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The accessibility, affordability and portability of synthesizers in the late 70s had a profound effect on popular music, particularly in the UK, where the likes of Ultravox!, Gary Numan and OMD reshap

Chances are, if you went clubbing in 2001 and weren’t strutting your stuff at the local indie fleapit, that you were sweating it over Peaches’ Fuck The Pain Away or Fischerspooner’s Emerge, for it was

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

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The old gods of Guitar Hero are resurrecting the rhythm game , along with RedOctane