Latest articles by Andrew Daly
“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
“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
