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Angine de Poitrine’s strange choice of gig bag causes problems at airports
By Phil Weller published
Taking the papier-mache masks through airport security is fine, they say. Their trademark double-neck guitar is another matter

DragonForce announce Alissa White-Gluz as their new vocalist in shock move
By Phil Weller published
Herman Li says she’s taking them to new levels, but what does that mean for the ex-Arch Enemy singer’s new solo band, Blue Medusa?

Reb Beach on why crafting guitar solos with Whitesnake was more challenging than Winger
By Janelle Borg published
Beach looks back on his career and how he employed his guitar chops differently in his two major bands

American Football’s slow-burning debut album was originally dismissed. Four records in, they’re glad that’s how it went
By Jason T. Mays published
Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes and Nate Kinsella explain the art of making songs sound simple when they’re actually complex and deep, and reflect on how they learned to do it so well

Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's bandmates lose years-long royalties dispute against the Hendrix Estate and Sony Music
By Janelle Borg published
The judge concluded that, as per the original contract, the musicians signed their rights away, and that “the first owners of the copyrights… were the producers”

The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands
By Janelle Borg published
Fanny never topped the charts, but they made fans of everyone from the Beatles to David Bowie – despite constantly having to prove they could play

Angine de Poitrine, the viral math-rock band, reveal that their microtonal approach started as an “inside joke”
By Phil Weller published
The madcap Canadians have taken the world by storm, but they aren't taking themselves seriously

Watch Alice Cooper deliver a shock rock version of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit
By Phil Weller published
The shock rock icon gave a grunge anthem a creepy twist at the 28th edition of Coopstock over the weekend
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