Behind the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover with Paul McCartney and its designer: “I thought, I’ve got to do this and get it out on Wednesday?”
Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson give the thumbs-up to Angine De Poitrine: “The most entertaining and exhilarating bits of music that I’ve heard for a long, long time”
King Gizzard’s Tiny Amp Destroyer is a $399 pedal that makes your rig sound like a $29 practice amp on the verge of blowing up: “It makes your massive amp sound tiny. It’s way better”
Chris Buck and Mirador guitarist Chris Turpin team up to showcase some of the world’s most historic guitars at exclusive London event
“I got a call from my lawyer – she told me to sit down. She’d just gotten off the phone with the Stones’ manager…” The Canadian musician who co-wrote a Rolling Stones song without realizing it
“There’s a subtle slickness to what we do. We love session guys and have respect for Toto and the Wrecking Crew”: Meet Robert Jon and the Wreck, the rock fanatics who sound like they rolled out of Georgia in ’82
“You can copy notes, but you can’t copy the spirit. This guy gets as close as I’ve ever heard anyone”: No-one nails Eddie Van Halen’s playing quite like Jacob Deraps – now he’s the face of the new EVH Wolfgang
$200 off an American Pro II Telecaster is just a small taste of the healthy discounts applied to a slew of Fender-owned brands at Guitar Center and Sweetwater right now
“I got on the mic and said, ‘I’m gonna go see Albert King. If you got any brains, you will, too.’ And I picked up and went”: The night Stevie Ray Vaughan walked out of his own show to go watch his blues hero
“I was sitting on the edge of my bed, at 2 o’clock in the morning, thinking if I made the right decision. Can I play? Am I good enough?” Alex Lifeson reveals his struggles leading up to the Rush reunion tour
“That’s the closest to my feel in that solo anyone ever got”: Brian May hails 17-year-old for his uncanny Queen guitar covers
“That was a classic example of hiding the meaning of the song in a whole glorious backdrop of crazy arrangements and cutting-edge synthesizers”: Roland Orzabal on the hidden depths of Tears for Fears’ first hit
Beatport has banned AI-generated music: “There is a difference between a tool that assists human creation and a system that replaces it entirely. Beatport is built on the former”
“Paul turned his back to me to get something. What emerged was a perfectly rolled ganja joint”: Carlos Alomar’s hazy first encounter with Paul McCartney
“If I can play that well when I’m that age, I’ll be happy. People should look at it for what it was – a magical night”: Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride on sharing the stage with Ritchie Blackmore – and the reunion nobody thought would happen
“As soon as I started writing music with computers, I got so addicted to it”: Tom VR on his creative process, “game-changing” Ableton Live tips and the hardware synth he can’t stop talking about
“The idea came from Bowie and Star Wars”: We speak to Ash’s Tim Wheeler about the making of their beloved sci-fi love song
“We were just looking at each other like, ‘Holy crap,’ Like, he has turned back time”: Geddy Lee talks about the vocal prep he had to do for Rush’s 50 Something tour
“He heard us playing his song electric. You could see the gears grinding in his head. It was like watching a slow-motion lightning bolt”: How The Byrds reinvented a great Bob Dylan song and inspired Dylan to revolutionise his music
“We wish him the best in his future endeavours”: Slipknot confirm that Sid Wilson is no longer a member of the band
