Latest articles by Paul Elliott
“There are players with amazing dexterity”: Journey’s Neal Schon says that “classic guitar records” still matter
"You need more than just guitar thrills – you need an overall artistic statement"
“My mom said, ‘I’ll lend you a quarter if you become a guitar player.’ I think I did!”: Steve Cropper dies aged 84
A key figure in shaping the sound of soul music in the ’60s
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“I remember saying to Clapton, ‘You try playing that one riff for eight minutes!’”: The secret to Status Quo's riff power
"That song is where the Quo twelve-bar boogie shuffle came from"
"Your golden pipes remain this guy’s all-time favourite rock voice": Steve Vai salutes Whitesnake legend David Coverdale
“David has shaken the earth for over half a century with a voice that could level a mountain”
“When Bruce came back I wasn’t 100% sure of his reasons”: How Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris made peace with Bruce Dickinson
“Bruce is unusual – which is probably what makes him so good”
“Steve Cropper was right next door, and he wrote the song. I was kind of nervous!”: When a guitar hero got the jitters
It was a recording that could have led to Bolton joining Journey
“I was afraid. The idea of being unable to sing was horrifying”: An epic interview with Whitesnake star David Coverdale
The highs and lows of an extraordinary career
“I said, ‘Before we start, you know that if I audition I’ll get the gig’”: When Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden
“Journey wanted to make a musical change. Next thing I know I’m in Denver with Neal Schon”: Steve Perry's highs and lows
At the moment Perry joined, the band was in danger of being dropped by Columbia Records
“This business can really get tough sometimes, and you have to dig deep inside you”: The rise of rock icons Bad Company
The band were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on 8 November
“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff. I admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the players who inspire him
"I had my jazz guys, I had my blues guys, my fusion guys"
“A producer from the studio next door said, ‘You’re gonna kill him!’”: How AC/DC’s singer suffered for Back In Black
Producer Mutt Lange told the story to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger
“Eddie wasn’t functioning very well during the Van Halen tour in 2004”: Sammy Hagar’s regrets about his final VH tour
“Not keeping Van Halen together – that was a failure to me"
“Mickie says, ‘Jeff – where's your guitar?’ ‘Oh, it's on its way to Leeds!’”: When Donovan and Jeff Beck made magic
“We knew that people were gonna go crazy listening to this amazing thing”
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst hails the "magical" powers of late bassist Sam Rivers
“Such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person"
“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
“I hope the fans realised that I’m for real”: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley inspired a generation of rock stars
"His legacy will live on in the hearts of the KISS Army," says drummer Peter Criss
“We said, ‘We’re calling the band Leonard Skinner!’ Everybody laughed. So we kept it”: The early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Plus: the British band that inspired the young Skynyrd to work harder
“I never realised how difficult it was for Alex”: When Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson had to battle to get heard
"The guitar suffered in a lot of the mixes," Lifeson said
“Oh, we're Number One again! It almost got boring after a while”: Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen’s masterpiece
“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us," May says
“There’s so much material at this point”: Slash says a new Guns N’ Roses album is coming
He’s just not sure when
“We can’t let a wild boy like Hendrix in!”: Donovan and the song that connects him to Hendrix, Zeppelin and The Beatles
But was Hurdy Gurdy Man really the template for Stairway To Heaven?
