Latest articles by Andrew Daly
“For me, the amplifier is even more important than the guitar”: Joe Perry on the evolution of electric guitar tone
The Aerosmith guitarist is a self-confessed gear obsessive and makes the case that, historically, the speaker is the most vital component in your signal chain
“Back in the old days we all had those ‘magic’ guitars or amps”: Kiss star doesn’t know what gear he used on his new EP
"We thought it would be fun to record again"
“It was stunning how good The Beatles were live”: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry on The Beatles and the Stones
"They turned the world upside down!”
“There’s a lot in the works for Kiss moving ahead”: Guitarist Tommy Thayer says Kiss could make new music in the future
“I feel like we all have a lot of great ideas and a desire to keep creating"
“The whole thing that AI can do – if you think about it, it’s just really creepy”: A warning from Aerosmith's Joe Perry
“It’s nuts, man!” the veteran guitarist says
“Miles Davis would just record right to the vinyl”: Why Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry loves to record with no safety net
It happened recently with a cover of a Bowie classic
“You can say, ‘This isn’t real rock ‘n’ roll.’ Or look at it another way”: Joe Perry on Aerosmith's collab with Yungblud
“Music has changed so much,” Perry says
“We could have been as big as Led Zeppelin”: The heavy rock innovators whose drummer was a star before John Bonham
“There was always friction – but it all worked for the creation of what we had"
“Tim wasn’t feeling good, and then Jeff said something derogatory, and Tim just punched him in the face!”
An eye-witness account from drummer Carmine Appice
“We wrote the biggest-selling single that Rod ever had, and it took us an hour”: Rod Stewart's controversial disco hit
It all started when Rod said, "I want something like Miss You by the Stones"
“I said, ‘Oh, man, we’re gonna kick some ass on a Pink Floyd record!’": The drummer who substituted for Nick Mason
Carmine Appice says that Mason's drumming sounds like hitting a pillow
“People say I hate John Bonham because he stole my stuff”: The legendary drummer who influenced Bonzo and many more
"I know my place in rock history," he says
“All I did was crank it up to 10 and start to rock and roll!”: The 10 greatest Ace Frehley songs from his days with Kiss
Subjects include boozing, electrocution, rockets and torpedoes
“That song was a game-changer for me”: How a guest spot on a ’90s banger was a the salvation of a rock legend
“They took me into the vocal booth, and said, ‘Be Glenn Hughes!’"
“The notes he didn’t play were more important than the notes he did play”: A salute from one great bassist to another
Glenn Hughes pays tribute to the late, great Andy Fraser of Free
“I’m not trying to alienate my audience!”: Glenn Hughes says he's still taking inspiration from David Bowie
“I like a bit of a gamble in my work," he says
“We went down to the dungeon, then Blackmore came up with that riff!”: Glenn Hughes recalls the magic of Deep Purple
“I’m very proud of everything that I did with that band," he says
“The way she delivered it was more important than the subject matter”: How The Cranberries created the mega hit Zombie
"That song just seemed to hit a nerve and click"
“It was difficult to be hit in the face and then asked to sing a song”: A singer’s disastrous spell in Black Sabbath
"I was never a Black Sabbath-type singer", Glenn Hughes says
“When Bowie lived with me, he said, 'You gotta keep changing’”: The singer whose band stopped him recording with Bowie
“We were joined at the hip in 1974!" says Glenn Hughes
“I don’t have many guitar players’ albums on my iPhone, but Jeff is there”: John McLaughlin on the magic of Jeff Beck
"His tone was like butter," McLaughlin says of his late friend
“If I had never met him, where would my life have gone?”: Virtuoso guitarist John McLaughlin honours a beloved bandmate
"We have the record, and that is joyful and beautiful"
“I’m not a collector. I get guitars, but I give them away”: Why John McLaughlin regrets gifting a '67 Strat to Jeff Beck
Plus: why he loves his latest PRS
