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"Dressed to kill, all unbridled energy." Some of Small Faces' greatest songs – and a managerial battle – documented on Decca Singles 1965-1967

Still small but perfectly formed after all these years

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"We had expected empty rooms, possibly even bottles of urine, but from the first night everyone knew the words." The sudden rise, spectacular fall and slow road to recovery of America's great lost AOR band

Despite falling record sales and changes in the musical landscape, Tyketto stayed true to their style. Now, with a new album on the way, they’re finding a new audience

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"We took a break and made some tea. Within 20 minutes Steve had written the words." How Humble Pie made the ultimate whiplash boogie white boy blues

With its monolithic riff and yelping lead vocal, the live version of Stone Cold Fever typifies Humble Pie, one of the best live blues-rock bands of their era

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"It's not something I'd like us to be remembered for. It was a thorn in our side but I'm stuck with it." After lacing their neighbour's water supply with LSD, the Small Faces wrote the hit that ended their career

Not representative of the Small Faces' style and released without their knowledge, Sunday Afternoon became a big hit – and “was the final nail in the coffin in finishing us off"

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“He picks it up, hits the corner of a stone table and puts a huge ding in it”: When Jeff Beck damaged an impossibly rare vintage Stratocaster – while he and Dweezil Zappa were at a party dressed as knights

This Fender once belonged to Steve Marriott or something… But Beck? He wasn’t too fussed. People pay for these dings nowadays!

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“One day Ronnie came in and said he was leaving. I went: ‘Yeah, right.’ He said: ‘No, I really am. Plus I’m running off with my best friend’s wife’”: These 70s icons were rock’s ultimate party band – and gave the world Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood

They were the greatest party band of the 70s

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"I was in the hotel with Joni Mitchell, but then the helicopter pilots decided they wanted more money": The last interview with Terry Reid

Touring with Marvin Gaye when he was 16, being pals with Aretha Franklin, turning down Led Zeppelin, making wonderful solo albums… Late British singer/guitarist Terry Reid had quite the life

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PP Arnold on her star-studded life in music: ‘Peter Gabriel and I used to hang upside down in gravity boots’

After singing with everyone from Tina Turner to the Small Faces, she takes your questions on her Glastonbury plans, life as an Ikette and getting a leg up from Mick Jagger

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Unreleased and rare gems from Small Faces set for boxset by drummer Kenney Jones

The Small Faces' final album 'The Autumn Stone' has been turned into a special boxset.

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"Steve was living out this James Brown fantasy, only he'd taken it one step too far": Quarrels, cocaine, and the rise and fall of Humble Pie

In 1969 an exciting new supergroup was born - but the story of Humble Pie is one of frustration and crushing disappointment

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“Keith Moon was schizophrenic. I saw many sides of him in half an hour. If that‘s not a split personality, I don’t know what is”: Late keyboard legend Ian McLagan’s wild tales of the Stones, Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan and more

Jamming with Keith Richards, laughing at Bob Dylan’s gags, buying Rod Stewart’s drinks – former Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan did it all and more

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"I remember Jimmy yelling at us and calling us hooligans": Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Jeff Beck and the chaotic session that sowed the seeds for Led Zeppelin

In a small London studio, two Yardbirds, one member of The Who and a pair of passing session maestros united to record a spontaneous instrumental track. Things would never be the same again.

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Punk legends Dead Boys have spectacularly fallen out over the alleged use of AI to generate "fakeass robot" vocals by original frontman Stiv Bators

Dead Boys frontman Jake Hout has hit out after leaving the band, but guitarist Cheetah Chrome isn't taking it lying down

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“You could present an audience with 13 minutes of guitar improvisation and they would actually thank you for it!”: The very best of Peter Frampton

Why his induction into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame was long overdue

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The rock musicians battling against AI: "If they can do it to Steve and they can do it to me, what's next? How far will they go?"

Exclusive: Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley on the attempts by the owners of the Steve Marriott estate to replicate the singer's voice with AI – and why they're determined to fight it

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Universal Music has signed a deal to train Artificial Intelligence to make "ultra-high fidelity vocal models" of artists signed to the label

Meanwhile, there's still no cure for cancer

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One of the greatest live acts the world has ever seen: The Humble Pie albums you should definitely listen to

Humble Pie were unable to capture the power of their live shows in the studio, but their best albums still include some absolute gems

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"It sounds like someone trying to sound like someone trying to sound like Steve Marriott": Rock legends line up to protest release of AI-assisted Humble Pie recordings

Robert Plant, David Gilmour, Peter Frampton and more have added their voices to a growing chorus of disapproval

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"The bigger I got as a solo artist, the more we had to pay the Mob": Peter Frampton looks back over an extraordinary six-decade career

Peter Frampton has lived the rock life to its fullest, playing many parts – prodigy, teen idol, guitar hero, global superstar, forgotten man, comeback kid, survivor

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"What a find!" In 1973 Humble Pie played a set at a trendy department store in London: That footage is now online

Filmed for US TV show The Midnight Special, Humble Pie pull out all the stops with a livewire version of their classic I Don't Need No Doctor with the Black Berries

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"Even now it can still get the tears running down my face": Paul Stanley - the soundtrack of my life

Paul Stanley picks his records, artists and gigs that of lasting significance, and reveals which Kiss album has "no balls"

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The story of Rory Gallagher's Rolling Stones audition: "All of the music papers were full of speculation. It's a bit like when the Pope dies and you get pictures of all these people who might succeed him"

Stunned by the sudden departure of Mick Taylor, The Rolling Stones spread the net far and wide in their search for a suitable replacement. One of the players high up on their list of possibles was Rory Gallagher

Guitar World

“I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists

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DeWolff: If you're going to go old-school classic rock in 2023, this is how you do it

Some bands are retro. Some bands are very retro. Dutch trio DeWolff take that to the max in everything they do, looking back for inspiration and feeding it into something new

Guitar World

Watch Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane trade guitar and bass solos with the Faces on Paul McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed

The two Ronnies letting rip will brighten your day.

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