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Ex-Chili Peppers guitarist avoids jail in road traffic accident manslaughter case

Josh Klinghoffer is on a year’s probation with 60 hours community service

MusicRadar

Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer avoids jail after entering plea in vehicular manslaughter case

Klinghoffer was warned about his future conduct during court proceedings in California

Louder

“The last thing you want to do is play a widdly-widdly riff that’s getting in the way of the vocal”: Those Damn Crows’ Ian ‘Shiner’ Thomas on how to write a No.1 album, what he learned from Nirvana, and the Slipknot riff he wished he wrote

With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play

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Springsteen doubles down on political criticism with a digital EP that includes anti-Trump comments

New recordings, and a golf ball “striking” Bruce Springsteen

The Independent UK

"Stop thinking about what rockers are saying. Think about saving America from the mess you made." Neil Young and Pearl Jam call out Donald Trump, salute Bruce Springsteen

"This guy is out of control. We need a real president!"

Louder

Eddie Vedder and Neil Young speak out in support of Bruce Springsteen amid Trump attacks

Musicians are coming to the defence of Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, both of whom Donald Trump has criticised and threatened. “Part of free speech is open discussion. Part of democracy is healthy public discourse. The name-calling is so beneath us,” said Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.

Euronews

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder honors Bruce Springsteen with song My City of Ruins in apparent dig at Trump

Springsteen set off the latest Trump conflict calling his administration corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous

The Independent UK

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The Last of Us recap: season two, episode six – many happy returns (of Joel)

Well, that didn’t suck! This birthday flashback episode had enough Pedro Pascal to feel like a glorious gift … only to end up breaking our hearts over and over

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t sign up for a musical!’ Are the guitar sing-alongs killing The Last of Us?

Ellie’s endless ditties are more horrifying than mushroom monsters. But her painful renditions of a-ha and Pearl Jam aren’t just cringe – they signal a much bigger problem

The Guardian - UK

“This gentleman was someone we looked up to. He was right up there”: Peter Frampton joins Pearl Jam and trades solos with Mike McCready over Black during Nashville performance

Frampton – who has had to adapt his playing technique as he battles a degenerative disease – traded licks with McCready during the surprise guest spot

Guitar World

Pearl Jam release new limited edition 12 inch EP featuring songs from The Last Of Us, and share new video for Future Days

Pearl Jam's four-track The Last Of Us EP is streaming now

Louder

“It was my own personal hell”: the story of Pearl Jam’s most difficult record as it turns 25

The Seattle rockers’ trickiest album was fraught with writer’s block and drug addiction and it’s not one guitarist Stone Gossard is in a hurry to listen to again.

Louder

“We had accidentally stored the bass in Seattle and paid $2,500 in rental fees!” 32 years ago, Jeff Ament rented a ’61 Jazz Bass from Norman's Rare Guitars to record Pearl Jam’s iconic Vs. record – and now he’s been reunited with it

Ament recently reconnected with the vintage four-string more than three decades after using it to track Vs in the early 1990s – and he immediately played it on stage

Guitar World

“I came from a subculture of rock that didn’t quite get what all the fuss is about.” Soundgarden's Kim Thayil originally didn't see the point of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but says Chris Cornell would be “stoked” about Soundgarden being inducted

Soundgarden will be inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame in November, and they couldn't be happier about the honour

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Soundgarden have musicians in mind to take on Chris Cornell's duties at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil has admitted the bar is set "higher" than usual when it comes to choosing someone to represent Chris Cornell at their upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance.

Metal Hammer

"Chris Cornell was the first rock star to consume the contents of my stomach." How Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell inspired the youth of America to drink vomit in the early '90s

Things got freaky on Lollapalooza 1992 thanks to The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow and their rock star friends

Guitar World

“I said, ‘Mike, I don’t know how to tell you this, but that’s a note-for-note guitar solo from...” Mike McCready stole his Alive solo from Kiss – but Ace Frehley had already stolen it from another legendary classic rock band

The revelation comes from Gene Simmons, who sees no problem in bands taking inspiration – and lifting ideas – from others

Louder

The 10 best grunge album openers: a definitive list that is irrefutably correct so you're not allowed to argue with it

A list in which we sacrifice some of our favourite opening tracks in the name of journalistic integrity... but seriously, no Serve The Servants?

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The Edgy 'Grunge' Aesthetic Is Making a Comeback, and Here's How to Channel It Through Your Interiors

Maybe it doesn't need to be just a phase... While subversive at its core, the grunge movement can manifest itself as practical, stylish, and refined

Louder

Eddie Vedder releases anguished version of Neil Young classic The Needle And The Damage Done

The Pearl Jam singer's version of Neil Young's song about heroin addiction comes from an upcoming Bridge School benefit compilation

Louder

“That song was a sad, minor key drone…”: the 2000 single that is one of Pearl Jam’s oddest releases ever

The Seattle giants were determined to show they had moved on from being the band that had made Ten and Vs., and this strange lead single was their Exhibit A

The Independent UK

Vedder Cup at stake when Padres face Mariners as part of Pearl Jam singer's charity drive

The winner of the annual series between the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners will now win the Vedder Cup

Sports Illustrated

New Vedder Cup Series Between Padres, Mariners Features Intriguing Tiebreaker

The tiebreaker ensures the trophy named after the Pearl Jam singer goes to the "Better Man."

Sports Illustrated

Mariners, Padres Inaugurate Trophy for Annual Series Designed By Eddie Vedder

The musician has spent extensive time in both Seattle and San Diego.

Space

'We should be living on Mars by now!' Red Planet and Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot steal the spotlight in NYC rock show

Rockers Andy Frasco and the U.N. blast off at Irving Plaza.

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