Latest about artistQA
Peter Hook: “I’ve never liked to be hidden, and I don’t like to be patronised. I don’t buy into the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”
The Joy Division and New Order hero looks back on his genre-defining legacy
Richard Fortus: “We’re pushed and inspired by our own tone... We’re gonna be playing better because we’re hearing what we want to hear”
The GN’R veteran talks hunting down guitars, nailing his tone and sharing a stage with Slash
One for the road - Steve Vai: “The moment I got onto the stage and started playing, I discovered this is my natural state of being”
On early shows, tonal wisdom and going big with Smalls
Mastodon’s Troy Sanders: “There’s got to be a stronger word than ‘humbled’, and whatever that word is, that’s what I’m feeling”
The bassist talks joining Thin Lizzy and a special cover of Stairway
Ryan Madora: “I’ve learned mostly by ear: I was the person that sat in the basement for hours and played along to records”
We talk to the session bassist and Robben Ford collaborator
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt: the 10 guitarists that blew my mind
Prog titan on the players that inspire his work
Del Palmer: “I was fortunate to have been involved in a lot of moments that have now gone down in history”
The former Kate Bush bassist on his remarkable career
Rodrigo y Gabriela: “I listen to some of those early solos and think, ‘Did I actually play that?!’”
The Mexican mavericks dissect the key ingredients behind their cross-genre fusion
