Latest articles by Andrew Daly
“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
“Miles said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play the guitar!’”: John McLaughlin's baptism of fire with Miles Davis
He cut his teeth with Miles on the classic In A Silent Way
“If you guys can deliver a strong performance of Cum On Feel The Noize, you’ve got a deal”: How Quiet Riot got to No.1
Oasis were not the first to cover it
“We needed the right person to join the family”: How Steve Vai put the sizzle into the last big hair metal album
And he wasn't even supposed to be on the record in the first place
“I’d done way worse than just licking the bass!”: The raunchy video that powered a hair metal anthem all the way to No.1
Ex-Whitesnake bassist reveals all
“In my opinion, Randy never reached his peak”: The genius of Randy Rhoads — by his former bandmate
“You’re the only one who made it to the end of the song — you’re hired!”: The madness of Captain Beefheart's masterpiece
“Man, it was weird!” recalls bassist Rockette Morton
“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
