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How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer
Rodgers believes that the 1967 record in question is "the most underrated rock and roll album of all time”
![Vernon Reid [left] wears a brightly patterned suit and plays his signature Reverend onstage; [right] a still of the late great Arthur Rhames performing.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sjkugqBND4ekbX32UwgeaF-840-80.jpg.webp)
“I was scared to say it – but he played at the level of John McLaughlin!”: Vernon Reid pays tribute to a lost genius
“He should have been much more known than he was”
How Cory Wong reimagined Ernie Ball Music Man’s iconic bass for a signature electric with “that George Benson sound”
With the funk guitar maestro’s signature StingRay II now available in an affordable Sterling By Music Man version, Wong checks in to talk about the making of a dual-humbucker doozy and what it gives him that the Strat can't
“Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia and Sinead O’Connor in wigs...”: Dave Stewart recalls a bonkers TFI Friday appearance
“I was always doing wonky ideas” he tells Chris Evans
His creative contributions were immense”: Greg Brown, co-founder of 90s band Cake has died
They were best known for 1997 hit The Distance
Billy Corgan says virtuosic guitar solos mean nothing in the social media age – and argues guitar influencers need to make a bigger impact on popular music
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman sees virtuosos everywhere but he would like to see these talents being applied in the next generation of great alt-rock and metal bands
Guitarist Chris Buck appeals for help to find his stolen Peli cases
Gear was stolen from his car in Bristol
Billie Joe Armstrong debuts new signature ‘Dookie’ Marshall amps during Super Bowl LX show
Is Marshall about to make the legendary Dookie mod go mainstream? BJA's Super Bowl backline, finished in a very familiar shade of 'Blue', suggests it is
“Prince told me, ‘You sound so great, man. Keep doing your thing’”: Cory Wong's encounters with The Purple One
“It was by far the biggest compliment I’ve ever gotten”
![Zakk Wylde [left] plays a lightning blue electric guitar live on the Pantera tribute tour. Randy Rhoads [right] plays his iconic polka-dot V.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VxG8nkYuwUSxReTVYbe4a9-840-80.jpg.webp)
“Without Ozzy as a foil, Randy would have never been able to do it": Zakk Wylde's favourite Randy Rhoads solo
Plucked from Quiet Riot, Rhoads was the transfusion of virtuosity Ozzy needed to launch his solo career. But Wylde says it goes both ways, and the Prince Of Darkness was the "perfect foil" for Rhoads' classically trained style