Joe Bosso

Joe is a freelance journalist who has, over the past few decades, interviewed hundreds of guitarists for Guitar World, Guitar Player, MusicRadar and Classic Rock. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. He’s an enthusiastic guitarist, but he’s nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. If you need a drummer for your Beatles tribute band, look him up.

Latest articles by Joe Bosso

Simon & Garfunkel perform on Ready Steady Go in 1966

The melancholy classic that made Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel the world’s hottest songwriting duo

By Jonathan Horsley Published 22 August 26

Recorded in '64 then remixed and rereleased by popular demand in '65, The Sound Of Silence gave the songwriting duo their first number one and a track beloved by generations

Artists

21 of the best drummer jokes ever

By Joe Bosso Published 24 August 25

Bu-dum-bump!

Drummers

Clem Burke, Ancienne Belgique (AB), Brussels, Belgium, November 1998

Clem Burke's 10 essential drum albums

By Joe Bosso, Will Groves Published 23 August 25

"You've got to listen to what the greats have done," the Blondie 'heartbeat', who passed away this year told us

Drummers

Beatles Abbey Road Billboard on Sunset Strip

"It was ugly, like watching a divorce between four people. After a while, I had to get out": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

By Joe Bosso Last updated 14 April 25

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

Bands

“A lot of people don’t think this fits with Pet Sounds”: Carol Kaye on her 10 greatest recordings

By Joe Bosso Published 24 March 25

As she celebrates her 90th birthday, we revisit our classic interview with the legendary bassist

Artists

So Ringo said, 'Why don't we just shoot the cover outside and call it Abbey Road?': Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road

By Joe Bosso Published 31 October 24

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

Bands

American musician, guitarist and singer Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) performs live on stage playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar (number one) during a concert performance in the United States in 1985

Classic interview: Stevie Ray Vaughan's tech Rene Martinez remembers his boss, a blues guitar legend

By Joe Bosso Published 22 April 24

Classic interview: "The way he had it configured was so that everything acted like one big gigantic speaker"

Guitarists

Noel Gallagher performs on stage at the Melbourne Big Day Out at Flemington Race Course on 29th January 2012 in Melbourne, Australia

Noel Gallagher: "To be honest, I don't consider myself a guitarist, so I don't sit around and think about the whole thing too much"

By Joe Bosso Published 12 April 24

Plus songwriting, production, upcoming "psychedelic" record

Guitarists

English musicians Rick Allen, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Steve Clark (1960 - 1991) and Joe Elliott, of the English rock band Def Leppard, pose for a group portrait during the 1987 Hysteria Tour at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, November 2, 1987

"It went a bit too poppy, a bit too happy… I used to really cringe when I heard it": Def Leppard's Hysteria is a perfect $4.5 million rock album – but guitarist Phil Collen had issues with one of its songs in particular

By Joe Bosso Published 28 March 24

Classic 2012 interview: Phil Collen talks through every song on Def Leppard's 25 million-selling Hysteria

Guitarists

"I remember him coughing and spitting up blood, probably from smoking too many cigarettes. But in my mind, Jim was indestructible": Robby Krieger looks back on the making of The Doors' LA Woman

By Joe Bosso Published 27 March 24

Classic interview: Revisiting a 2012 chat on the album where The Doors produced themselves for the first time and Jim Morrison's health decline became clear – "It was a stressful time"

Guitarists