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“We did our best work with Dave.” Alex Van Halen explains why David Lee Roth was Van Halen’s secret ingredient
By Phil Weller Published
The drummer says Roth’s chemistry with Van Halen “was brilliant soup” — and credits the singer with connecting to audiences like no one else could

George Harrison said he would have formed a new group with just one Beatle
By Phil Weller Published
Although his solo career was going strong, the Quiet Beatle entertained the possibility of forming a new band with one of his former Fabs

“It’s rather unfair for Stevie.” Mick Jagger recalls the onstage pie fight that ended the Rolling Stones’ 1972 tour with Stevie Wonder
By Elizabeth Swann Published
In a new interview, the Stones frontman says the final show of the band’s celebrated 1972 tour culminated in an onstage food fight that even Stevie Wonder joined

George Thorogood on his Live Aid performances with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins, and the two actors who made his day
By Gary Graff Published
Enlisted at the last minute, Thorogood and the Destroyers brought along two special guests and turned in one of the day's best guitar performances

When Ron Wood first met Eric Clapton
By Phil Weller Published
The time the young Ron Wood found himself in the Yardbirds for one night only

Joe Satriani on the “small realities” every player needs to hear
By Phil Weller Published
The guitarist dismisses the belief that speed is the be-all and end-all

Mastodon addresses Brent Hinds’ departure and untimely passing in emotional short film
By Phil Weller Published
Mastodon has released a short film about the guitarist who died just six months after leaving the band

The Stones used to labor in the studio, now they take a “bulldozer approach”
By Phil Weller Published
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have reflected on the band’s changing creative process as they ready their latest album, “Foreign Tongues”
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