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Pete Townshend on the woman who preoccupied him and Jimmy Page at the Who’s “I Can’t Explain” session
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Townshend was surprised to find Page hired for the Who's landmark recording — but both guitarists were distracted by talk of their shared girlfriend

“‘Do you remember that guitar that went missing?’” Ronnie Wood says he took a bass guitar from a store to play with Jeff Beck
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The Rolling Stones guitarist also revealed that he recorded a nine-minute guitar solo for the group’s new album in memory of Brian Wilson and Sly Stone

“We’re two random dudes.” The story behind Angine de Poitrine, the viral masked microtonal duo
By Elizabeth Swann published
The Quebec musicians explain the homemade guitar, polka-dot masks and basement jams behind their unlikely rise.

“It sounds like a terrible B-flick horror soundtrack.” Eddie Van Halen on the night he got drunk and wrecked Marvin Hamlisch’s piano
By Christopher Scapelliti published
During a late-night experiment in a rented Malibu home, the guitarist scraped the composer’s Yamaha grand with forks and knives — and turned the chaos into a track later used on Van Halen’s ‘Balance’

Dethklok/Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small says he lost rare guitars gifted by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
By Gary Graff last updated
The Dethklok guitarist has also downsized his collection and changed his playing technique to correct years of bad habits

“Even Clapton came out and gave me the thumbs up.” The day Ministry’s Al Jourgensen shut down a studio — while Eric Clapton was recording next door
By Elizabeth Swann published
The distortion-loving guitarist recalls how a tape experiment blew out the power while Clapton was recording his 1989 album ‘Journeyman’

Mark Knopfler on his grueling 10-hour Steely Dan session that resulted in just seconds of music
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Fresh off the success of “Sultans of Swing,” the Dire Straits guitarist joined Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the studio — and discovered just how painstaking their recording process could be.

David Coverdale on Tommy Bolin replacing Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Coverdale and others reflect on Bolin’s time in the James Gang and Deep Purple before his death at 25
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