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“I won’t name any names... but I think those people missed my point.” Eddie Van Halen had a blunt critique of his imitators
The rock pioneer said his followers stripped the soul out of his guitar innovations and helped usher in the 1990s disregard for guitar virtuosity
Randy Rhoads’ constant practice drove Ozzy Osbourne crazy. The solution? A tiny pedalboard designed to please them both
A unique feature were the "Ozzy Jacks," added at the singer's insistence
“By that time, I’d been doing it for four years.” The overlooked indie-rock pioneer who played guitar with a violin bow long before Jimmy Page
Though his use of a bow dates back to 1967, Page was still beaten to the idea by another British guitar great.
“I remember opening the case for the first time. I almost started crying.” The reason Alex Lifeson chose Gibson over PRS
As Epiphone reissues his iconic 1976 ES-355, we recall when the Rush guitarist admitted PRS built "better" guitars — but why Gibson ultimately won his heart.
“He just made me feel like I couldn’t play.” Brian May thought he'd seen it all — until two guitar heroes proved him wrong
May recalls the impact of seeing Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix perform and how it pushed him to become a better guitarist
“I didn’t have any gear with me.” How Bo Ramsey wound up on Lucinda Williams’ masterpiece
The veteran guitarist reveals the explains the real story behind his work on the legendary ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ sessions—and how it led to producing her Grammy-nominated follow-up
Tom Petty on the song that defined him as a new kind of guitar-slinging American rocker
The tune went on to challenge the norms for music videos with a storytelling approach that was unique for the time
“What the heck is a demo?” How Sylvester Stallone accidentally created one of rock’s biggest hits
Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan reveals how a rejected Queen song, a broken guitar, and a confused action star birthed "Eye of the Tiger," released on this day in 1982
