I've also spent the last 10 years forgetting how to play guitar. Find me in the chillout room at raves complaining that it's past my bedtime. More about music production tutorials 14 tips for modulating your sounds better How to create Jean-Michel Jarre-style phasing with delay in your ...
“You miss the best bit, the Spanish guitar break,” he toldMojoin 1996. “The first side was what we played on stage. I didn't think it would be a hit and I used to hate playing that one because we played the part that wasn't as good. I wanted a bit of moody guitar playing...
Obviously, when Robert got into Suicidal, I didn't know him previously and I asked him what his other bands were, and he didn't want to play me any of it. Than when he eventually did. I go, "The bass is amazing, but some of the music is a little more poppy. But you take a...
He knows how to record that properly, which he was great at it more than anybody else in the ‘80s when I first worked with him. But now, he’s one of the only guys that’s able to record a guitar properly at all. He’s like the last of a dying breed. A lot of these contem...
Radar 39. Nick Lowe, 'Jesus of Cool' (1978) Jesus of Cool, Nick Lowe's debut solo album, could be considered power-pop because of its clever lyricism and catchy guitar riffs. There's an air of satire across the album — the LP includes several songs addressing the music industry's gr...
one foot in the commercial '80s sound that would earn them crucial MTV airplay on tracks like "Tears Are Falling." But Gene Simmons seems fully re-engaged here, and there's also a welcome shift back to a '70s sensibility on songs such as "Radar for Love" and "Any Way You Slice It...
Interestingly, Mangold doesn’t explore the singer’s family life or upbringing but instead focuses on the uproarious switch from acoustic to electric guitar and the stir it caused. While not a womanizer, he does carry on an affair with Baez (Monica Barbaro) and dates Sylvie Russo (Elle Fann...
Note: After the interview, Weinberg was also confirmed to drum for Muir's other band,Suicidal Tendencies.) Within the chat, Muir reveals how Weinberg landed on the band's radar and there's actually a pretty sweet and touching story about the unknown tie that the drummer has to Mike's...
William Broad’s stage name was born in the punk era, when he was fronting Generation X. Everyone else was coming up with names like Johnny Rotten and Rat Scabies, but Billy decided to put the “pun” into “punk,” intending Idol to be a play on “idle” as well as being an ironi...
Radar 39. Nick Lowe, 'Jesus of Cool' (1978) Jesus of Cool, Nick Lowe's debut solo album, could be considered power-pop because of its clever lyricism and catchy guitar riffs. There's an air of satire across the album — the LP includes several songs addressing the music industry's gr...