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        <title>Satriani On Being Out-Played By 'Eight-Year-Olds' And Why It's 'Absurd' To Rely On Chops Alone: 'Normal People Hear Music Without The Anxiety Of Technique'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:28:54 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Us musicians, we can't help it. We obsess about technique because we need it in order to play. The rest of the world does not perceive technique that way at all."]]></description>
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        <title>Tony Iommi On Black Sabbath's Ghastly Encounters At A Haunted Castle: 'Bill, You Can't Stab A Ghost!'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:18:05 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Making "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" in Clearwell Castle helped Tony Iommi overcome writer's block. It also brought Black Sabbath in close contact with a local apparition.]]></description>
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        <title>'He Made Me Understand Hendrix Better': Mike McCready Says Seeing SRV Live Unlocked A Technique That Led To 'Yellow Ledbetter'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:20:10 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["You can hit one note and it can make just as much sense as 50 notes – if not more."]]></description>
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        <title>Roger Waters Says Metallica's James Hetfield Is 'No Musician': 'He's A Nobody And Always Be. He May Have A Few Hundred Million, But He's A Prick'</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:05:09 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I heard them playing acoustic instruments and they couldn't. It was appalling."]]></description>
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        <title>'Deceitful, Lying Hyenas': John Lydon Lambasts Ex-Sex Pistols Bandmates, Calls Frank Carter-Fronted Band 'Karaoke'</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:58:46 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Cheek of them. Going out without me, singing the songs I wrote, the words I wrote, the presentation I created."]]></description>
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        <title>Maynard James Keenan Speaks On Retirement After Second Hip Replacement Surgery: 'I'm With The Stones On That One'</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:06:08 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[While the Tool vocalist admitted he doesn't "know what will happen" if he "can't get this hip sorted," he has no plans of ever retiring for as long as he can help it.]]></description>
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        <title>Sharon Says Ozzy Deliberately Sacrificed 'Months' Of His Life For Final Sabbath Show. He Spent His Remaining 17 Days 'Elated': 'He Was So, So Happy'</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:02:52 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["It was Ozzy's goodbye, and he knew it was his goodbye. My kids didn't know. We didn't tell the children. We didn't tell anyone."]]></description>
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        <title>Dave Mustaine Says 'Ride The Lightning' Started Before He Joined Metallica, Just Like Two Megadeth Songs</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:40:27 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["'Ride the Lightning' or any of the other songs that were music that I had before I joined Metallica, those are very rewarding to me."]]></description>
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        <title>Nightwish Announce Split With Floor Jansen, Declare That The Band 'Will Continue'  </title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:13:12 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["After careful consideration, we have, in mutual agreement, decided to part ways."]]></description>
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        <title>'In Some Cases, It Should Probably Say 'Dave And A Lot Of Teemu'': Mustaine Praises New Megadeth Guitarist As He Explains Key To Writing Great Riffs</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:27:43 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Some of the stuff that we wrote together, I wrote just a little bit, and it says me and him."]]></description>
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        <title>Sammy Hagar Calls Alex Van Halen To Reconcile, Brushing Off The Drummer's Insults: 'Bring The Two Van Halen Eras Together Like They Should Be'</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:20:06 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I would love to be friends again. If we played music, mo' better. That would be awesome…"]]></description>
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        <title>How Soundgarden Influenced Alice In Chains' Darker Musical Direction, Author Explains: 'They Just Took Their Songs In A Heavier Direction'</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:38:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I've read that they were really impressed with Soundgarden and their approach to making music."]]></description>
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        <title>Yngwie Malmsteen On Refusing To Join David Lee Roth's Solo Band: 'I Probably Should've Done It'</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:19:34 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Roth would come to the shows all the time, and he had just left Van Halen, and he wanted to get the hottest guitar player, I guess."]]></description>
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        <title>Linkin Park's Emily Armstrong Opens Up On Fears Over Stepping In Chester Bennington's Shoes: 'Nobody Could Ever, Ever Replace Him'</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["You're trying to give yourself every reason to just be like, 'You're not good. Everybody knows these songs.'"]]></description>
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        <title>Duff McKagan Opens Up On Demise Of Velvet Revolver Amid Scott Weiland's Relapse: 'The Wheels Were Coming Off By The Second Album'</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:13:38 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Seeing that happen was gnarly, and that was the end of that, really."]]></description>
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        <title>'We Were Really Working Like A Team': David Ellefson Explains Why 'Countdown To Extinction' Is His Favorite Megadeth Album  </title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:22:45 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["We put the time in on it."]]></description>
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        <title>'He Came To The Band Self-Taught': Dave Lombardo On The Legacy Of Jeff Hanneman, And How He Feels About 'Reign In Blood' Today</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["He came to the band self-taught, and took it from there, and created some of the most amazing music of our genre."]]></description>
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        <title>Matt Sorum Names His Favorite Band To Play With, And It's Not Guns N' Roses: 'It Was Right Up My Alley'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Below-the-waist rock and roll. It's got a swagger. It's got a good pocket in the AC/DC sort of [way]."]]></description>
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        <title>Tarantino Intentionally Had Kurt Russel Destroy A 145-Year-Old Martin For 'Hateful Eight,' Historian Claims, Challenging Mixup Narrative</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:29:30 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Tarantino filmed it at night on purpose so that the guitar tech wouldn't be there," Dick Boak, former historian at the Martin museum, says.]]></description>
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        <title>Josh Homme Thinks About Kyuss Reunion 'a Lot' But Fears He Might 'F__k It Up': 'There Was A Moment Where The Legacy Got Tarnished... It Should Be About The Music'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I think about it a lot because there was a moment where the legacy of it got tarnished because of… well, there's no need to get into all that."]]></description>
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        <title>Neil Peart's Rush Drum Parts Had Geddy Lee Scratching His Head While Explaining Them To Anika Nilles: ''What Time Is This?' 'F__k, I Don't Know!''</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:43:29 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["It was a re-education for me."]]></description>
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        <title>Ian Hill Announces His Retirement From Judas Priest, Names Successor: 'I Love You All, And Thank You For The Life You've Let Me Live'</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:43:09 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Ozzy Producer Andrew Watt Seemingly Contradicts Tony Iommi About Why One More Final Sabbath Album Never Happened: 'Everyone's Thing Was Doing It With Bill Ward'</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tony Iommi previously said that he didn't want to make another "final" album after "13," adding that Watt was "very keen and a bit too excited."]]></description>
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        <title>Dave Mustaine Recalls Defending Lars Ulrich And Breaking Armored Saint Guitarist's Leg: 'I Had To Do Something'</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:41:22 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I told them to stop. They didn't stop, and I just kicked them."]]></description>
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        <title>Josh Homme On Steering Away From Stoner Rock: 'I Don't Want To Be The 15th Best Sabbath Cover Band'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/josh-homme-on-steering-away-from-stoner-rock-i-dont-want-to-be-the-15th-best-sabbath-cover-band</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[While Josh Homme helped codify stoner (or, rather, desert) rock with Kyuss, he feels that some of the bands in that zone sound too much like Black Sabbath.]]></description>
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        <title>Aerosmith To Return To The Stage For Hollywood Bowl, Two Years After Retiring From Touring</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:18:41 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The two-day event will also include a massive roster of guest stars who are friends with the band, or think of them as a major influence.]]></description>
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        <title>Scott Ian Says He Learned 'Adult Chords' From Mr. Bungle, A Band His Own Riffs Had Influenced</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:33:22 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I don't know what you're talking about. Adult chords…that's over my pay grade."]]></description>
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        <title>Tony Iommi On The Shock Of Seeing Ozzy 'Carried In' Before Sabbath's Final Show: 'I Couldn't Believe How He'd Deteriorated'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tony-iommi-on-the-shock-of-seeing-ozzy-carried-in-before-sabbaths-final-show-i-couldnt-believe-how-hed-deteriorated</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tony-iommi-on-the-shock-of-seeing-ozzy-carried-in-before-sabbaths-final-show-i-couldnt-believe-how-hed-deteriorated</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["We were all in shock, really. He sat there, and I said to him, 'You know, you don't have to sing, we'll just run through it instrumentally,' but he said 'No, I'll have a go' and he'd sing for a bit."]]></description>
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        <title>Tommy Thayer Says There Was 'Some Truth' To Paul Stanley's 'Piss' Jab At Frehley And Criss</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tommy-thayer-says-there-was-some-truth-to-paul-stanleys-piss-jab-at-frehley-and-criss</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:12:51 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I think that's just Paul's way of making light of the situation."]]></description>
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        <title>Elvis Costello Says He Could 'Never' Listen To 'Dreary' Pink Floyd: 'After Syd Barrett Left They Just Never Appealed To Me'</title>
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        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/elvis-costello-says-he-could-never-listen-to-dreary-pink-floyd-after-syd-barrett-left-they-just-never-appealed-to-me</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Anything by Pink Floyd. Never could, never will. I find their music dreary," Costello said when asked about a song he can no longer listen to.]]></description>
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        <title>Josh Homme Names The British Punk Band That's All Over One Of QOTSA's Famous Songs: 'You'll See That Influence Everywhere'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/josh-homme-names-the-british-punk-band-thats-all-over-one-of-qotsas-famous-songs-youll-see-that-influence-everywhere</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/josh-homme-names-the-british-punk-band-thats-all-over-one-of-qotsas-famous-songs-youll-see-that-influence-everywhere</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:43:47 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["They weren't afraid to use their sense of humor, and then go completely dark."]]></description>
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        <title>'We All Know They Can Solo': Steve Morse's Biggest Takeaway From Sharing The Stage With Eddie Van Halen</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-all-know-they-can-solo-steve-morses-biggest-takeaway-from-sharing-the-stage-with-eddie-van-halen</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:20:39 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["It was really one of the highlights of my career," Morse said of the experience of sharing the stage with Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather, and Albert Lee.]]></description>
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        <title>QOTSA's Josh Homme On Playing With Dave Grohl: 'It's So Easy It's Addictive'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/qotsas-josh-homme-on-playing-with-dave-grohl-its-so-easy-its-addictive</link>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["It doesn't really matter what he sits behind."]]></description>
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        <title>Metallica's 'St. Anger' Was 'Kind Of Cool And Innovative,' Martin Popoff Says: 'I Didn't Miss The Guitar Solos'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/metallicas-st-anger-was-kind-of-cool-and-innovative-martin-popoff-says-i-didnt-miss-the-guitar-solos</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/metallicas-st-anger-was-kind-of-cool-and-innovative-martin-popoff-says-i-didnt-miss-the-guitar-solos</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["The snare sound was funny, but it didn't annoy me."]]></description>
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        <title>At $3k, The Gretsch Bo Diddley Is Not A Sensible First Guitar. There's Still A Case For Buying One</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/at-3k-the-gretsch-bo-diddley-is-not-a-sensible-first-guitar-theres-still-a-case-for-buying-one</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/at-3k-the-gretsch-bo-diddley-is-not-a-sensible-first-guitar-theres-still-a-case-for-buying-one</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:20:32 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Before Gretsch built his rectangular guitar in 1958, Bo Diddley was making his own as a teenager, including one wired with a pickup pulled from a Victrola record player.]]></description>
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        <title>Modern Pop Lacks 'Real Depth,' Robin Trower Says: 'When You Listen To The Beatles, It's Potent Stuff' </title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/modern-pop-lacks-real-depth-robin-trower-says-when-you-listen-to-the-beatles-its-potent-stuff</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/modern-pop-lacks-real-depth-robin-trower-says-when-you-listen-to-the-beatles-its-potent-stuff</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Most of what I hear now seems very thin to me. It's thin, just no real depth to it."]]></description>
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        <title>Steve Morse Nearly Quit Music After Seeing 'Metal Bands Playing Power Ballads' On MTV. Once He 'Didn't Care Anymore,' He Made Some Of His Best Work</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-morse-nearly-quit-music-after-seeing-metal-bands-playing-power-ballads-on-mtv-once-he-didnt-care-anymore-he-made-some-of-his-best-work</link>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:23:22 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I knew the music business would change. I didn't know what it would change to."]]></description>
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        <title>Venom Frontman Cronos Dies At 63</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:14:28 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Venom never followed the rules. They forged their own path. And Conrad was there at the centre of it all."]]></description>
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        <title>Anthrax's Scott Ian Went From Incredulity To Panic On The Day Metallica Fired Dave Mustaine: 'Cliff Burton Was A Very Dry Ball-Buster. I Was Like, 'Yeah, Right''</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/anthraxs-scott-ian-went-from-incredulity-to-panic-on-the-day-metallica-fired-dave-mustaine-cliff-burton-was-a-very-dry-ball-buster-i-was-like-yeah-right</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/anthraxs-scott-ian-went-from-incredulity-to-panic-on-the-day-metallica-fired-dave-mustaine-cliff-burton-was-a-very-dry-ball-buster-i-was-like-yeah-right</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:34:12 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["We had gigs coming up. 'Cause, in my own selfish reasons, [I thought], please don't cancel these shows!"]]></description>
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        <title>Tom Morello On How RATM's Naked Protest Incensed Lollapalooza Audience And AiC's Layne Staley: 'They're Throwing Coins At Our D_cks!' </title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tom-morello-on-how-ratms-naked-protest-incensed-lollapalooza-audience-and-aics-layne-staley-theyre-throwing-coins-at-our-d-cks</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tom-morello-on-how-ratms-naked-protest-incensed-lollapalooza-audience-and-aics-layne-staley-theyre-throwing-coins-at-our-d-cks</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:12:09 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["They now realize they've stepped into a pile of political art. Then we leave without playing a single song, and there's a murderous outpouring from the crowd!"]]></description>
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        <title>Eric Clapton Says Selling His Iconic 'Blackie' Strat Was 'a Big, Big Mistake,' But He Still Did It: 'These Things, As Sacred As They Are, They Have To Be Given Away – Sacrificed'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eric-clapton-says-selling-his-iconic-blackie-strat-was-a-big-big-mistake-but-he-still-did-it-these-things-as-sacred-as-they-are-they-have-to-be-given-away--sacrificed</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eric-clapton-says-selling-his-iconic-blackie-strat-was-a-big-big-mistake-but-he-still-did-it-these-things-as-sacred-as-they-are-they-have-to-be-given-away--sacrificed</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["When the auction was going on, I had to constantly keep [reminding] myself: 'This is your purpose."]]></description>
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        <title>Jim Root Says New Slipknot Album Is 'Gonna Hurt Some Feelings' As He Agrees It Needs To Sound 'Not Like Stone Sour'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jim-root-says-new-slipknot-album-is-gonna-hurt-some-feelings-as-he-agrees-it-needs-to-sound-not-like-stone-sour</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:51:30 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Everything is analogue and played. All the pieces that need to be there are there."]]></description>
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        <title>'I Wasn't Fired': Ex-Ozzy Bassist Reveals Why He Really Left The Singer's Band After Building A Studio In Sharon's Office</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:52:52 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I left the band. Not quit."]]></description>
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        <title>Steve Stevens Was Asked To Play 'Not So Well' To Fit In With Grunge In The '90s. He Still Thinks It Was 'Healthy': 'I Was Never Frightened'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-stevens-was-asked-to-play-not-so-well-to-fit-in-with-grunge-in-the-90s-he-still-thinks-it-was-healthy-i-was-never-frightened</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-stevens-was-asked-to-play-not-so-well-to-fit-in-with-grunge-in-the-90s-he-still-thinks-it-was-healthy-i-was-never-frightened</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I just laughed. I knew exactly what they were saying, you know, play more like the grunge thing."]]></description>
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        <title>Jonny Greenwood 'Always' Felt Like A 'Lazy' And 'Clumsy' Player. Now, He Practices Every Day: 'It's Something I Kind Of Never Wanted To Do'</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jonny-greenwood-always-felt-like-a-lazy-and-clumsy-player-now-he-practices-every-day-its-something-i-kind-of-never-wanted-to-do</link>
        <guid>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jonny-greenwood-always-felt-like-a-lazy-and-clumsy-player-now-he-practices-every-day-its-something-i-kind-of-never-wanted-to-do</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:39:22 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["I've got hooked. I've just got addicted and want to play all the time."]]></description>
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        <title>'If You Can Learn This, You'll Be One Of The Best Guitar Players In The World': Trivium's Matt Heafy Names One 'Insane' Album Whose Leads He Still Can't Play</title>
        <link>https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/if-you-can-learn-this-youll-be-one-of-the-best-guitar-players-in-the-world-triviums-matt-heafy-names-one-insane-album-whose-leads-he-still-cant-play</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:37:06 -0400</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:07:14 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tony Levin On How Peter Gabriel Taught Him True Humility: 'With Being Humble, You Want To Talk To Him'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:04:38 -0400</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:24:46 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>'The Black Album' Is 'Dull' And Metallica's Most Overrated Record, Martin Popoff Says</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:36:24 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["Wounds leave scars, even after healing, so it would be inaccurate to say that James and I were best buddies."]]></description>
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        <title>Metallica's James Hetfield Says No Guitar Player Inspired Him Like Tony Iommi: 'He Is The Riff Lord'</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["He is the one that has inspired me the most out of any guitar player for my rhythm guitar playing and songwriting."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:50:21 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Brent Hinds's Estate Clarifies Lawsuit Against Mastodon: 'A Broader Commercial Issue'</title>
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        <title>Free's 'All Right Now' Was 'Born Out Of A Bad Gig,' Drummer Simon Kirke Recalls: 'We Really Need A Song To Get People On Their Feet'</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:04:19 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Steve Stevens Wrote One Of Rock's Most Famous Intros By 'Electrifying' His Country Influences. However, He Admits He Still Doesn't Know What A Hit Is</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:02:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Drummer Bobby Rondinelli Says Tony Iommi 'Was A Piece Of Cake To Work With,' And Quiet Riot's Kevin DuBrow Was A 'Crazy Bastard' — But An Amicable One</title>
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        <description><![CDATA["He goes, 'Hi, Bobby. This is Kevin DuBrow. I know you heard I'm an asshole, and I used to be, but I'm not anymore. How ya doing?'"]]></description>
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        <title>'Make Sure You're The Worst Guy In The Band': Letterman Bassist Will Lee's Advice For Aspiring Musicians</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:25:59 -0400</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA["You don't want to, 'Oh look, it's me on that track'."]]></description>
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        <title>Metallica Are 'Annoying People A Little Bit With Iron Maiden Syndrome,' Martin Popoff Says: 'A Lot Of Fresh Ideas, But Almost Too Many Per Song'</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:05:28 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>'The Decision To Part Ways Was In The Making For 10 Years': Brann Dailor On Mastodon's Split With Brent Hinds And The 'Total Shock' Of Hinds's Death</title>
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