“They were all having a difficult time, having lost a bandmate and a good friend. It was a dark moment, and I was in the middle of it”: Robert Sarzo was hired and immediately fired as Randy Rhoads’ replacement – but he has no regrets
“He asked, ‘Can I have it back?’ I said, ‘No way. This is a real good ’un.’” Duane Allman wanted his first electric guitar back. Delaney Bramlett refused to hand it over
“You’re watching a lot of this film through your fingers”: We speak to director Mike Christie about bringing Wham!’s groundbreaking 1985 China trip back to life in a captivating new film
“I don’t know, but never say never… We have fluctuated between getting on really well and not getting on at all over the years but there’s always been telepathy”: Could the Kinks reform onstage? Dave Davies isn’t completely ruling it out
“I had pulled up at the traffic lights on Hope Street when who should I see – Sir Paul with Ringo on FaceTime”: Beatles fans on a Liverpool tour bus get an unexpected bonus as they end up running into Macca while he’s on the phone to Ringo
“You listen to it one time and you know what it is”: The origins and slick musicology of TLC’s most iconic hit – the “girl’s anthem” about a no-good man
“As Ozzy would say, ‘when you want to remember me, just yank up the music really loud, as loud as you can get it, and just head bang'”: Sharon Osbourne remembers her husband, a year on from his death
“He had a kind of caveman instinct”: Was David Bowie a good guitar player? Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton and more weigh in
“I gave Eddie Van Halen the parts, and the next time I saw the guitar he had used a spray can to paint it white with black stripes”: How Charvel spawned a custom shop revolution – and became the premier guitar maker in the age of shredders
“I’ve got George singing the track and Elton singing the track so the dream is to make another track”: Could a ‘new’ George Michael and Elton John duet be heading for release?
“The cleaning lady came the next morning and everyone was on the floor. Mick Jagger had his head up inside the bass drum”: The incredible life and times of Hubert Sumlin, one of the blues’ greatest guitarists