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The Edge and Brian Eno composite picture
"He knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Eno and how he influenced his "limited" guitar style

By Will Groves Published

Classic interview - U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview

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Courtney Barnett pays tribute to "incredible" musicianship of Chili Pepper collaborator

By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published

The Australian singer opens up about her experiences working with the "incredible" Flea

Singles And Albums
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“I spent hours in the studio on this one song. I probably spent $10,000 trying to get it to work”

By Paul Elliott Published

“Kirk knew exactly what he liked – he was into Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Schenker”

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Dokken
“Metallica are killing us!”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare

By Paul Elliott Published

The Monsters Of Rock tour in 1988 was a disaster for Dokken

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Eric Clapton performing on stage with Cream during their first live appearance in 1966
How Eric Clapton’s mission to spread the blues gospel was the making of the first guitar ‘god’

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The discovery of Freddie King was the Eureka! moment in the origin story of Slowhand's ascent as the British blues scene's greatest player

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George Harrison of The Beatles pop group pictured at the Apple Headquarters in London, 2nd January 1969
Did George Harrison contribute to more Beatles songs than he is given credit for?

By Neil Crossley Published

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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Kirk Hammett plays his Mummy ESP signature guitar [left]; Neal Schon plays a Les Paul on a stage lit up in purple.
Kirk Hammett felt so guilty after buying Neal Schon's Les Paul on the cheap he offered to return it

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Some might have thought that this was the bargain of a lifetime, a Factory Black '57 Les Paul with P-90s, and it was. And that was the problem

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Brandon Ellis demos his signature Jackson Kelly in Gold Crackle
Jackson and Brandon Ellis unveil a top-tier 27-fret Kelly that's designed especially for metal solos

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Cannibal Corpse touring guitarist's Kelly is finished in Gold Crackle and comes loaded with his Dyad Parallel Axis humbucker and a Gotoh double-locking vibrato

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The Beatles posing together. From left to right: musicians George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, circa 1965.
Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon complimented him on directly

By Rob Laing Published

"It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing"

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Steve Von Till and Steve Albini
Steve Von Till on what Neurosis learned from Steve Albini

By Jonathan Horsley Published

With Albini in the control room, the experimental metal titans learned how to track live and make huge epics in just a week

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