“I landed it on Brian May. I said, ‘Bring a couple of guitars over.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Just bring them…’” Tony Iommi on life after Black Sabbath, Ozzy’s last gig and why he has no intention of slowing down
“I landed it on Brian May. I said, ‘Bring a couple of guitars over.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Just bring them…’” Tony Iommi on life after Black Sabbath, Ozzy’s last gig and why he has no intention of slowing down
“They are pushing themselves harder than most acts and within the band, they are pulling in different directions – it can be fractious sometimes”: James Ford tells us about the intensity of working with Fontaines D.C.
“I was hoping that I’d get the all-clear to hang on”: Deep Purple pull the rest of their European tour due to Ian Gillan’s ‘medical problem’
“Steve Vai came in, did everything in one take, and said, ‘See you later.’ He is on another level”: Steve Lukather on making the 2003 Christmas album that united the world’s greatest guitarists
“The guitar is a voice, and if you don’t know what you’re gonna say, it’s pointless opening your mouth”: Brian May on his thoughtful, noodle-free guitar style
“We were doing an all-night session at my place in Hampstead. I picked up my double bass and played the riff of Sunshine Of Your Love. Pete looked out the window and he wrote, ‘It’s getting near dawn…’”: How Cream created their masterpiece Disraeli Gears
“I get asked this about once a week. My answer is… not yet”: Mariah Carey’s grunge album still seems no nearer to getting released
“The tape had sat in a box for nearly 30 years”: Lost ’90s Daft Punk mix unearthed by British DJ Ralph Lawson
“I’m not someone who necessarily believes every artist has to be political”: Bruce Springsteen gives insight into the fine craft of political songwriting
“They were standing on our toes, jabbing us with elbows, generally giving us a bad time – to see my beloved Beatles treated so roughly was heartbreaking”: Mal Evans’ lost memoir reveals the darker side of Beatlemania
“It was all a bit silly and sad really – I tried to get him to do certain things but found it really hard going”: Bill Nelson on the struggle to make the Gary Numan album he ultimately removed his name from
No practice required: This new Casiotone keyboard makes it impossible to hit a wrong note when you’re playing along to your favourite songs
“I’m like, OK, because I’m so poor that just sitting in this house when you’re looking out at this view is so fantastic, I’m going to write a fantastic song”: Stevie Nicks talks about what inspired her to write Landslide
Rita Coolidge was cut out of a massive hit before Eric Clapton’s “Layla”: “I’ve been telling this story since 1970”
“If you can’t afford a $20,000 guitar, that’s cool. But I want you to leave with a piece of this shop”: How physical guitar stores survive in 2026 – and what you can do to help them thrive
“Eric thought he was going to have this little blues trio and be like Buddy Guy. We had different ideas.” Jack Bruce on how Eric Clapton was the odd man out in Cream
