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Steve Vai reveals the grueling practice routine that helped him become a virtuoso, and what drove him to do it
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist says he isn’t disciplined, but practicing became an “addiction”

Former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has died in a motorcycle crash in Atlanta. He was 51
By Elizabeth Swann published
The guitarist and Mastodon cofounder left the group acrimoniously this past March

Randy Rhoads proved Ozzy Osbourne wrong with an approach to recording guitar solos that even Eddie Van Halen avoided
By Phil Weller published
The Prince of Darkness had told him it couldn’t be done, but the guitarist had other ideas

Ace Frehley on why he didn’t play Kiss’ final show
By Phil Weller published
The Space Ace has also revealed why he won’t be in Las Vegas for their unmasked show in November

“I grossly underestimated what I was getting into.” Noel Gallagher on Oasis and his struggles to play in stadiums
By Phil Weller published
Some of the biggest guitarists on the planet suffer from stage fright, and the Les Paul–toting Mancunian is no exception

Paul McCartney's cryptic Instagram post has fans hoping for a new collection of Beatles outtakes and rarities
By Phil Weller published
Three multimedia Anthology projects were released in the mid ’90s, and a fourth may be following in their wake

Randy Bachman on Pete Townshend's hilarious response when the Guess Who told the Who to change their name
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Bachman says the Who's hotel-trashing antics caused his band trouble with staff when “we could not convince them we were quiet Canadians”

John Fogerty on losing Creedence Clearwater Revival’s music and the epiphany he had revisiting one of his greatest tracks
By Phil Weller published
Fogerty, who won a 50-year battle for the ownership of CCR’s music in 2023, celebrates this week with the release of ‘Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years’

Steve Vai on accepting his most impossible guitar gig: playing Eddie Van Halen to David Lee Roth
By Phil Weller published
Vai says he approached the opportunity from a place of love and freedom, not to cut down one of the world’s greatest guitar players

John Lennon had a plan to keep the Beatles going into the 1970s. Paul McCartney rejected it. The rest is history
By Christopher Scapelliti published
A last recorded meeting between Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison revealed how they might have carried on despite their growing differences
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