Music Pop Culture Video WATCH: Musicians outsmarting sexist interviewers by Happy “Go kiss the guy in the audience!” Believe it or not, these blatantly sexist interviews actually happened. Imagine asking Madonna to do something she didn’t want to do, or aggressively…
News Madonna’s Instagram flagged for posting misleading COVID-19 information by Julia Lo Surdo Superstar Madonna recently shared a post on Instagram regarding a supposed COVID-19 treatment to her 15 million followers. The post was promptly deleted by Instagram for spreading false information. Madonna…
News Happy’s ‘Worst Guitar Solos of All Time’ YouTube video has hit 250k YouTube views! by Jayden Collins To help release some much-needed endorphins, we at Happy Mag would like to remind you of our YouTube video The Worst Guitar Solos of All Time. Turns out that nearly…
Lists News 10 music videos that were way too raunchy for their time by Kayla McNicoll Music videos offer artists a unique platform to exude visuals which accompany their musical creations. For some artists, they are a fantastic tool which helps them tell a story, while…
Features Pro Audio Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both sides of the Atlantic. If…
Features Pro Audio KORG M1: the final instalment in the digital trilogy by Dan Shaw The KORG M1 learned the lessons of Yamaha’s DX7 and Roland’s D-50 and perfected digital synthesis. Read on as we explore the best-selling synth of all time. For those who…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ by Dan Shaw Along with Portishead and Tricky, Bristol’s Massive Attack was elemental in the genre of trip-hop. Typified by dusty, downtempo beats, icy vocal deliveries, the style somehow evokes claustrophobia despite being…
Features Pro Audio The Oberheim DMX drum machine: the heartbeat of hip hop by Dan Shaw In many ways, the sonic style of the ’80s was characterised by the embrace of new technology, without necessarily complying with the notion of realism. Digital technology approached maturity, studios…
News Vinyl Madonna’s first four studio albums are returning to vinyl by Evie Weily Rhino Records have announced that Madonna’s first four studio albums – three conventional albums and one soundtrack – will be returning to vinyl as part of a re-issue project. The…
Lists The worst guitar solos of all time by Happy Roll up, roll up, feast your eyes (but maybe not your ears) on the worst guitar solos of all time. As we all know, it takes a lot to pull…
News Check out these candid photos of pre-fame Madonna doing her thing by Liz Campbell A candid collection of photographs depicting Madonna circa 1983 will feature as part of the Madonna NYC 83 exhibition, thanks to the Weiss Katz Gallery in New York. Photographer Richard Corman snapped…
News The iconic Vogue gang of Madonna’s 1990s tour has been reunited. Where are they now? by Happy Strike A Pose is currently showing in London, an emotional journey which reunites Madonna’s Vogue dance gang from her infamous 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, crowned the greatest concert of the 90s by Rolling Stone….
Lists 7 low budget film clips that prove you don’t need the big bucks to be remembered forever by Riley Fitzgerald The influence of the music video may have waned since the heyday of MTV, but they can still play a pivotal role in how we enjoy, discover and define our…
