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Scott Gorham on the power of harmony guitars and Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ success
By Phil Weller published
After releasing two unsuccessful albums in a row, the band found its future was on the line. Gorham and Brian Robertson’s twin-guitar harmonies saved the day

Photographer Richard E. Aaron on how a late-night Lynyrd Skynyrd party and a Jack Daniel’s–chugging chimp made rock history
By Alan di Perna published
The ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ lensman snapped an iconic image of Skynyrd at the height of their fame and excess — before making a narrow escape from tragedy

Ian Anderson says he wanted to utilize the soloing talents of new guitarist Jack Clark – so long as he obeyed one golden rule
By Phil Weller last updated
Jack Clark learned Anderson is a strict bandleader while recording 2025's ‘Curious Ruminant’

Guitar legend Link Wray on the hit that introduced distortion to rock and roll, inspired Jimmy Page to play guitar — and caused public outrage
By Chris Gill published
Behind the 1958 guitar instrumental that changed rock and roll’s sonic landscape forever

How Steve Lillywhite made a Platinum album with the Rolling Stones in the midst of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s darkest moment
By Phil Weller published
He’d scored hits for U2, Peter Gabriel and the Psychedelic Furs, but Lillywhite had never encountered sessions like those with the Stones

Johnny Rzeznik on his number-one regret about the Goo Goo Dolls’ biggest hit song
By Elizabeth Swann published
The alt-rocker opens up about what moves him the most when he hears his classic cut

Slash, Andrew Watt, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith and Post Malone honor Ozzy Osbourne with a show-stopping all-star performance of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” at the Grammys
By Elizabeth Swann published
Yungblud and Nuno Bettencourt were among those honored earlier in the night for their Back to the Beginning performance

How a devastating childhood accident and chance encounters with legends helped Ry Cooder become one of guitar’s most influential stylists
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The guitarist would help define the Rolling Stones’ late-‘60s shift to country rock and bring Cuban music to a global audience
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