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Behind Peter Green’s life-changing acid trip: “They gave him a bad tab of acid. He was never the same person again”
By Joe Matera Published
The veteran tour chief for Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Pink Floyd and other rock legends recalls the night he saw everything chang for Green — plus his adventures with Mick Ronson, the Byrds and Frank Sinatra

Adrian Belew on the last time he saw Frank Zappa: “His voice was a whisper”
By Phil Weller Published
More than 30 years after Zappa’s death, Belew shares memories of visiting the ailing guitarist — and the unexpected phone call that gave him closure

Peter Hook on Joy Division, New Order and the basslines that made him a legend: “How did I manage that?”
By Lee Campbell Published
As Peter Hook & the Light launch their U.S. tour, Hook and his son Jack Bates discuss his approach to the bass and the legacy they’re carrying forward

Guitar legend Chris Spedding is battling lymphoma — and a GoFundMe has been launched to support him
By Elizabeth Swann Published
The session legend whose six-decade résumé includes Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Elton John and the Sex Pistols has begun a nine-month course of chemotherapy

“The man shaving my balls didn’t tell me.” Robert Fripp says he’s still baffled by his bizarre hospital mystery
By Phil Weller Published
The guitarist notes that he’s in the best shape he’s been in for decades following a heart attack last year — though one part of his treatment still makes no sense.

Brad Gillis says Billy Gibbons had some bad news after a bizarre backstage accident with a scorpion: “Those are the most poisonous”
By Elizabeth Swann Published
Gillis recalls the bizarre episode from Night Ranger’s early days touring with ZZ Top — and the macabre souvenir Gibbons made from the scorpion that stung Jack Blades.

Vivian Campbell says his cancer has returned after treatment, but he’s not giving up: “There’s only been one time that I felt it was going to kill me”
By Elizabeth Swann Published
The Def Leppard guitarist says his donor transplant failed, but he’s continuing treatment and has no intention of slowing down

Buddy Guy just turned 90, but he still remembers the guitar lesson that changed everything
By Adam Levy Published
The future blues legend wanted to learn how Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker played. His high school music teacher had other ideas.
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