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A Nirvana’s Unplugged exhibition features Kurt Cobain’s $6 million Martin D-18E and his cardigan too
By Daniel Griffiths published
Find out more about their legendary MTV gig and get up close with one of the world’s most famous… cardigans

“The screaming was deafening!”: How a Japanese tour transformed the career of the ‘Beatles of hard rock’
By Paul Elliott published
The heartwarming story of Cheap Trick At Budokan

“He was like, ‘You’ve got it all wrong, man”: How Neil Young changed Mumford And Sons’ approach to making albums
By Will Simpson published
"You need to pay attention to how you record music," they were advised

“Thank God we let that church choir in!” How Def Leppard created a rock anthem with a little bit of divine intervention
By Paul Elliott published
"It was a complete fluke," singer Joe Elliott said

“My love letter to a vanished era”: Mark Ronson’s new memoir lifts the lid on pre-Internet New York
By Will Simpson published
Night People: How To Be a DJ in 1990s New York is out in September

Dog Paw looks like a drum pad but plays like they just crossed a weighted piano with a violin
By Daniel Griffiths published
Add in a built-in synth and sample engine and its own audio outs and you’ve a musical instrument that defies description

“Ozzy drove us nuts with that Moog thing!”: How Black Sabbath took a surprise left turn on the classic album Sabotage
By Paul Elliott published
And how Ozzy ‘played’ a cider jug like a tuba!

Great Eastern FX’s Focus Fuzz Deluxe has got boost, drive, octave, fuzz... everything
By Jonathan Horsley published
One of our favourite fuzz pedals just got expanded but can we call it a fuzz-box when it does so much more?
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