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March 31
- “I can’t play this!” Steve Vai got his hands on Brian May’s Red Special — and immediately knew he was in trouble
- “Without your mother, none of this would have happened.” Olivia Rodrigo’s backstage tribute to a ’90s rock hero left her daughter in tears
March 30
- “Neil would probably say, ‘You guys are idiots.’” Rush shocker as the group makes a surprise appearance at the Juno Awards with their new drummer
- “I knew he only lived about 12 miles away, so I thought I would just drive there.” The woman who found Paul McCartney’s bass guitar in her attic had no idea a global search for the instrument was going on
- “His music meant everything to him.” Punk originator Ross “The Boss” Friedman, who led the Dictators and Manowar, has died
March 27
- "I believe it will translate to something good and wonderful.” Lindsey Buckingham hints at possible reunion with Stevie Nicks as he gives update on Fleetwood Mac doc
- “Some people had Farrah Fawcett on their wall. I had the Howard Reed.” Joe Bonamassa says this rare instrument is the most meaningful guitar he owns
March 26
- “I've potentially lost my income, my career, my life's passion.” Acoustic virtuoso Jon Gomm on the stage fall that stopped his guitar playing
- “They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy — and it’s not.” Brian Setzer on the “health drink” that sent him to rehab
- “You might be wrong.” Roger Daltrey said the record business Is “a joke.” Now Pete Townshend is talking about making another Who album
March 25
- “Three new tumors had appeared in my brain.” New Found Glory‘s Chad Gilbert shares health update following emergency surgery
- “He didn’t have the tapping — and he was still unreal.” George Lynch recalls the stunning impact of early Eddie Van Halen
- “We’re not transphobic.” Dave Davies hits back at Moby after he calls one of the Kinks’ biggest hits “gross” and “unevolved”
March 24
- “I collapsed. I was sobbing. I was inconsolable.” Richard Marx mourned Nathan East for hours — but the bassist wasn’t dead
- “He wanted to crucify me.” Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen “micromanaged everything” on ‘Balance’
March 23
- “Our parents f***ed up — and it would be tragic to allow this to happen again.” Pete Townshend says kids today are living a modern version of his rock opera ‘Tommy’
- “Our family band dynamic was f***g toxic.” Rich Robinson says success tore the Black Crowes apart — and explains why they refused to reunite until everything changed
March 22
- “Freddie said, 'No, no, no, no — it's a piano song!’” Freddie Mercury didn’t want a guitar solo. Brian May fought for it — and created one of Queen’s most celebrated moments on record
March 19
- “I added more frets with a saw.” Angine de Poitrine built a microtonal double-neck guitar that “makes no sense.” Now they’re blowing up online
- “I was done with Radiohead.” Ed O’Brien on why he thought it was over for the long-running art rockers
- “I’m 75, for god’s sake!” Suzi Quatro says she's been driving illegally for 50 years without knowing It
March 18
- “Jimmy Page was my biggest influence.” Alex Lifeson on how Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” inspired one of Rush’s most unexpected tracks
- “I thought we were done.” Our Lady Peace say Sammy Hagar nearly kicked them off the Van Halen tour. And then Eddie stepped in
March 17
- “Let’s stop playing this rubbish.” The night Jimi Hendrix hijacked live TV — and got himself banned
- “We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four
March 16
- “Come on, get a move on!” John McLaughlin recalls the night Ginger Baker started throwing drumsticks at Jack Bruce
March 15
- “He remembered the amphetamine, not me.” Motörhead’s Phil Campbell on the wild thing Lemmy recalled about his audition
March 13
- “I’m not a cork sniffer.” Guthrie Trapp pushes back on vintage guitar hype
- “I have never been impaled through my whole hand.” Machine Gun Kelly injures hand on a giant thorn while filming video in Dublin
March 12
- “I don't know if I want to play this.” Rush’s new drummer had a ‘Yikes!’ moment over one classic song
- “This is a whole different thing.” He was a punchline on MTV in the ’90s. Now symphony orchestras play his music
- “I work all day.” Steve Morse spends his days fixing tractors and flying planes — and says it makes him more creative
- “Whoever said the best sound from a speaker is dead center?” Joe Bonamassa says you’re miking your amp wrong
March 11
- “I'll do that in solos. I’m a cheater.” Samantha Fish on the guitar trick behind her most distinctive sound
- “I know what he means.” Sammy Hagar compares Alex Van Halen to Roger Waters in new swipe at former bandmate
- Win tickets to see the SatchVai Band and Animals As Leaders perform in Northern California at Guitar Player Presents
March 10
- “They started chanting ‘Huey!’” Stevie Ray Vaughan bombed on opening night of a major tour
March 9
- “Valerie looked at me like, ‘Oh no…’” Steve Stevens showed up to rehearse with Eddie Van Halen — and instantly knew he’d made a mistake
March 8
- “Oh my God, hold up — are you OK?” Machine Gun Kelly stops the show after a female fan falls through a hole in the stage
March 6
- “An owl meeting a bumblebee in mid-flight.” Ritchie Blackmore on crafting the perfect Deep Purple–era guitar tone
March 5
- “About two weeks later he sent me a cassette.” Chris Cornell wrote “Black Hole Sun” after one producer told him to stop writing for fans
March 4
- “His first words were, ‘Ouch!’ and then ‘Good shot!’” Suzi Quatro on the time she almost sent Alice Cooper to the hospital on the Welcome to My Nightmare tour
- “I loved Tommy, but I couldn't be around the alcohol and drug thing too much.” Narada Michael Walden on the night he walked away from Tommy Bolin
March 3
- “I told Alex, ‘We’re either doing this or we’re not.’” Geddy Lee on forcing Alex Lifeson to restart Rush
March 2
- “You can’t evacuate everything.” Joe Bonamassa rethinks his massive guitar collection a year after L.A. wildfires forced a last-minute rescue
- “And he goes, ‘No… I’m Mick Jagger.’” Steve Stevens on the time the Rolling Stones frontman was mistaken for a session bassist