In the early 90s a wave came out of Seattle that swept away hairspray and long guitar solos alike. Grunge mixed the dirty sound of fuzz pedals, heavy riffs and punk honesty. We are counting down the ten albums the genre could not exist without, from number ten to number one.

Did you know the first chorus in the world rang out in a church four hundred years before the first pedal? The chorus effect dominated the music of the 80s so strongly that it became the signature of the whole decade. Its story runs from pipe organs through a tape trick at Abbey Road to the blue box on the pedalboards of Prince and The Cure.

About to record hard riffs, modern metal or djent and your guitar loses intonation, pushes unwanted resonances or sounds muddy? In episode 15 of Studio Lab, Jakub Hríbik shows you step by step how to prepare and record a downtuned guitar so that even the hardest distortion sounds fat and clean. Here is the whole guide from both parts written out in points.