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Tom DeLonge: “The secret to playing fast is masturbating. If you don’t masturbate, you can’t play punk rock!”

By Amit Sharma published 9 September 21

The Angels & Airwaves and Blink-182 guitarist talks UFOs, the gnarliness of Shakespeare, keeping up with Travis Barker, and the band's expansive new release, Lifeforms

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Tom DeLonge of Angels and Airwaves performs onstage during KROQ Absolut Almost Acoustic Christmas 2019 at Honda Center on December 7, 2019 in Anaheim, California.

From dreamy psychedelic opuses to twisty, rapid-fire metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published 20 May 21

Unwind with fresh material from St. Vincent, Fear Factory, Quinn Sullivan, Mdou Moctar, Angels & Airwaves, and many more

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