The MusicRadar.com Podcast
by MusicRadar.com
MusicRadar is the number one website for musicians, producers and DJs. Featuring a wealth of exclusive content and a burgeoning community. The MusicRadar Podcast series includes exclusive artist interviews, free lessons for beginners and experts alike, reviews of the music making kit and loads more.
Episodes
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Chad Smith in conversation with Stone Gossard - audio
Chad Smith first crossed paths with Stone Gossard in 1991. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were enjoying their first flush of real fame following the release of their breakthrough album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and needed a band for the first slot of a three-act bill that also included The Smashing...
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Chad Smith in conversation with Carlos Santana - part two
The concluding part of the RHCP icon's backstage chat with the legendary Carlos Santana. Presented in partnership with Drum Channel
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Chad Smith in conversation with Carlos Santana - part one
Part one of the RHCP icon's backstage chat with the legendary Carlos Santana. Presented in partnership with Drum Channel
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Chad Smith in conversation with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz - part two
RHCP drummer Chad's conversation with the Tom Tom Club and former Talking Heads rhythm section continues. Recorded over dinner in NYC.
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Chad Smith in conversation with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz - part one
Chad sits down with iconic alt-rock rhythm section Tina and Chris to chat about memories of the Ramones and CBGBs, touring, family life... and male health advice.
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Chad Smith in conversation with The Avett Brothers (part 2)
The concluding part of Chad Smith's conversation with The Avett Brothers backstage at Firefly Music Festival.
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Chad Smith in conversation with The Avett Brothers (part 1)
Red Hot Chili Peppers drum icon Chad Smith chats with modern Americana superstars The Avett Brothers, backstage at Firefly Music Festival.
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Chad Smith in conversation with Alex Lifeson (part 4)
In this concluding part of Chad Smith's meeting with Rush’s Alex Lifeson the pair discuss record producers, sports and more.
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Chad Smith in conversation with Alex Lifeson (part 3)
In part three of our In Conversation series, drum icon Chad Smith chats some more with Rush’s Alex Lifeson. In this podcast, the two artists discuss the history of their two bands and the state of modern rock.
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Chad Smith in conversation with Alex Lifeson (part 2)
In the second edition of our In Conversation podcast series, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith continues his conversation with Rush legend Alex Lifeson. In this instalment, the pair chat about Alex’s experiences as an artist and a pilot, songwriting, former band mates and more.
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Chad Smith in conversation with Alex Lifeson (part 1)
In this first edition of our new In Conversation podcast series, award winning Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith chats to legendary Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson. In this instalment, the two musicians talk about everything from gear to family histories, meeting their heroes and more over...
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First Look: Electro-Harmonix POG2 pedal profiled
2005's Electro-Harmonix POG was a revolutionary octave pedal that found favour with players across the globe, not least a certain Mr Jack White. 2009 sees POG: The Sequel in the shape of the new POG2 stompbox. Taking all of the cool features of the original POG and cramming them into a smaller...
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Interview: Michael Jackson's Orianthi
After Michael Jackson's untimely death, the whole world got a glimpse of a striking, blonde guitarist sharing the stage with the King Of Pop during what would be his last rehearsal. In just a few seconds, music fans realized what Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton and Steve Vai, among others, already...
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Interview: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons
Since 1969, "that little band from Texas," ZZ Top has cornered the market on down-and-dirty, boogie-woogie blues rock that makes you want to do all kinds of nasty, fun things. The unmistakable sound of Billy Gibbons' guitar has much to do with that, and he's still going strong. In fact, ZZ Top…
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Interview: Street Sweeper Social Club's Tom Morello
Last time MusicRadar checked in with Tom Morello, the former Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave guitarist has put his electric axe on ice and was channeling all of his, er, rage, with an acoustic. But with his new band Street Sweeper Social Club, a collaboration with The Coup's Boots Riley,...
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Interview: Joe Perry
It hasn't been the easiest of years for Joe Perry and Aerosmith. The Boston-based band had planned on having a new album out by now, but medical malfunctions have been piling up faster than the guitarists impressive array of riffs. "It's very frustrating, but we'll get through it," the guitarist...
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Interview: Kings Of Leon's Caleb Followill
Caleb Followill shakes his head in amazement at the fact that Kings Of Leon are becoming one of the world's biggest bands. But the guitarist and singer adds that this is all part of the plan. ""Who in their right mind forms a band with the goal of being totally average? That would just be…
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Interview: Kings Of Leon's Matthew Followill
Kings of Leon's Matthew Followill might be the only cousin in a band of brothers (Caleb, Nathan and Jared are the siblings), but as the group's forceful lead guitarist, he's staked his claim in the musical enterprise, and he knows it. "If I quit, they could probably find another guitar player and...
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Interview: Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell's new album is called Scream, but it's something he's doing very little of on his much-debated collaboration with producer Timbaland. "I fully expect a lot of people not to understand it," he says. But the former frontman for Soundgarden and Audioslave is undeterred. "I already did...
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Interview: Mastodon's Brent Hinds
"This album took my mind to cosmic places," says Mastodon guitarist and singer Brent Hinds of the band's newest magnum opus, Crack The Skye. And when you consider that Hinds says, "My mind's the most cosmic place I could ever visit," this gives you an indication of the expansive musical…
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Interview: Chickenfoot
"We already have the money, and we have enough fame," says Sammy Hagar. "This band is about being part of something great again - maybe something better than we've ever been in." Hagar's in good company in the oddly named supergroup Chickenfoot: guitar god Joe Satriani, fellow ex-van Halen friend...
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Interview: Bryan Adams
"My success still amazes me," says Bryan Adams - which, in itself, is amazing since the veritable hit machine has sold over 65 million albums worldwide during a nearly three-decade career. The writer of radio anthems most music fans know by heart claims to have "no formula. You just do the work....
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Interview: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach
As the guitar-playing and singing half of the acclaimed Akron, Ohio blues-rock duo The Black Keys (which also includes drummer Pat Carney), Dan Auerbach strives to make music that is real. "That's the only stuff that lasts," he says matter-of-factly. The Black Keys have issued a string of widely…
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Interview: Mick Fleetwood
Fleetwood Mac have sold over 100 million albums, but don't ask drummer Mick Fleetwood for the formula to the band's amazing success. "The whole thing is a mystery to me," he says. The same holds true for his blues-based style of drumming. "I just respond to a vibe," he says, "a musical…
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Interview: Nirvana Manager Danny Goldberg
Danny Goldberg was Led Zeppelin's publicist when the band ruled the world - and he was barely out of his teens. Later, after establishing himself as a top-flight artist manager, he helped usher in the alternative rock movement by guiding the all-too-brief career of Nirvana. In his new book…
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Interview: Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante
Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante's music is strange, moody and unique - like Frusciante himself. He's issued numerous solo recordings during his tenure with the Peppers, and with the band on an indefinite hiatus, he's produced his most beguiling album yet, The Empyrean. Lovers of...
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Interview: Richie Sambora
Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora calls himself "the luckiest guy alive," but his incredible success - over 120 million albums sold worldwide - is the result of "wishing, wanting and working." Special emphasis on 'working,' as Sambora, in his 25-year partnership with Jon Bon Jovi, has never been...
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Interview: Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody
Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody is enjoying his first Number 1 smash - only it's not by Snow Patrol. Instead, X Factor diva Leona Lewis has scored with Lightbody's song Run. "It's a beautiful thing," says the Northern Ireland-born singer and songwriter. And Snow Patrol aren't doing badly...
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Interview: Fall Out Boy's Joe Trohman
Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman is a serious metalhead, but he keeps his head-banging riffs in check on the band's latest and poppiest effort yet, Folie A Deux. "For me to insert Randy Rhoads licks into Fall Out Boy's music would sound crazy," he says. Even so, he adds grit and gusto to each...
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Interview: The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne
As frontman and leader of The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne has cornered the market on unruly, hallucinogenic albums. His debut as a film director has yielded something no less trippy: Christmas On Mars. "It's a holiday movie, but one you can enjoy any time," says Coyne. "My main artistic goal is to...
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Interview: Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony calls himself "the ultimate rock 'n' roll sideman." But when you've spent over 25 years providing the thunderous bass and high-flying background vocals for Van Halen, does the word 'sideman' really apply? For reasons known only to Eddie Van Halen, Anthony was passed over for the...
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Interview: The Killers' Dave Keuning
The Las Vegas band The Killers burst onto the world scene in 2004 with Hot Fuss, a dazzle-razzle update of new wave and post-punk that sold in the millions and topped Top 10 lists everywhere. After releasing the Springsteen-esque Sam's Town in 2006, The Killers are back to their danceable,...
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Interview: Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan
Duff McKagan leads a dual life. By day he's a doting father to two girls who makes time to go to parent-teacher meetings. By night he's the hard-charging bassist for Velvet Revolver and the leader of his own band, Loaded. Oh, and he used to be in this little group called Guns N' Roses too. In a...
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Interview: Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa has had the blues his whole life. Literally. By age seven, he was learning his first blues licks. By 12, he was sharing the stage alongside guitar greats such as Buddy Guy and Danny Gatton. A pro since his mid-teens, he's released a string of acclaimed albums including his latest,...
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Interview: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith
As the musical muscle behind The Red Hot Chili Peppers, drummer Chad Smith's seismic funk-grooves have made hips shake the world over. A powerfully versatile player, he's lent his impeccable chops to artists like The Dixie Chicks, John Fogerty and scores of others, appearing on over 100 albums.…
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Interview: Yngwie Malmsteen
Ever since he stormed the music world in the mid-'80s with his intense "neo-classical" guitar style that combined the likes of violion virtuoso Paganini and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen has continually upped the ante for guitar heroics. On his newest release, Perpetual Burn,...
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Interview: Ted Nugent
The Nuge. Terrible Ted. The Motor City Madman. Over the years, Ted Nugent has gone by many names, but whatever you call him, this Detroit rock legend lives by the credo that one must work hard and play even harder. With classics such as Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, Wango Tango and Cat Scratch Fever,...
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Interview: Sammy Hagar
Throughout his career, Sammy Hagar has been in his share of groups (Montrose, HSAS, Van Halen) and he's spent considerable time as a solo artist (his new album, Cosmic Universal Fashion, drops in November), but at the ripe age of 60 he's convinced that new supergroup Chickenfoot (with Chad Smith,...
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Interview: DragonForce's Herman Li
Herman Li, one half of DragonForce's guitar hit-squad, never stops trying to better himself. The UK-based "extreme power metal" group have just released their fourth album, Ultra Beatdown, and during recording, Li and Sam Totman (also guitars) routinely clocked in 20 and 30 takes - sometimes more…
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Interview: Joe Satriani Update
Joe Satriani is a busy man. Despite already releasing a full studio album this year - Professor Satchifunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock - followed up by a gigantic tour, the legendary guitarist is already back in the studio with his new supergroup. Provisionally dubbed Chickenfoot, the band also...
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Interview: Oasis's Noel Gallagher
Having recently kicked off what is to be mammoth 18-month world tour in support of new album Dig Out Your Soul, Noel Gallagher sat down for an exclusive conversation with MusicRadar and Guitar World magazine. Our podcast finds Gallagher holding forth in a gentlemanly mode - a far cry from his...
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Interview: Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello
As guitarist for Rage Against the Machine (and the short-lived Audioslave) Tom Morello has created sounds with six strings that have turned heads, dazzled senses and shattered nerve endings. On a rare day off, Morello sat down with MusicRadar to discuss the new record and to examine his approach…
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Interview: System Of A Down's Daron Malakian
Malakian formed Scars On Broadway in 2006 with System drummer John Dolmayan, and their self-titled debut is one of the 2008's freshest surprises. Gone are the herky-jerk time changes and overt politics of System Of A Down; the new album is a hook-filled, straight-forward, song-oriented effort....
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Interview: Mastodon's Bill Kelliher
Mastodon were so pleased with 2006's Blood Mountain that they didn't know if they were going to be able to top it. But Bill Kelliher is confident that their new album - as yet untitled but due 2009 - will do it. During a pre-show break, Kelliher checked in with MusicRadar to enthuse about the new...
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Interview: Paramore's Hayley Williams
Since hooking up with guitarist and co-writer Zac Farro, things have happened quickly for Williams and her Paramore mates. Their major-label debut, Riot!, powered by the frenetic singles Misery Business, Crushcrushcrush and That's What You Get, went platinum in the US, gold in the UK, and in...
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Interview: Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt
As the guitarist in Extreme, the Boston-based hard rock band he's reformed after a 13-year break, Nuno Bettencourt became a guitar god in the late '80s and early '90s. Years later, as the first versions of new track Star began to surface, Bettencourt sat down with MusicRadar for an extensive...
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Interview: Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell
Seemingly impervious to changes in musical fashion, Def Leppard continue to thrive. Their latest release, Songs From The Sparkle Lounge, is their perkiest effort in years, and even finds the pop-metallurgists teamed with country boy Tim McGraw on the track Nine Lives. Before hitting the road with...
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Interview: Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum
During the recent summer NAMM show, MusicRadar sat down with Matt Sorum - drummer with Velvet Revolver and formerly Guns N' Roses - in the crowded bar of his hotel to talk about the states of VR and GN'R, the rumor of his involvement with Oasis, and how he handles the vicissitudes of lead…
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Interview: Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy
Drumming for possibly the biggest prog-metal band in the world isn't enough for Mike Portnoy. Furiously motivated, he's not just the Dream Theater drummer - he also co-produces their albums, writes lyrics, designs artwork and more. It's not all Theater, either; he plays in prog-rock supergroups...
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Interview: John 5
Armed with his signature Fender Telecaster, a face full of greasepaint and a wholly individualistic approach to music and style, John 5 has become one of the world's most popular guitarists. His blend of turbo-charged pickin'-and-a-grinnin' meets gonzo goth metal has evolved into something of a...
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