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Blackmore might be a Stratocaster icon now, but if it wasn’t for a bargain deal courtesy of Eric Clapton’s roadie, he may never have been

Riffmaster says Ozzy Osbourne would be pleased after receiving royal honor from Britain’s Princess Royal

Testament's Alex Skolnick on why you should be honest with yourself, never listen to negativity and focus on creating your own identity as a guitar player

The Smiths co-founder only worked out what he was doing with his new solo album The Age of Everything once it had been mastered

Producer Tom Werman admits he was the guilty party: “Pete Townshend was always my main musical inspiration”

Two decades later, the guitarist still regrets letting them go

The Dogstar bass guitarist introduced his hero onstage in San Francisco before Hook dedicated the Joy Division classic to Reeves, prompting fans to suggest he induct Hook at November’s ceremony

The guitarist looks back on the Fab Four’s post-Beatles struggles and the rehabilitation that helped one member move beyond the shadow of the band

Producer Tom Dowd said the live recording may have been edited down from a much longer performance — but even Clapton can’t remember for certain

The Cheap Trick guitarist’s custom 2004 Hamer is going to auction for the first time. But the story of its 1981 predecessor arose from an even crazier idea