Phil X on the time his pedals died moments before opening for Steel Panther: “Guys, we don’t have overdrive tonight”
Green Day, Rancid and Blink-182 members celebrate the Ramones’ 50th anniversary with a set at a cemetery
Steve Vai and Joe Satriani’s first joint studio album is finally coming out: “We’ve been planning this since 1973”
Gibson recreates Billy Gibbons’ Pearly Gates Les Paul – and you’ll have to meet the ZZ Top legend in person if you want one
“Many people would love to make music, they just need an invitation”: Britain’s biggest music making weekend returns in October
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“Neil Young and Stephen Stills have explored this tuning to great effect”: Drop D is not just for grunge and metal – Joe Bonamassa explains how he uses it for blues guitar
Bruce Springsteen shares the mods and mysteries of his Born to Run Fender Telecaster: “It was hanging on the wall, it cost $185. It’s a mutt”
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“I was jamming and I heard ‘Bam!’ – I looked at the stage and there was an open Buck knife sticking in the screen of my cabinet”: Slipknot and Korn on the perils of life on the road
“Had he decided to never write the book, he would not, probably, have ever been prosecuted”: Duane Keith Davis found guilty of murder of Tupac Shakur
“I’ve got somewhere between 80 and 90 guitars and I’d say 75 percent of them are Les Pauls. It seems ridiculous – but they all have a unique purpose”: Slash on his enduring devotion to the Gibson Les Paul
“I thought it was a terrible name. But Brian was my friend. I’d just met Freddie”: How Queen almost became Build Your Own Boat
“He’s never forgiven me.” Brian May is still upset about the controversial B-side to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” single
“He said it himself in the letter to me – that there are only so many notes on the piano – and that’s why I was annoyed. I was like, ‘You get it, so why is this happening?’”: Sam Smith reflects on their 2015 songwriting dispute with Tom Petty
