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Brian May says the spirit of Queen’s Freddie Mercury lives on in these modern glam rockers. Now he’s helped them remake their breakthrough hit
By Phil Weller published
The Struts' new version of "Could Have Been Me," featuring May, drops today.

Andy Summers tells why he deserves credit for “Every Breath You Take,” the Police monster hit at the heart of his lawsuit against Sting
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Summers contends the song was nothing without his iconic guitar riff

Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland sue Sting over the Police hit "Every Breath You Take"
By Elizabeth Swann published
Now past 2.8 billion streams on Spotify alone, the song reportedly earns the bassit $740,000 per year

Brian May is still upset about the controversial B-side to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” single
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Drummer Roger Taylor’s tongue-in-cheek tune on the hit song's B-side brought him a hefty payday. May still holds a grudge.

Ozzy Osbourne’s biggest solo hit was years in the making. It took a touch of southern rock to make it the anthem of his lifetime
By Andrew Daly published
Guitarist Zakk Wylde says the song — Osbourne’s only top-40 hit as a solo artist — combined some of the singer’s favorite styles into a powerful ballad

Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan wanted nothing to do with the 1969 anthem they wrote for a major film
By Andrew Daly published
The theme song for ‘Easy Rider’ has become a classic, but Dylan was unhappy with the film and refused to have his name associated with it

It's official! New Beatles Anthology music, video and book coming this fall
By Elizabeth Swann published
A new ninth chapter in the Anthology documentary and a new fourth album in the Anthology album series are among the treats

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.”

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

Tom Petty's throwaway guitar riff turned out to be one of the Heartbreakers' biggest hits — thanks to Rick Rubin
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Producer Rick Rubin discovered the tossed-off riff on a cassette of demos Petty gave him and thought it was the better than anything else on the tape
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