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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

Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover and Ian Paice on the creation and legacy of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"
By Phil Weller published
“I didn't think it would be a hit," Blackmore says. "It was just something that Ian and I banged out on the spur of the moment.”

“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

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

Win Tickets to Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals at GP Presents in Oakland, California
By Jimmy Leslie published
Harper is back on tour with his primary band, with his daughter Harris Harper as the opening act

Joe Bonamassa on why he turned down Peter Green and Gary Moore’s iconic 1959 “Greeny” Les Paul — and why Metallica’s Kirk Hammett was absolutely the right owner
By Christopher Scapelliti published
His decision to pass and Hammett’s decision to buy illustrate why guitar collecting is as personal to every guitarist as their playing style
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