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Electronic dance icon Deadmau5 is going to be on the cover of Rolling Stone’s Summer Special issue that comes out later this month. According to the magazine, he’s not pulling any punches when asked about David Guetta, Skrillex and Madonna.

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In a preview on the RS site, the artist, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, rails against EDM artists who just play tracks live. “David Guetta has two iPods and a mixer and he just plays tracks – like, ‘Here’s one with Akon, check it out!”

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When asked about Skrillex, who is a friend of Zimmerman, he said, “even Skrillex isn’t doing anything too technical. He has a laptop and a MIDI recorder, and he’s just playing his shit … People are, thank God, smartening up about who does what -– but there’s still button-pushers getting paid half a million. And not to say I’m not a button-pusher. I’m just pushing a lot more buttons.”
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Oh and in case you were wondering, he’s still upset at Madonna for referencing Ectasy when she was onstage at the Ultra Music festival last March. “You want to be ‘hip’ and ‘cool’ and ‘funky grandma’?,” says Zimmerman. “Fine. It’s not my place to say you’re irrelevant. If you’re gonna come into my world, at least do it with a little more dignity. I understand she has millions more fans, and is way more successful than I’ll ever be. But it’s like talking about slavery at a fucking blues concert. It’s inappropriate.”
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The full issue comes out this Friday. What do you think of Deadmau5’s comments and do you agree with him? Let us know in the comments section below as you listen to some Deadmau5 Radio!
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