“You just record ‘em. You don’t want to ‘grid’ the Rolling Stones, so the entirety of this album was made with no click tracks”: Andrew Watt says he kept thing loose when he produced the Stones, but also added a surprising plugin synth sub-bass
“I was broke. I only had $200 and we booked a gig. There was this guitar at a pawn shop that had been there for years…” How George Thorogood stumbled across the Gibson that became his go-to guitar – a week before his first gig with the Destroyers
“The day I was meant to leave, I was lying in my bed, paralyzed. I was like, ‘If I’ve got to keep doing these tours, I’m going to end up dead’”: Industrial metal pioneer Justin Broadrick on his punk salvation, Phoebe Bridgers collabs and burying Godflesh
“Neil Young was supposed to play the solo, but he couldn’t make it, so I did it myself”: The cult up-and-coming ’90s guitarist who ended up pitching in for Neil Young at the last minute
“It blew me away so badly I remember thinking to myself, ‘Either I have to give up guitar playing or really take this a bit more seriously’”: Brian May says that hearing Jimi Hendrix made him question whether he should be a guitar player
“I’m on tour. I may have a brain tumor. I didn’t tell nobody. Meanwhile, one ear is slowly turning all the way off”: Ben Kenney on touring with a brain tumor in Incubus – and why he will never hear stereo guitars again
“The people who go with Yamaha don’t want the old-style. There’s a level of freedom if you’re a brand that doesn’t have that baggage”: Matteo Mancuso on the making of his signature Yamaha Revstar
Michael Kiwanuka reveals that he’s had a stroke: “It’s a long, tough journey ahead but I’m fighting to get better”
Hayley Williams pays moving tribute to her ex, New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert: “His influence and attitude guided the genre forward. His passion for fostering the community was inspiring and sticks with me”
“I’m not great at guitar. I was trying to play a chord and I played it wrong. I messed up where my fingers were, but it actually just sounded cool”: Olivia Rodrigo on how being a “novice” guitarist led to a happy accident when she was writing The Cure
“There were shows where we literally weren’t allowed to stay inside the venue. We’d have to wait in the car until the support act had finished”: Teenage bassist Aria Becker on the strange realities of life in an underage band
“I remember Eddie sitting at the piano late one night and playing me this beautiful thing. I wrote the lyrics on the spot. And we recorded it live with just Eddie and I”: How Sammy Hagar discovered a magical chemistry in Van Halen
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