Guardian Music — Shortly before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about his debt to Hendrix and Spinal Tap – and his final invention, the one-watt ampAt the Marshall amplifier f... more info

Perez Hilton — Way to work a crowd, Donald!! Channeling his own inner rock god, Donald Driver rocked the house to a Jimi Hendrix classic! Peta and the NFL star scored the highest score of the night - a 9 from each judge!! And his body definitely receives our hun... more info

ContactMusic — Luminaries of rock and roll such as guitarists Slash and Nikki Six have paid tribute to Jim Marshall - the founder of Marshall amplification - who was dubbed The Father of Loud Jims amplifiers have been used by the likes of JIM HENDRIX and Kurt Cobai... more info

Guardian Music — The 'Father of Loud', he gave his name to the world-famous, ubiquitous amplifierWhen Jim Marshall, who has died aged 88 of cancer, opened a music store in 1960, his customers included some of rock'n'roll's most prominent guitarists. They wanted a new... more info

ContactMusic — Stars including Slash Huey Morgan and Joe Bonamassa have paid tribute to guitar amp pioneer Jim Marshall The Marshall Amplification founder whose equipment was used by rock legends like Jimi Hendrix Joe Perry and Kurt Cobain has died at the age of 88... more info

Dlisted — The Guitar Pee Urinal - Billboard Brasil installed a working guitar and amp in a urinal at Sao Paolo's Bar Aurora so that drunks can become a regular P.P. King, Pissy Hendrix or Pee Townshend with their piss streams. (Kim Kardashian will start h... more info

411 Mania — From Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams" and Johnny Cash's take on Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" to Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee," Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 cover songs of all-time! more info

Guardian Music — A trip to North Carolina to study bluegrass yielded this lesson: Earl Scruggs was the greatest there ever wasI spent a couple of months last year studying bluegrass in North Carolina, and I learned that there are is one tune you never ask a banjo pla... more info

411 Mania — Is Jimi Hendrix the best act never to win a Grammy? Where was the video for Duran Duran's "Rio" actually filmed? Was a song about suicide banned from both Hungary and America? All this and more covered this week in Ask 411 Music!! more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonIt's a bit of a caricature, but in the world of art, there are two types of practitioners: first, the artist who leaps from one subject to another, mixing media, restlessly looking for the next new thing. Then there are those wh... more info