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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

Brian May says Queen will not perform in the U.S. “Everyone is thinking twice”
By Christopher Scapelliti published
May’s comments come in the wake of ICE killings in Minnesota

The long road to Lucinda Williams’ breakthrough album — and the creative partnership that didn’t survive it.
By Andrew Daly published
Gurf Morlix recalls his journey with Williams that led to her greatest success and his decision to step away

How Peter Frampton discovered his signature effect while recording with George Harrison
By Phil Weller published
It was a moment that would define the rest of his career

“I was embarrassingly inexperienced.” Steve Vai on the guitarist who “saved his bacon” with a vital piece of gear when he was a greenhorn in David Lee Roth’s band
By Phil Weller published
Vai had the talent to launch the Roth’s solo career, but it took a more experienced hand to help him out
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