Latest articles by Andrew Daly
“We’re celebrating the fact that we survived!”: Ozzy Osbourne's '80s bandmate looks ahead to his farewell show
And he owed it all to Randy Rhoads
“I said, ‘Damn, I wish I'd cut that song faster!’”: How a master guitarist made a cult classic instrumental album
The story of Brent Mason's much-loved Hot Wired
“You hear the record and they took you off!”: Ace session guitarist Brent Mason reveals how he made it to the top
And he admits: "I've messed up a lot!"
“I can sing it in the original key, with no backing tapes at all”: The smash hit ’80s power ballad that wouldn’t die
And after 30 years, the singer is still waiting for a reunion with his old band
“It means everything to me. It’s the song that gave us our first big break”: The ’90s hit that pretty much wrote itself
“We never actually rehearsed the song — just played it!”
“The pirates are on their way!”: How guitarist Steve Stevens kickstarted Billy Idol’s hits White Wedding and Rebel Yell
"Our producer said, ‘You need a flag at the top'"
“I thought, 'Well, now I have a Strat, a Les Paul, and a regular Tele all in one’”: How a top session player struck gold
It's been slung over his shoulder since the ’80s
“I sometimes do seven shows in a week. A week!”: Ex-Skid Row star Sebastian Bach is the hardest working man in showbiz
"I'm not slowing down," the 57 year-old says
“I used the snare I played on Two Princes”: Why the Spin Doctors are still rocking with the gear they used in the ’90s
Also featured: a Strat that was in dust balls for a decade
“I remember saying, 'You’re gonna edit it down to, what, four bars?’": The epic guitar solo for a classic movie theme
"We got the whole thing done in three hours"
“There are very few artists whose best work was the last thing they ever did”: Sebastian Bach salutes Ronnie James Dio
Bach performs at the Rock for Ronnie event this month
How legendary producer Mutt Lange drove the Cars half-mad
And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton
“The stars aligned in the recording of that song”: The strange magic of the Spin Doctors’ ’90s mega hit Two Princes
"It's the little subtle things make a song really stand out"
“The last thing we wanted to do was say, ‘Hey, let’s do another Rebel Yell’”: Steve Stevens on the new Billy Idol album
"I’m always looking to embellish the melody of the vocal," the guitarist says
“It was the most disgusting thing I could ever imagine!” The Cars’ guitarist recalls the worst gig of his life
The band had a rude awakening on their first trip to England
"Wait a minute - this isn’t Jeff Beck!”: Steve Stevens reveals his two all-time favourite guitar solos
Billy Idol's sidekick pays tribute to Page and Holdsworth
“I just said, ‘Hit the record button and I’ll let it rip!’”: Kiss legend Ace Frehley on his greatest cult classic song
"Paul and Gene weren’t the only lead singers in the band"
“When I came up with the main hook I realised it was reminiscent of a Beatles song”: How The Cars created a rock classic
“I was thinking, oh, the monkey’s going to be jumping around…”: When Steve Stevens played on a Michael Jackson hit
“After I heard about Chris Cornell’s passing I wrote that lyric”: Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X digs deep on his new album
“It took me ten years to make this record," he says
“You don’t stop the show - not even when your drummer's locked outside the building!”: Lzzy Hale’s funniest gig story
“Even using the word ‘end’, I thought, God, no one has ever talked about that!”: Phil X discusses Bon Jovi’s future
“It was my first lead vocal. I was nervous. I sang it lying on my back”: How a great rock guitarist finally proved himself as a singer
And he did it with a song about his own near-death experience!
