favorite guitar player. How do you come up with those melodies?’” W.A.S.P.’s Blackie Lawless on the invaluable advice he received from the Pink Floyd icon

Lawless has also revealed why he had to switch to bass for the band's first two albums

Guitar World · Sep 2, 2024

"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong": Praying Mantis once vied with Iron Maiden for attention, but setbacks and bad decisions took them on a very different journey

Praying Mantis ran alongside Iron Maiden in the early days of the NWOBHM race, but only Maiden shot to fame

Metal Hammer · Jul 17, 2024

“I was very pretentious. On the early albums I was writing things I thought I should write. But all I ever wanted to do was write pop songs”: how ELO conquered the planet with mini-symphonies and giant spaceships

UFOs, violins and killer songs – this the epic story of Electric Light Orchestra

Louder · Jul 13, 2024

“The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction site

Heard on Please Please Me and Love Me Do, this unassuming 1962 Vox AC15 Twin may have just become the most valuable amp on the planet – and we’ve had the exclusive first look

Guitar World · Jul 11, 2024

“We were on the right track at the start, but drugs and booze made us lose our way”: the explosive story of Wild Horses, the supergroup who had it all and threw it away

Featuring former members of Thin Lizzy and Rainbow, Wild Horses should have been huge – but chemicals, egos and bitterness got in the way

Louder · Jul 6, 2024

“A comprehensive celebration of a band central to the rebirth of prog… impressively extensive”: Pallas’ Eyes In The Night – The Recordings 1981-1986

Must-have seven-disc set documents the Scottish neo-proggers’ struggle for survival and excellence

Louder · Jul 3, 2024

"70 years on, it’s a sound that is still in demand": The producer's guide to the EMT 140 plate reverb

In the '60s and '70s, you needed a cumbersome metal plate strapped to some springs to create quality reverb, but it was so good that we still yearn for that EMT 140 sound today. Here’s how to recreate it, without a plate in sight…

MusicRadar · Jul 3, 2024

"I need a girl who sounds like a shop girl to duet with me": How a retail assistant at Dorothy Perkins got to sing with David Bowie

Originally written at a clandestine recording session, Absolute Beginners was the start of a 10-year musical relationship

Louder · Jun 27, 2024