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“By that time, I’d been doing it for four years.” The overlooked indie-rock pioneer who played guitar with a violin bow long before Jimmy Page
Though his use of a bow dates back to 1967, Page was still beaten to the idea by another British guitar great.
“I remember opening the case for the first time. I almost started crying.” The reason Alex Lifeson chose Gibson over PRS
As Epiphone reissues his iconic 1976 ES-355, we recall when the Rush guitarist admitted PRS built "better" guitars — but why Gibson ultimately won his heart.
“He just made me feel like I couldn’t play.” Brian May thought he'd seen it all — until two guitar heroes proved him wrong
May recalls the impact of seeing Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix perform and how it pushed him to become a better guitarist
“I didn’t have any gear with me.” How Bo Ramsey wound up on Lucinda Williams’ masterpiece
The veteran guitarist reveals the explains the real story behind his work on the legendary ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ sessions—and how it led to producing her Grammy-nominated follow-up
Tom Petty on the song that defined him as a new kind of guitar-slinging American rocker
The tune went on to challenge the norms for music videos with a storytelling approach that was unique for the time
“What the heck is a demo?” How Sylvester Stallone accidentally created one of rock’s biggest hits
Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan reveals how a rejected Queen song, a broken guitar, and a confused action star birthed "Eye of the Tiger," released on this day in 1982
“The nighttime defenses are down”: Inside Bob Dylan’s secret weapon for recording masterpiece albums
Legendary producer Daniel Lanois reveals why Dylan insisted on tracking vocals in the dead of night on ‘Oh Mercy’ and ‘Time Out of Mind’ — two albums behind his late-career renaissance
“It was his simplest stuff.” Sammy Hagar says fans are wrong about Eddie Van Halen’s best work
The Red Rocker explains why EVH's most brilliant masterpieces actually came much later — and reveals the one track that still leaves Joe Satriani completely baffled
“I think I want you to play with the Who now.” Peter Frampton on Pete Townshend’s career-saving invitation — and the silence that followed
As his new documentary premieres, Frampton recalls the moment Townshend invited him to replace him in the Who — only to leave him waiting by the phone as his career hit rock bottom.
