Articles Posted in the " Behind the Album " Category
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L.A. Guns’ Tracii Guns on the Song “Let You Down”: I was doing everything I could to not completely freak out – Inside the Song – 2022 – Checkered Past
Tracii Guns: I remember writing the music for this song in March 2020. Ole was..
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Cliff Burton to Kirk Hammett After Learning Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ Went Gold: ‘I wanna buy a house where I can shoot my gun that shoots knives!’ – Interview
Goldmine Magazine: When Goldmine spoke to Metallica on the album anniversaries of both “Master of..
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Alice Cooper to Jim Morrison: “I woke up this morning and got myself a beer” – The Doors – Roadhouse Blues – VIDEO
Classic Rock: Alice Cooper: my stories of Lemmy, Raquel Welch, Pink Floyd and more. You..
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Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick on “White Rabbit,” I could have done a better job with those lyrics – 2022 – VIDEO
Grace Slick: Applause is interesting, but I’m a monster with or without it. Something is..
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Judas Priest Producer Tom Allom on K.K. Downing & Glenn Tipton’s Rivalry During ‘Screaming for Vengeance’: “They both were trying to play things that they couldn’t play” – 2022 – Interview
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs: While a variety of musical forces helped launch the metal paradigm..
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Mötley Crüe Engineer Talks ‘Too Fast for Love’ Recording Sessions: “They told me they would buy girls’ jeans” – Robert Battaglia – 2022
Metal Edge: What’s the big deal about the Leathür Records version of Mötley Crüe’s ‘Too..
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Joe Elliott & Phil Collen on How Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” Became a Hit Single: These girls in some strip clubs in Florida kept requesting the song – 2022 – Apple – 35th Anniversary
Def Leppard: Joe & Phil recently chatted with Apple Music talking all things Hysteria album…
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David Ellefson Looks Back on Megadeth’s ‘Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!” Album – 2022 – Kings of Thrash
David Ellefson: The tour Kings of Thrash “The MEGA Years” featuring David Ellefson & Jeff..
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Accept Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann on “Fast as a Shark” Giving Birth to Thrash Metal: “Looking back, I guess it’s true” – 2022 – Interview
VWMusic: During one of his off days on tour, Wolf Hoffmann recently joined VWMusic via..
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Skid Row VIDEO: Behind the NEW Album Episode 2 – ‘The Gang’s All Here’ – 2022 – WATCH
Skid Row: Turn on the devil vision 🤘 📺 Watch now Pt. 2 of our..
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Dave Mustaine on Legendary Producer/Engineer Eddie Kramer During Megadeth’s ‘Countdown to Extinction’: “He’s the guy that recorded Jimi Hendrix and makes sure that every living organism knows it” – 2022 – Max Norman – Interview
Rolling Stone: In a new interview, Dave Mustaine looks back on Megadeth’s breakthrough album ‘Countdown..
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Producer Bob Rock Talks Tommy Lee’s Drum Sound on Motley Crue’s ‘Dr. Feelgood’: “He hit so hard that the drum would almost compress itself” – Recording Technique – Mics
This excerpt was taken from a series of interviews producer/engineer Bob Rock did with Tape..
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Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”: As time goes on, you may find another period of your life has got a little bit more substance – VIDEO – INTERVIEW
How does Robert Plant truly feel about Led Zeppelin’s iconic song, “Stairway to Heaven?” Robert..
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Def Leppard ‘High ‘N’ Dry’ – Released 41 Years Ago – Inside the Album – 2022 – VIDEO
Def Leppard: 41 years of HIGH ‘N’ DRY 🤘 Celebrate by BLASTING the album loud..
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‘And Justice for Art…Live!’ BOOK – Stories About Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Album Covers – 2022
Exodus: The new book “And Justice for Art…Live! Stories About Hard Rock And Heavy Metal..
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Skid Row: ‘The Gang’s All Here’ – Behind the Album – Episode 1 – VIDEO – 2022
Skid Row: Tearing it down! Watch now Part 1 of our new behind-the-album webisode series..
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