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“They didn’t attack the record. They attacked me.” When Cher tried to disappear into a hard rock band called Black Rose
At the height of her fame, Cher ditched the Vegas polish, recruited Allman Brothers guitarist Les Dudek, and tried to prove she could front a real rock group
“He put it in our coffee and never told us.” George Harrison rejected claims the Beatles were responsible for America’s drug culture
Harrison recalled how he and John Lennon unwittingly took acid, and argued that the media played a larger role in the drug’s popularity than the Beatles
“We both laughed when he said that — but he was right.” Gary Moore on how Bob Daisley steered him toward a blues reinvention
A casual remark from Daisley helped the hard-rock guitarist remake his career with ‘Still Got the Blues’
“How are we going to get this home?” Geddy Lee recalls the winter night he and Alex Lifeson bought his first bass amp
A teenage Lee thought he’d solved his gear problem — until he and Lifeson realized the oversized Traynor amp was too big too carry home
“We would listen to that album nonstop.” Eric Clapton reveals the surprising pop influence behind Cream's sound
The guitarist says a Beach Boys record played a key role in shaping the music of his 1960s power trio
Charlie Starr on jamming with Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Slash
The Blackberry Smoke guitarist recalls an afternoon with Metallica — and an early career meet-up with his boyhood hero
Bob Daisley claims Ozzy Osbourne misrepresented his relationship with Randy Rhoads
The bassist says Osbourne and Rhoads weren’t as close as Ozzy made it seem
What Neil Diamond really said to Bob Dylan backstage at The Last Waltz
An offhand remark from the Band’s farewell concert was recalled by Ronnie Wood in 1992 and has been retold for decades. Diamond said the truth is more nuanced
Heart on being “scandalized” by Led Zeppelin, and fighting sexism
As Heart began its climb in the 1970s, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson say they had to fight to be taken seriously in a rock world dominated by men
“I don’t think it’s a dirty song. It's something everybody does." Clarence Carter — famous for “Patches” and “Strokin’” — has died at age 90
The blind soul guitarist, whose catalog swung between gospel-level emotion and X-rated humor, knew fame would come but said, “I never knew it would happen that way”
