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"It's probably the greatest electric guitar solo of all time.” Steve Stevens talks Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the 10 albums that changed his life
The guitarist behind Billy Idol's groundbreaking albums reveals the albums that shaped him as a musician
"The words just popped into my head!" Guitarist Mars Bonfire reveals the strange story behind “heavy metal thunder” and Steppenwolf's “Born to Be Wild”
Mars Bonfire says his song was rejected by numerous publishers before Steppenwolf turned it into a hit rock and roll anthem
Dream Theater announces details of their first new music with Mike Portnoy in 15 years – release near ten-minute track, Night Terror
The prog metallers' 'Parasomnia' comes out in February, nearly two years after Portnoy’s celebrated return to the band
“I had just written a classic — and I was terrified I might never do it again.” John Fogerty on CCR’s "Proud Mary"
Fogerty also names the classic rock-and-roll guitarists who influenced his roots-rock style
Neal Schon explains how Journey broke the first rule of songwriting with “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Schon says he was shocked when Forbes named it the Biggest Song of All Time
Mark Tremonti reveals how Creed wrote their hit “Higher” — spontaneously, in front of an audience
The guitarist also tells how suicide, soundchecks and airplanes played roles in his favorite Creed tracks
Scott Gorham tells how Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back in Town” was saved from oblivion
The classic-rock icon also shared with us the Irish origins of the group’s twin-guitar harmony attack
Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie
The song is set to feature in the audiobook version of the drummer’s soon-to-be-released autobiography, Brothers, and finds Eddie in melodious form
Cold water therapy inspired Sam Evian’s new album – which has so many guest guitarists, he wound up playing bass
The vintage instruments and recording gear in his upstate New York studio let the singer-songwriter follow his muse where it leads. On Plunge, it swims in a wash of warm, overdriven guitars, with guests including Adrianne Lenker and El Kempner
