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September 2026

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September 11
- "Money, it's a gas…” Pink Floyd collaborates with the UK's Royal Mint to release $6,400 18-carat gold guitar pick
- Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA
- Rick Springfield: I played for the troops in Vietnam and ended up killing a man
September 10
- “George was my favorite Beatle, but the music was very simple…” Why Robben Ford’s dream gig with George Harrison turned sour
- New Van Halen book to include a 7" of their earliest-known song – a steal to you at only, um, $475
September 9
- Eddie Van Halen was asked to do a satellite linkup with Jason Becker – he insisted on doing it in person
- "They said, 'The secret to singles is 120 beats per minute…' But we're not a single band." The Megadeth album that makes Dave Mustaine feel queazy – and how he’d change it
- "The Telecaster is a different animal!” Bruce Springsteen’s onstage sweating kept shorting his guitar out. Here's what he did about it…
September 8
- Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted almost formed a blues band with members of Sepultura, Sacred Reich – and a blues player who died too young…
- “Not everybody’s designed to run a marathon…” Gene Simmons on Ace Frehley’s three departures from Kiss
- “Peace already”: Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him “a complete idiot”
September 7
- “Imagine a lullaby paired with psychedelia – that’s what’s going on”: Kim Thayil on what Soundgarden’s album is like, and why you’re waiting so long for it
- Why Ritchie Blackmore’s Deep Purple return delighted ex-singer Joe Lynn Turner: “The nonsense everybody went through back then doesn’t mean anything”
- "He said, ‘I really feel tired and worn out.'" Tony Iommi on his last call with Ozzy Osbourne
- Keith Richards names the player who turned him on to Fender guitars: “There’s no words for it. Every note is in place. I discovered what Leo had invented”
- David Letterman on Warren Zevon’s final words to him: “Take care of this for me”
September 6
- “Sammy Hagar is a complete idiot.” Alex Van Halen slams the former Van Halen singer in the latest volley of their ongoing feud
September 4
- Squeeze cancel concert after tour bus worker crushed in accident at Virginia venue: “Deeply saddened and shocked”
- John Fogerty on the Creedence Clearwater Revival hit he wrote in 20 minutes to save his career: “You’re a one-hit wonder!”
- Billy Gibbons remembers late ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard: “Frank didn’t mind being beardless. After all, he had the name”
September 3
- Jimmy Page recommended Jeff Beck for the Yardbirds. What Beck gave him in return would become a key part of Led Zeppelin history: “This is yours”
- Ry Cooder lost an eye at four. A guitar helped him find his way back: “It gave me a place to go”
- Joe Bonamassa says this rare instrument is the most meaningful guitar he owns. “Some people had Farrah Fawcett on their wall. I had the Howard Reed”
- Alex Van Halen has been knighted in his and Eddie Van Halen’s native Netherlands: “It adds a dignity and a gravity to what we do”
September 2
- Tony Levin recalls working with John Lennon on Double Fantasy: “Suddenly he’d say, ‘Stop fooling around!’ — like it wasn’t his idea”
- Eric Clapton disliked his Unplugged album so much he tried to prevent its release: “I bet $100 it wouldn’t go into the top 50”
- Christopher Cross apologizes to Canadians for Trump: “I’m very sorry and embarrassed that we have an A-hole for a president”
- Frank Zappa was near death and wanted to speak to Ian Anderson. The Jethro Tull frontman froze: “What do you say to a dying man?”
September 1
- Jimmy Page on the Beatle who inspired Led Zeppelin’s most beautiful song: “He said, ‘You never do ballads.’ I said, ‘I’ll give him a ballad’”
- The Who’s lost recordings were hiding in plain sight: “This was one place they hadn’t thought to check”
- Freddie Mercury’s final days are revealed by his closest friend in a rare interview: “It got chaotic”
- “He’s never forgiven me.” Brian May is still upset about the controversial B-side to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” single