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NEWS In November last year, Metallica surprised everyone by dropping a new single completely out of the blue. Titled Lux Æterna, the track was the first single lifted from the band’s 12th studio album, 72 Seasons - again, that was a surprise - which is due April 14. Now, in a bid to capitalize the hype and raise money for charity, Metallica have unveiled the Flying M - a custom, one-of-a-kind electric guitar that will be raffled off to support their All Within My Hands foundation. Sporting the signatures of each Metallica member, the guitar itself was crafted by Highline Guitars’ Chris Monck and the team at Inventables, and features a Metallica ‘M’ on the wing of each side of the guitar, as well as a 12th-fret Metallica sawblade inlay.…
David Crosby, guitarist and co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died at the age of 81. The singer’s death was confirmed by his wife, Jan, in a statement to Variety. “It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away,” the statement reads. “He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us.” As a founding member and guitar player for the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), David Crosby was a hugely influential figure in the development of rock in the ‘60s and ‘70s. His distinct songwriting and guitar playing…
Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman has announced he’s temporarily stepping away from the band in order to focus on his “rapidly deteriorating” mental health. The band - shortly after announcing their new album, So Much (For) Stardust - posted a statement written by Trohman on their social media accounts, with the electric guitar star confirming he will be leaving the band for a spell. “Neil Young once howled that it’s better to burn out than to fade away. But I can tell you unequivocally that burning out is dreadful,” Trohman wrote. “Without divulging all the details, I must disclose that my mental health has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years. So, to avoid fading away and never returning,” he continued, “ will be taking a break from work…
CLAY J GLADSTONE SO, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Tim [Wisbey, vocals] and Matt [David, guitars] are from Camden in Sydney’s southwest, a town that literally didn’t even have a set of traffic lights until, like, 2010, That should give you an indication of what a happening place Camden is. The best thing about Camden is that it’s not Campbelltown and you can leave easily. WHAT’S YOUR LATEST DROP? Our latest jam, ‘Where Do Va Want Me?’, is a pumping indie-punk jam that you can circle pit to while punishing a beer. HOW WOULD YOU SELL YOUR SOUND? My Chemical Romance meets Fireball shots, meets The Strokes on human growth hormones. WHAT ARE THE GO-TO JAMS ON YOUR TOUR VAN PLAYLISTS? We’re trying to have a bop and maybe slide a…
BEC STEVENS HAILS FROM TYERRERNOTEPANNER/BEAUTY POINT, TASMANIA PLAYS SOLO SOUNDS LIKE SHARP AND SPIRITED POST-POISON CITY EMO LATEST DROP BIG WORRY (LP OUT MARCH 17TH VIA DAMAGED) How did you first discover the guitar? I My older brother, who I idolised, started learning it when I was super little and I just thought he was the coolest. When I turned about 11 or 12, he got a new guitar so I stole the shitty little nylon-string he’d been learning on and started to play. It was a solid year of me in primary school playing ‘Smoke In The Water’ - classic - in front of anyone who’d listen (probably just the dog). I’ll always consider my first real guitar to be a steel-string Tanglewood I got when I was 17.…
AXES IN ACTION WHERE FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE NAARM/MELBOURNE, VICTORIA WHEN FRIDAY DECEMBER 2ND, 2022 Of all the smaller rock and metal festivals to crop up in this post-Soundwave landscape, none have come as close to matching that uniquely youthful, colour-drenched and adrenalised atmosphere as Good Things (which makes sense; organised by much of its alumni, it’s more or less a spiritual successor to Soundwave). Having been sidelined for the past three years - y’know, for obvious reasons - the festival made its grand return to Flemington Racecourse on Friday December 2nd, sporting a lineup that more than made up for its forced hiatus (even if a handful of the acts billed had to ditch it at the last second due to visa problems). Walking through the gates - our free (and…
