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“You do have to pay premium numbers": Gene Simmons explains why he’s charging fans $12,000 to be a roadie
Humping gear is all part of ‘The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience’
Darkglass unveils multi-effects for bass with neural amp model support and 7” touchscreen
Anagram has a hexacore DSP engine, Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) integration, dozens of onboard effects and preamps and offers comprehensive control of your signal chain
“I don’t think they’re New Order. They don’t sound anything like them”: Peter Hook on his estranged bandmates
He says he gets DMs from fans complaining about the current band
Fender remixes its blockbuster Player II range with the Modified Series and got IDLES to demo them
The Player II Modified range is a refresh of the familiar favourites, with Noiseless pickups, locking tuners, treble bleed circuits and of course there is an HSS Strat with a Floyd Rose
Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won
Grab a DIY guitar kit and see what you can make out of it... A hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl? The sky's the limit – and there are Thomann vouchers to be won
“I thought I was going to die”: Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus on surviving cancer and his band’s resurrection
Bassist was diagnosed with B-cell lymphona
![James Hetfield [left] and Kirk Hammett harmonise solos as they perform live with Metallica in 1988. Hammett plays a Jackson Rhodes, Hetfield has his trusty white Explorer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mpZgd7e7YSCLwb7LuqPpbi-840-80.jpg.webp)
How Metallica wrote the ultimate metal ballad and took thrash into the mainstream with One
The sound of Metallica in full command, One would prove to be the ultimate thrash metal power ballad
Why Fleetwood Mac’s most iconic riff is one of music’s greatest ever moments
That thrilling and inspired John McVie bassline steered the band to create one of its most captivating songs
