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Beach Boys hire new bass player from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys
Chris Cron's unassuming clip went viral
Ill Niño part ways with new guitarist just weeks before tour
Xander Charles has parted ways with the nu metal outfit just before a run of tour dates
"The bush can make you whacky, especially if you’re running from a few coppers who are shooting at you": William Crighton on bush psychedelia, collaborating with the late Rob Hirst, and his new LP Colonial Drift
Guitarists The Australian singer songwriter talks the gestation and creation of his fourth album.
How a new recruit turned Swedish adventure rockers Hällas into a band of gearheads
The latest addition to the ever-quirky prog outfit's lineup, guitarist Rickard Swahn made an impact at his first rehearsal among worn-out frets, weird pickup choices, and crumbling amps – and saved a song that was too Mark Knopfler for them
Viral duo Angine de Poitrine have become one of the most talked-about bands on the planet – with microtonal guitar
The guitar/bass double-neck had extra frets sawn into place, and it’s helped them take the internet by storm
I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands
Your noodling, new toys, bad cables, and blasé attitude to learning songs is turning me into a rehearsal-hating retiree. But there’s hope for you yet…
Billy Corgan on the first time he met future Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
The pair reflect on how a heckler at an early Pumpkins gig led to a decades-long friendship
It was nothing more than a throwaway jam – then they were playing it at the Grammys in tuxedos
In the annals of ’90s alt-rock one-off hits, few were more improbable than Liar, the snarky funk-metal jam that brought hardcore heavyweight Henry Rollins and his band onto mainstream radio, and to music's biggest stage
