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“The very day when I'm supposed to go into the studio to record this song, I hear that he's passed away. Immediately I thought, ‘This song has to be a memorial for Steve’”: Brian May on his heartfelt tribute to Steve Cropper
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (686+ words) May’s lyrics refer to Cropper’s famous co-write (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay Brian May has revealed how a guest appearance on a track by Steve Cropper turned into a tribute from one legendary guitarist to another. Speaking on…...
“You have to respect the groove, and there’s certain musicians that understand that and there’s certain ones who don’t”: Greg Phillinganes has some urgent advice for you as he reveals what Quincy Jones told him when they were in the studio together
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (344+ words) “You’re never more of a musician than you are a human being” There are some people whose advice is worth listening to and, if you’re a musician, legendary keyboard player Greg Phillinganes is probably one of them. Alongside synth programmer…...
“I said, ‘This guy has had 18 top 10 singles. He’s a great writer.’ But there was something not quite there”: Drumming legend Carl Palmer recalls how an eccentric pop star almost ended up singing for ’80s rock supergroup Asia
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1045+ words) The guy who wrote Owner Of A Lonely Heart was also in the running Four famous musicians came together in 1981 to create one of the most successful supergroups of all time, Asia. But things might have turned out differently if…...
“We were talking about Lana Del Rey the other day”: Dani Filth tells us about his dream collaborators, Cradle of Filth’s reliance on Dropbox and his surprisingly stripped-back home studio
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1045+ words) The Cradle of Filth frontman takes us inside the setup behind the band’s symphonic extremity - complete with a boutique Soyuz mic, hotel room writing sessions and a Creature from the Black Lagoon watching from the wall The road to hell,…...
“I was jamming and I heard 'Bam!' – I looked at the stage and there was an open Buck knife sticking in the screen of my cabinet”: Slipknot and Korn on the perils of life on the road
1+ week, 5+ day ago (473+ words) The two metal heavyweights spoke to MusicRadar over a decade ago in a roundtable interview and shared their mutual respect for each other Back in 2015, we sat down for a roundtable discussion with a quartet of guitarists who had come…...
“The first time you heard them you had to hear them again, because there was a whole bunch of stuff in there that nobody had done before”: Trevor Horn on the band he’s proudest to have produced
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (211+ words) The man who predicted the future in his first band, joined a prog juggernaut and then went on to produce some of the 80s' biggest songs reflected on his life and times Most of our audience will already be familiar with…...
“James’s rhythm parts are insane. His right hand looks like it's not even moving – It's one of the most aggressive, precise things you've ever heard in your life”: Andrew Scheps on the complex legacy of Metallica’s Death Magnetic
3+ week, 3+ day ago (425+ words) In a lengthy conversation MusicRadar had with the pre-eminent mix master, Scheps remembered working with the metal gods on that controversially loud ninth album Whenever we discuss the so-called ‘loudness war’ here at MusicRadar, a key citation is often Metallica’s…...
“My hands just wouldn’t work. There was no way I could play the guitar. It was pretty scary”: Rockabilly icon Brian Setzer on his recovery from the autoimmune condition that stopped him playing guitar
3+ week, 4+ day ago (449+ words) The Stray Cats frontman says he is “98 per cent” recovered but is playing as good as he ever did Brian Setzer says that he feels “98 per cent” and is playing as good as he ever has after recovering from an…...
“People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery I guess”: Revisiting our classic interview with the legendary Lemmy
3+ week, 4+ day ago (581+ words) Back in 2012 we spoke to the late Motorhead mainman about his other great passion - rockabilly Riding high in the pantheon of the most aura-farming rockstars, Motorhead’s Lemmy garnered respect from all corners of the musical map. Formerly of Hawkwind, Lemmy…...
“We would speak for about a year after he passed on – he was very, very present”: Twin Peaks and Dune’s Alicia Witt tells us how the late David Lynch guided her new album
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1903+ words) The album, which was arranged and recorded live, is a tribute to the iconic filmmaker who passed away at the beginning of last year Few directors garner the same amount of awe as the late David Lynch. The visionary behind…...