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"It was tense... then he waved his magic wand." Andy Summers reveals the Beatles connection that saved the Police's biggest album
By Christopher Scapelliti Published
When a screaming match threatened to destroy Synchronicity, a desperate hike across a Caribbean island to find legendary Beatles producer George Martin changed everything

"Every guitar that had been in Jamaica had to be pulled apart and rebuilt." Roger Mayer on salvaging Bob Marley's guitars for 'Exodus'
By Andrew Daly Published
The electronics legend also explains how Junior Marvin brought a rock vibe that gave Bob the "international sound" he craved

“I had no idea what the phrase meant.” John Fogerty shares the origins of “Proud Mary” at the Songwriters Hall of Fame awards
By Robert Dye Published
The Creedence Clearwater Revival legend joined Taylor Swift, Kiss and Alanis Morissette among other honorees at the star-studded event

Mike Campbell on his studio secrets, channeling Jimmy Page, and what “terrifies” him about the Heartbreakers’ catalog
By Gary Graff Published
Fresh off his best-selling memoir, Tom Petty’s legendary chief lieutenant and the band he calls “my go-to project” return with ‘Mission of Mercy’

Dave Davies on Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page and the Kinks’ power revolution
By Christopher Scapelliti Published
Davies' influences are scattered far and wide — but he hasn't always appreciated how musicians have responded to the Kinks' music

“Chris said, ‘See, you don’t need me at all.” Kim Thayil recalls Chris Cornell’s final hours
By Gary Graff Published
As he releases his new Soundgarden memoir, the guitarist shares painful memories of Cornell’s last show and offers an update on the band’s long-awaited final recordings

Roger McGuinn said Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him
By Andrew Daly Published
The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music

“I said, ‘How come you didn't use these!?’” Steve Lukather says Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings left him stunned
By Andrew Daly Published
Lukather says the unreleased recordings are completed performances by both Van Halen brothers — not scraps being pieced together after the fact

Todd Rundgren recalls taking over Badfinger’s ‘Straight Up’ after George Harrison abandoned the troubled sessions
By Gary Graff Published
Rundgren says Harrison left the album unfinished as Apple Records scrambled to salvage the project behind “Baby Blue” and “Day After Day.”

“So close that our knees would touch.” David Lee Roth recalls his earliest writing sessions with Eddie Van Halen
By Christopher Scapelliti Published
The singer says Van Halen’s first hit songs were born in a tiny alcove where he and Eddie shared cigarettes, argued over riffs and worked shoulder-to-shoulder
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