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“That’s what he said: ‘I’ve killed Jim Morrison.’ He provided the gear”: Marianne Faithfull saw the best and worst of the late 60s and early 70s music scene

The late, great Marianne Faithfull had a life like no other

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“I’ve always embraced my musical schizophrenia, and this is just another room in that mansion of personality”: How Them Crooked Vultures became modern rock’s greatest one-and-done supergroup

What happened when Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones teamed up in Them Crooked Vu.tures

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“Stevie Ray Vaughan was a little worse for wear. He was eating KFC out of a box and then ate the box as well”: Jeff Beck’s wild tales of Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Frank Zappa

Sharing the stage with Page, giving Hendrix a guitar, being mistaken for Jagger – these were some of Jeff Beck‘s most memorable friendships

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“The song was an expression of my tempestuous private life. This stuff is real!”: The emotional ’80s ballad that’s just reached one billion streams

It was No 1 in 1984

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“Who’s Jimmy Page? Never heard of him!”: The joke that backfired on a band that sounded a whole lot like Led Zeppelin

“Of course it was meant ironically…”

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"The management have threatened to arrest me!": Scott Weiland on his furious final days with Velvet Revolver

In 2008, just days before he was sacked by Velvet Revolver, Scott Weiland told the uncensored story of his deteriorating relationship with the band

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“One of the biggest mistakes we ever made!”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon names the song he wishes the band had never recorded

And he remembers the chemistry he had with singer Steve Perry

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“If I’d said no to $80m, somebody would have committed me to a hospital – like, he needs psychiatric treatment!”: The rock superstar who made more money from his tequila business than he did selling millions of records!

And he gave most of it away!

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“After years of taking heroin, it becomes this black ooze that covers your heart and you can’t feel the music any more": How Stone Temple Pilots and Scott Weiland gave it one last chance with their self-titled sixth album

The story of Scott Weiland’s final Stone Temple Pilots album

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"I woke up three days later, in France, in this stupid castle, and I'm thinking: 'What just happened?'": How Stevie Nicks escaped the chaos of Fleetwood Mac and soared solo

In 1980 Stevie Nicks stepped out of Fleetwood Mac with a hit-laden debut solo album that showed she could fly just as high on her own

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"We all went to visit him in hospital. And he was still wearing his cowboy hat": The crazed story of The Quireboys, the band who had it all then partied it all away

They've got a ballsy singer and catchy songs. Sharon Osbourne was their manager, Guns N' Roses were their mates. So why aren’t The Quireboys living in mansions?

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“We have made the collective decision that 2025 will be our last year.” UK metal favourites Orange Goblin to break up after 2025 tour

The London metal crew will play in Europe and the US in spring and summer, and then… that’s all, folks!

Metal Hammer

"I never wanted it to be just about me": John Sykes on Blue Murder, the band he formed after leaving Whitesnake

A rare interview with the late John Sykes, who died this week at the age of 65 – and some personal memories from Myles Kennedy

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“I saw the punches in my mind: Bam! Bam, bam, bam! Bam, bam, bam! Bam, bam, bam!”: How a surprise call from a movie icon inspired a classic ’80s rock anthem

It was No 1 in the US for six weeks in 1982

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“I’d rather be remembered for our legacy than returning as the top Rush tribute band”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee are jamming together – but they have no plans to resurrect Rush with a new drummer

Alex Lifeson reveals he and Geddy Lee have weekly jam session – and they record the results

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"We were even rebelling against the people who embraced us": A brief history of cult Paisley Underground psychonauts The Dream Syndicate

How The Dream Syndicate built a career on self-sabotage

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"It might kill me to be on the road, but it will certainly kill me to not be on the road": Sweet guitarist Andy Scott reveals why he won't stop touring

57 years on from their first show, Sweet lynchpin Andy Scott is looking forward to a busy 2025 despite ongoing health battles

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"We had turned into grotesque prog creatures": How Rush reinvented themselves

After the "soul-crushing" slog of Hemispheres, Permanent Waves returned Rush to the peak of their powers and put them in a different league

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"I knew things weren’t going well musically": The story of the singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1977 – and was then forgotten

The story of the short-lived union between Black Sabbath and a former singer of Fleetwood Mac

Guitar World

“I need to play. Once a week I go to Ged’s – it’s in the calendar”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee are recording their regular jam sessions – but remain tight-lipped about what they’re using them for

The Rush legends discuss revisiting the band's repertoire – and even coming up with brand-new jams – during these sessions

Guitar World

“I get a call, ‘Hello, Andy, it’s Roger Waters.’ Who? I hadn’t paid attention to their names”: Andy Fairweather Low was personally recruited by the Pink Floyd legend – but didn’t know who he was when he came calling

In the 1980s, the rhythm guitar hero was sounded out by Waters for a new band, but there was a clumsy first introduction…

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"I really felt like I let our British and European fans down": Geddy Lee gives fans "a straight answer" about the end of Rush

Exclusive: Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out now

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“He was a great guitar player. He’s not looking at what he’s playing, he really knows the instrument”: Joe Satriani says Kurt Cobain was an underrated guitar hero

Joe Satriani knows a thing or two about great guitarists –and he says the Nirvana frontman was one of them

Guitar World

“He’s not used to not being the focus of the show. I’d say, ‘When Steve’s soloing, don’t throw your guitar up in the air right next to him’”: Joe Satriani on the unique challenges of having Yngwie Malmsteen on the G3 tour

Satch has no notes for the Swedish maestro’s playing, but found other aspects of his performances a little distracting during their G3 time together

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"I looked at my bandmates and missed them already and I felt sad to see such joy in Neil’s face when we were down to the last few bars of our last song played together": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee recall Rush's final live moments

Prog trio's surviving members look back at the band's 50-year career

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