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Geddy Lee on the making of Rush’s 1984 classic Grace Under Pressure
By Jonathan Horsley published
How the trio battled cabin fever in the depths of winter in search of a sound that had more of Alex Lifeson's guitar, more cutting-edge synths, "more of everything!"

“I’ve got to compete with Bach and Beethoven and Mozart and The Beatles!”: Inside the mind of guitar hero Paul Gilbert
By Jonathan Horsley published
Featuring: his “mouse” heartbeat, the jazz pianist so good he's “inhuman” and the most courageous thing a shredder can do

“Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present
By Paul Elliott published
“Once I heard Brian playing Elmore James, I thought, ‘I’ve found a guy here who I can mess with’”

Freaky Style-AI: Hillel Slovak’s voice on new Chili Peppers documentary has been AI-generated
By Beth Simpson published
Film looks at the band’s early years

Richie Sambora was so desperate to track down his stolen Explorer he hired a private detective – 41 years later he has it back
By Jonathan Horsley published
Sambora played this heavily modded Explorer as Bon Jovi rose to fame and has been looking for it for decades. Matt's Guitar Shop in Paris tracked it down

“Prince had rented out the theatre with free popcorn for everyone”: Cory Wong on the night Prince ditched a jam session for a movie
By Amit Sharma published
“People never knew what they were going to get”

Robben Ford on how playing with Miles Davis set him up for life
By Jonathan Horsley published
Ford wasn't a jazz player when he joined up with Davis in 1986 but he would soon learn – and it give him a sense of self-confidence that's with him to this day

How a broken string, a loan from his brother and a fresh paint job helped Michael Schenker turn this Flying V into an icon of rock
By Jonathan Horsley published
Gibson used 3D scans to create this stunning Collector's Edition replica of the black-and-white Flying V that defined Schenker's work with UFO and Scorpions

Would you buy “one of the greatest rock albums of all time” from this man for $2 million?
By Will Simpson published
It’s a “classic” called Guitarmaggedon

“I created the guitar parts. I was super jet-lagged and loopy, but I was able to focus, and we created the song. Natalie’s version is extremely similar”: How Paul McCartney’s guitarist Rusty Anderson helped to shape the sound of a classic ’90s hit
By Andrew Daly published
Plus: Rusty's early years with Van Halen, the Bangles and more
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