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“If you will commit yourselves, I will bust my ass for you”: Read the letter Steve Albini sent Nirvana before agreeing to work on In Utero
“Rock ‘n’ roll is very much a middle-class thing now – and it pisses me off”: Richard Hawley believes a lack of grassroots venues will punish working-class musicians
“Sweetwater generates revenue out of two distribution centres that rival what Guitar Center produces from over 300 stores”: Music Trades editor explains why Sam Ash and other guitar retailers can’t compete with online stores
“We’d have a lot of fun if you came and joined us”: Wolfgang Van Halen recalls the moment he personally invited David Lee Roth to rejoin Van Halen
Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been playing Rush songs: “We sound like a really, really bad Rush tribute band”
Dweezil Zappa says it costs “over $10,000 a day” for him to go on tour
“I just had this whole other life I wanted to live”: Bill Wyman reflects on why he walked away from the Rolling Stones
“When I sign any guitar I buy, it doubles or triples in price – so I can always make money”: The time Ace Frehley sold a ’59 Les Paul to fund a gambling trip
“When I first discovered plugins, I was ecstatic… We can get a great tone by plugging directly into the interface”: Gus G on using only plugins in the studio
“It will cool off, and people won’t act like you’re Bigfoot when they see you”: The advice John Mayer gave to Billie Eilish to cope with sudden fame
The most popular streamed English band isn’t The Beatles or The Rolling Stones… it’s Coldplay.
“He ended up throwing up on my shoes”: Billy Corgan remembers his first time meeting The Cure’s Robert Smith
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