Adrian Belew on the last time he saw Frank Zappa: “His voice was a whisper”
More than 30 years after Zappa’s death, Belew shares memories of visiting the ailing guitarist — and the unexpected phone call that gave him closure
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Taylor Ben Harper Gold Label 512e Special Edition grand concert review: “I’d put it down and pick it right back up again.”
With its short scale, compact body and warm, articulate voice, Taylor’s Ben Harper signature is an acoustic that rewards everything from delicate fingerpicking to bluesy bends
Peter Hook on Joy Division, New Order and the basslines that made him a legend: “How did I manage that?”
As Peter Hook & the Light launch their U.S. tour, Hook and his son Jack Bates discuss his approach to the bass and the legacy they’re carrying forward
“For decades, he has given us unforgettable music.” Chris Spedding is battling lymphoma — and a GoFundMe has been launched to support the guitar legend
The session legend whose six-decade résumé includes Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Elton John and the Sex Pistols has begun a nine-month course of chemotherapy
“The man shaving my balls didn’t tell me.” Robert Fripp says he’s still baffled by his bizarre hospital mystery
The guitarist notes that he’s in the best shape he’s been in for decades following a heart attack last year —though one part of his treatment still makes no sense.
See Jimi Hendrix in newly unearthed Woodstock video footage shot from the stage
A 22-year-old drama student named Albert Goodman snuck onstage to film the guitar legend from just 15 feet away
Brad Gillis says Billy Gibbons had some bad news after a bizarre backstage accident with a scorpion: “Those are the most poisonous”
Gillis recalls the bizarre episode from Night Ranger’s early days touring with ZZ Top — and the macabre souvenir Gibbons made from the scorpion that stung Jack Blades.
Vivian Campbell says his cancer has returned after treatment, but he’s not giving up: “There’s only been one time that I felt it was going to kill me”
The Def Leppard guitarist says his donor transplant failed, but he’s continuing treatment and has no intention of slowing down
Buddy Guy just turned 90 but he still remembers the guitar lesson that changed everything: “He told me, ‘I can’t teach you that!’”
The future blues legend wanted to learn how Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker played. His high school music teacher had other ideas.
Ritchie Blackmore on why Deep Purple couldn’t survive with him and Ian Gillan onboard: “We just couldn’t be in the same room”
The two Deep Purple legends once stopped speaking to each other. Here’s the story behind the reunion no one thought would ever happen
Ritchie Blackmore on the anxiety he couldn’t outrun: “Why can’t I just play the guitar? It’s all I want to do”
The guitarist blamed his ruthlessness on insecurity —and said he owed a debt to Eric Clapton
Billy Gibbons remembers late ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard: “Frank didn’t mind being beardless. After all, he had the name”
The guitarist said the trio will "keep on keeping on," even though he's now the last surviving member of the band's iconic classic lineup
The Beatles song George Harrison didn’t think was any good: “It might not be a song at all”
The track saw John Lennon experiment with an early fuzz pedal before George Martin rejected the sound as too distorted
Phoebe Bridgers forced to cancel Lost Weekend tour dates after requiring urgent surgery: “I got appendicitis for my birthday!”
She spent her 32nd birthday in a hospital bed but aims to be back on the road in September after calling off a run of low-key U.K. shows
Simon McBride defends Ritchie Blackmore after Deep Purple jam: “I just said to Ritchie, ‘I’ll be your rhythm guitar player today. Just do your thing.’”
McBride shared his pride over being icon’s rhythm guitarist on his historic “Smoke on the Water” jam with Blackmore
The Beatles’ new UMG partnership recalls their greatest business mistake: Behind the blunder that cost them millions
Sixty years after manager Brian Epstein signed away 90 percent of the band’s merchandising rights, Apple Corps and Universal Music Group are joining forces to manage the Fab Four’s empire.