“I wanted to challenge myself, so the first solo I learned was Hotel California”: America’s Got Talent winner Nene Royal on her journey to victory, unlikely guitar of choice, and why she is determined to become a rock star her way
“I was supposed to walk down the stage with a 50ft cape. There were going to be explosions”: Prince headhunted acoustic virtuoso Andy McKee to open his shows. Then he laid out his outrageous vision
“Fender was always just the pinnacle. I wanted nothing more to have the best guitar for me”: John 5 becomes the most decorated Telecaster artist in history with three new signature Fenders
“He’d already been drinking harder than the rest of us. But after the theft of his guitars, his clothes, his identity, he really started overindulging”: How Alice Cooper’s New York nightmare left his guitarist on the brink
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“Eddie came up to me and said, ‘I’m speechless. I had no idea you were that good’”: Tapping genius Stanley Jordan on the time he floored Eddie Van Halen with his playing
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“He was carried in, basically. I couldn’t believe how he’d deteriorated”: Tony Iommi was shocked when he reunited with Ozzy Osbourne for Back to the Beginning rehearsals
“It’s really addictive… You play him a riff, and he’ll play that riff back at you on the drums. And then he’ll play a drum counter-melody that would have been a harmony going on”: Josh Homme sings Dave Grohl’s praises
“I’ve got a song that’s waiting to be written called Fat People With Guns, which is about America”: Phil Collins says he doesn’t write songs any more, but does have a potential title for one
Why is metal guitarist Devin Townsend out on the road again just a year and a half after taking an “indefinite” break from touring?: “Financial armageddon”
“The world has lost a formidable talent”: Sass Jordan, Canadian rock singer and bassist who gave Taylor Hawkins his big break and toured with Van Halen, dies aged 63
“The most beautiful piece of music ever written”: Why Dave Grohl adores a soft rock classic from the ’70s that also inspired an Eagles hit and was rumoured to have featured Freddie Mercury on backing vocals
“90% of these guys… you hear them play and go, ‘Dude, you can’t even play the guitar’”: Jared James Nichols has no time for blues dentists collecting vintage guitars
