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“We said, ‘We’re calling the band Leonard Skinner!’ Everybody laughed. So we kept it”: The early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd
By Paul Elliott published
Plus: the British band that inspired the young Skynyrd to work harder

It took an intervention from Paul McCartney for Mick Jagger to offer Andrew Watt a job with the Rolling Stones
By Ben Rogerson published
“This is some crazy dream as a kid with a guitar to have those names talking about you,” says Watt

“I never realised how difficult it was for Alex”: When Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson had to battle to get heard
By Paul Elliott published
"The guitar suffered in a lot of the mixes," Lifeson said

“I realised how hard it was to play these songs”: Alex Lifeson makes a surprise admission
By Will Simpson published
Bedroom guitarists are doubless nodding in agreement

"Stick with it. Focus…You've gotta put the time in”: Lars Ulrich’s advice to young artists
By Will Simpson published
Drummer was speaking at festival screening of new Metallica doc

“It's an arcane 18th century German form of rap”: The inside story of the Gorillaz classic Feel Good Inc.
By Fred Garratt-Stanley published
Over a billion views on YouTube to date

“He tried it when he came in and he said ‘I can’t do it as good as you, Ronnie. You get back on the drums.’”: When Charlie Watts ceded the drums to Ronnie Wood on a Stones track
By Will Simpson published
Guitarist was behind the kit for Dirty Work track

“Oh, we're Number One again! It almost got boring after a while”: Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen’s masterpiece
By Paul Elliott published
“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us," May says
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