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The 'terrible' metal albums (that aren't nearly as bad as people make out)

From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

Metal Hammer · Aug 31

Addiction, Doris, Riots and Tub Tarts: An A-Z Of Metallica

Your alphabetical guide to the world’s biggest metal band

Metal Hammer · Aug 4

Superstar magician Penn Jillette has a wild secret rock 'n' roll past that no-one ever talks about, and the "bloody scars" to prove it

Friends with the Ramones and Lou Reed, ex-boyfriend of Debbie Harry, and underground rock musician, Penn Jillette is a Las Vegas entertainment legend with a rock 'n' roll past

Louder · Aug 3

The $330,200 Fender Telecaster that connects Danny Gatton to Lou Reed

Lou Reed's ‘Goldie’ Tele is an early ’90s gem that went under the hammer at the record-breaking Jim Irsay auction

Guitar World · Jun 10

“People were like, ‘Lou Reed told me to get this!’ And I was like, ‘That’s nuts!’ I should definitely have that on the box”: Oliver Ackermann on the break-stuff philosophy that makes Death By Audio the world's most radical stompbox brand

Frontman/guitarist of NYC's A Place To Bury Strangers, pedal designer, noise enthusiast, renaissance man... Ackermann explains why all bets are off in his search for new sounds and tones

MusicRadar · May 23

Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open review – midwestern elegist mulls over the mystery of life’s big questions

With help from Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Lucinda Williams, the Americana artist shares his uncertainties around his roots and relationships in unhurried, subtly melancholic songs

The Guardian - UK · May 14

"I had to run out of the control room, and I found myself standing in the kitchen, sobbing away. James came into the kitchen in the same condition: he was sobbing too." The Metallica song that made both James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett cry

One Metallica song above all others had a profound effect on James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett

Metal Hammer · May 6

“I was like, ‘Damn it! That was just exactly the money that he gave me for the pedal’”: Death By Audio’s Oliver Ackermann on the time he sold a pedal to Richard Fortus and disaster struck

Oliver Ackermann is great at making guitar effects – less so at parking

MusicRadar · Apr 27

Pam Masters obituary

Channel 4’s first head of presentation who promoted its groundbreaking ‘ident’ and later became one of the most powerful women in TV

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26

“A man walked into the party with a big long scarf. He looked at the mirror, whisked his scarf around his neck and tilted his hat slightly to the left. I thought, ‘Wow, he’s really vain’”: The No 1 song that propelled Carly Simon to stardom

It also left legions of fans speculating on who it was actually about

MusicRadar · Apr 17