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October 22
- “Oh, I’d love to do that!” How Eddie Van Halen crashed a Black Sabbath rehearsal and ended up uncredited on their album
- “This one really hurts.” John Anderson, country great who worked with Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash, dies at 71
- Offspring guitarist Noodles Wasserman steps away for “a sudden and fairly serious health issue”: “Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts”
- Kiss to honor Ace Frehley’s “huge impact” with tributes in Las Vegas: “His death was a loss for everyone”
October 21
- Tony Iommi bassist Becky Baldwin shares “Stormwatcher” playthrough video, recalls thinking studio invite was a hoax: “Surely this is fake”
- Michael J. Fox thinks he knows what happened to the ‘Back to the Future’ Gibson ES-345
- Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr welcome a massive new Beatles experience in Liverpool: “I can’t wait for people to step into our story”
- Aerosmith reunites classic lineup with Joey Kramer for Hollywood Bowl shows: “The bad boys from Boston are back”
- The Sony Walkman is back, and this time it’s $6,000: “Meticulously refined from every possible angle in the service of peerless sound quality” – and you’d hope so too
- Bruce Dickinson forced backstage as Iron Maiden fans set off flares: “I can’t sing if you light flares!”
October 20
- George Harrison “always seemed conflicted,” says Beatles friend Klaus Voormann: “That whole ‘quiet Beatle’ thing is nonsense”
- 43 years ago, Andy Summers saved a Police hit with his guitar riff. It’s now been streamed nearly four billion times: “Which makes my riff one of the most-played in history”
- Lee Ritenour secretly saved a George Benson hit after a studio disaster: “Quincy said, ‘Come down here. We’ve got an emergency‘”
October 19
- Robert Plant reflects on life after Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin: “I’ve been free for years”
- Metallica confuse fans with addition of new track to Sphere residency: “It’s my favorite band, but what the hell was that?”
- How Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Michael Stipe producer Andrew Watt gets the best out of them: “You don’t want it to ever be an arduous process”
- The Edge reveals the bizarre stage names he and Bono used before U2 became big: “We were borrowing a lot from Monty Python”
October 18
- “He said, ‘I’m probably not gonna make it. Will you buy my Les Paul?’” Vince Gill tells how he came to own his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul ’Burst
October 17
- Brian May names Freddie Mercury’s “most beautiful” Queen song — and it’s not “Bohemian Rhapsody”
October 16
- “It’s absurd to think technique has anything to do with music…” Joe Satriani on how to keep your head above water in a sea of virtuosos
- “I was wrong!” Joe Bonamassa on why he’s changed his mind about digital amps
- “They went ape!” A teenage Yngwie Malmsteen sent a cassette to Guitar Player and Kiss wouldn’t stop calling him…
- Pavlov’s Dog frontman David Surkamp dies at 73: “There are no words sufficient for a loss of this magnitude”
October 15
- Metallica release “The Call of Ktulu” video from Sphere residency: “We have to do this”
- Alice Cooper recalls the moment he learned John Lennon had been murdered: “It was a threat to all of us”
- Geordie Greep’s accuser details alleged assault as former bandmate explains departure: “After that, I knew that I was gonna quit”
- Roger Waters slams Metallica’s James Hetfield over his anti-politics rant at the Las Vegas Sphere: “He’s a nobody”
- Randy Bachman reveals how he almost became a Beach Boy: “Could you get us to play like BTO?”
- Sammy Hagar makes new plea to Alex Van Halen: “I would love to bury the hatchet”
October 14
- Al Jardine questions Mike Love’s future with the Beach Boys after troubling performance: “I would hope not”
- Why Jimmy Page allowed Narnia movie director to use Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven: “She’s a powerhouse in the world of cinema”
- Paul McCartney reveals why he’s never worked with Bob Dylan: “I’m too nervous to ring him up”
- Paul McCartney warned Beatles biopics director over one detail — “I told him, ‘Don’t do this’”
- Ozzy Osbourne sent a whole Guinness bar to help fight Tony Iommi’s cancer: “It’s a bit over the top, but that was him. He was really caring”
October 13
- You can buy Johnny Marr’s guitars, but he won’t sell you his clothes: “I’m getting a visceral reaction even thinking about it”
- Sammy Hagar has always refused to play before or after AC/DC: “Anytime they opened for someone, you were in trouble”
- Frail Mike Love returns to Beach Boys’ stage, but his bandmates are worried: “A part of me wonders if this could be the last time”
October 12
- Humble Slash accepts Gibson spirit award: “If Les Paul was around, would he agree that I deserve this thing?”
- Ronnie Wood remembers Jimi Hendrix’s quality concerns: “He said, ‘My voice is awful.’ I said, ‘I don’t think you should worry about it’”
- Journey’s Neal Schon hails Deen Castronovo’s return after onstage medical emergency: “He’s back in rare form”
October 11
- Instagram admits a glitch keeps pushing Creed’s “Higher” on users: “That song is always recommended to me too!!”
October 9
- Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds: “He was a very moody sort of guy. He would sit in the corner and not talk to anybody”
- Metallica play “Fade to Black” at Las Vegas Sphere as they change up setlist for their third residency show
- Geordie Greep takes the stage to deny rape allegation at Vancouver show, saying “I’m not a rapist”
- John Lennon played only two full-length concerts after the Beatles — now, both are coming to Blu-ray
- Steve Vai had a three-necked guitar, so Michael Angelo Batio built one with four. It was stolen before he ever played it. “I’ve searched all over planet Earth, but we haven’t been able to find it”
- “Have your prayers ready for Deen Castronovo.” Journey halts Tulsa concert after drummer suffers onstage medical emergency
October 8
- “Instead of just thinking it was a mistake, we grabbed hold of the idea” — Paul McCartney on the happy accident behind the Beatles’ Rubber Soul cover
- “I thought it was stupid.” Metallica’s ...And Justice for All mix engineer says the band made a mistake by burying Jason Newsted’s bass
- The 145-year-old Martin acoustic Kurt Russell smashed in The Hateful Eight may not have been destroyed by accident after all
October 7
- Aerosmith return to the stage for two Hollywood Bowl shows with the Black Crowes, Heart, Slash and more
- “Duane Allman was sitting up on the top of the toilet, feet on the seat, and his little amp is right there.” Boz Scaggs on how a spare hour of studio time led to one of Allman’s greatest recordings
- Brian May says his comments about Queen’s future were misinterpreted: “I have never said we won’t tour again. I could never say never”
- Eddie Van Halen ex Valerie Bertinelli shares personal picture on the sixth anniversary of his death: “Photos may fade, but not the memories and never the love”
- If Amazon's Prime Day guitar deals leave you underwhelmed, you should check out the Musician's Friend Rocktober sale, which has up to 50% off guitar gear
October 6
- Mark Knopfler reveals the one song he misses playing with Dire Straits: “People go bananas”
- Joe Bonamassa has changed his tune on AI: “Did I just listen to 200 blues records and hear it a few times? Absolutely”
- Win tickets to see Julian Lage at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
October 5
- Sass Jordan remembered in tributes by Glenn Hughes, Lee Aaron, Mike Garson and others: "The world has lost a formidable talent"
- Brian May on the moment he realized Freddie Mercury knew his fate: “I can’t do this anymore”
- Brian May says Queen’s touring days are over after a friend’s death: “She looked me in the eyes and said, ‘You know you can’t do that’”
October 4
- Sass Jordan, powerhouse Canadian rock singer and bass guitarist who helped launch career of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, dies at 63
- “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
October 3
- Greta Van Fleet sparked fears they broke up. Now they’re launching a massive world tour
- “Five minutes later David Gilmour called me.” Tony Levin on the former Pink Floyd guitarist’s unexpected gesture
October 2
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell died from multiple-organ failure after “necessary” surgeries
- Did Paul McCartney cut Phil Collins’ shining moment from the Beatles Anthology? “Maybe he didn’t like it”
- Ronnie Wood pays tribute to Jimi Hendrix in paintings and stories: “He’d say, ‘Let the bass player have a solo!’ He loved my bass playing”
- Alice Cooper says addiction nearly destroyed his life: “I knew how to keep that buzz going”
October 1
- Venom frontman Cronos, whose band gave black metal its name, dies at 63: “No one has come close to what we did”
- “It should not exist.” Led Zeppelin wanted this record destroyed. A rare copy just showed up
- Rare bootleg Gibsons will be up for grabs when the Outlaw Custom Shop Guitar Collection goes to the auction block on October 20
- Paul McCartney on John Lennon’s post-Beatles criticism: “He could be a complete idiot over some things”
- Buddy Guy's 90th birthday concert livestream is set to be a barnstormer with guitar legends Clapton, Mayer, Bonamassa, Gibbons, and more hitting the stage to celebrate: Here's how to watch tonight's Buddy's Got The Blues gig from anywhere