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![Jimmy Page performs onstage at the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on November 03, 2023 in New York City.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UkGd2qwWEuJtosnyQdxmtC-320-80.jpg)
Jimmy Page and company recall Led Zeppelin's rise and first rehearsal in their new documentary
By Phil Weller published
The group had wrestled its way through a blues classic while discovering the extent of one another’s talents
![Guitarist Marty Friedman performs on stage at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville on April 14, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/39Zx8CJfqfzdV8Rp6LLZ8b-320-80.jpg)
Marty Friedman explains why he doesn't practice guitar at home — and why you shouldn't either
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist pushes live performance over practice, saying, "If you go out and do the real thing, you're going to get good at doing the real thing.”
![Irish musician Gary Moore, famous for his work with Skid Row and Thin Lizzy as well as his solo career, during a portrait shoot for Guitarist Magazine/Future via Getty Images, November 20, 2008, London](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xjGev8REzWaLuoQv2XAswS-320-80.jpg)
An Irish councilor is pushing for a Gary Moore statue in his hometown of Belfast
By Phil Weller published
The politician wants the country's finest artists honored to “tell Gary's story for future generations of aspiring musicians”
![Ace Frehley of the rock and roll band 'Kiss' performs onstage in circa 1977 in Los Angeles, California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y5L4J5McmHKYXbc8BzFs7F-320-80.jpg)
Ace Frehley on the stunt that nearly killed him but instead inspired a Kiss classic
By Phil Weller published
His Kiss days were blighted with injuries, but none were as death-defying as one shocking night in Florida in ‘76
![Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde perform at the NFL Kickoff, September 8, 2005.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MJ6byaMqaXVdF8eUZriKQd-320-80.jpg)
Zakk Wylde reveals Ozzy Osbourne's strict rules about his guitar gear
By Phil Weller published
After joining the band in 1987, the guitarist quickly learned what was off the table when it came to his tone
![Photo of John SYKES and THIN LIZZY, John Sykes performing live onstage](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3o64fW4jkwzNnyULjnzzKV-320-80.jpg)
John Sykes has passed away at age 65 after a long battle with cancer
By Christopher Scapelliti, GP Editors published
The English guitarist arrived in the 1980s' New Wave of British Heavy Metal, toting a Les Paul Custom and a vibrato wider than the English Channel
![Dickey Betts (Left) and Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers performing at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California on July 1, 1995.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qoas4QsW2mihxpJQjuMHAR-320-80.jpg)
"He had that flowing melody thing that feels like you're singing along with the music." Warren Haynes talks Dickey Betts' influence as he prepares to honor the Allman Brothers Band giant in a star-studded concert
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Haynes will join Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and many others for the 'In Memory of Dickey Betts' tribute show in Macon, Georgia, on February 28
![British blues-rock band Cream live in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 26th November 1968. From left to right, bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist and vocalist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tRotLT2TtV6yMjs7HT8GSR-320-80.jpg)
“We had different ideas." Jack Bruce on how Eric Clapton was the odd man out in Cream
By Phil Weller published
Bruce said the band's label saw Cream as a quick cash grab and had no idea the group would be as influential as it was in England and abroad
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