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Tributes paid after death of Television guitarist Richard Lloyd: “A seeker and finder and a true inspiration”

Johnny Marr and Lloyd Cole are among those remembering the influential musician, who has died aged 75 The post Tributes paid after death of Television guitarist Richard Lloyd: “A seeker and finder and a true inspiration” appeared first on NME .

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Richard Lloyd, founding member and guitarist of punk band Television, dies aged 75

Known for sophisticated musical style in band that played significant role in emerging 1970s punk rock movement Richard Lloyd, known for his sophisticated musical style as a founding member and guitarist for the influential punk band Television , has died at the age of 75. His family confirmed that Lloyd died Saturday morning at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “His loving wife Sheila and his dog Willie Mays were with him at the end,” his family said in a statement to Rolling Stone . Continue reading...

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Daft Punk minifigures feature in new 2026 LEGO Christmas advert set to ‘One More Time’

LEGO previously teased a set based on the French duo’s infamous ALIVE 2007 tour pyramid set-up

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Phantom Blade Zero's Kung Fu Punk Inspired 'Bold Musical Decisions to Match the Visuals'

Phantom Blade Zero Composer Caisheng Bo talked to IGN as the official game soundtrack is released for streaming and purchase.

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PISS

Live KEXP Performance. PISS is a noisy, genre-bending four-piece band from Vancouver, B.C. Combining punk, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and visual art, the band creates a multidisciplinary body of work that blurs the line between personal and political. Their debut album is out now. If Chat Pile + Couch Slut + Jesus Lizard + Sprain merged together and railed against the patriarchy. Bandcamp . Kerrang review.

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Josh Homme on reworking Iggy Pop collab ‘Sunday’ for Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘Perfecth’ – and if they’ll work together again

“In all of rock n’ roll, Iggy is really something special and individual… he’s the one who outlasted them all” The post Josh Homme on reworking Iggy Pop collab ‘Sunday’ for Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘Perfecth’ – and if they’ll work together again appeared first on NME .

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‘They said we incited riots’: explosive punks Bad Brains on drugs, self-destruction and recording from jail

Young, black and fuelled by self-help mantras, they were reputedly the best live band on Earth. As their wild first sessions are rereleased, the group talk about scaring club owners – and getting kicked out of the UK Old punks might not agree on much – who was first, who was fastest, where to file the Faith/Void split LP in their record collection – but for those who saw them in their prime, Bad Brains were, unequivocally, the best live band on the planet. YouTube footage bears this out: frontman HR, born Paul D Hudson, is equal parts straining sinew and raw electricity as he bucks and contort

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Watch Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter make a surprise DJ appearance at DJ Mehdi tribute event

The artist popped up at the 20th-anniversary celebration of DJ Medhi’s ‘Lucky Boy’, playing a handful of tracks including ‘Around The World’

DJ Mag · EN