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Jeff Beck: "Cozy Powell and I played for about a minute and you could see all the other drummers packing up their kits - he was my John Bonham"

Drum Heroes: Celebrating the hard-working and fast-living Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake and ELP drum hero who even had a drum-feature solo hit

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"The copycat jibes thrown in Kingdom Come's direction by the music press and Gary Moore were certainly not without merit": Kingdom Come by Kingdom Come

Released at the height of hair metal, Kingdom Come's debut album made waves for its startling resemblance to Led Zeppelin

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“Eric Clapton’s a great guitarist, but Gary Moore’s a more exciting player”: Jack Bruce on the brilliance of Gary Moore and why Cream’s real chemistry was between Bruce and Ginger Baker

In 1993 the late Cream bassist joined forces with Gary Moore and Ginger Baker to form the short-lived power trio BBM

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“So much music has been inspired by the sound of these little boxes. When BOSS released a new pedal, you simply had to try it out”: How BOSS pedals shaped guitar culture

Inspiring artists and gear designers alike, BOSS gear has shaped much of the last half-century of music. Here, we consider the company’s impact on guitar culture

Guitar World

Mud-loving Nassalam seals special day for Moore with Welsh National romp

Nassalam capped an afternoon to remember for trainer Gary Moore when running out an ultra-impressive winner of the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow

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“Those were some deep demons that were trying to exorcise themselves. He played with such bad intention. Even when he was playing the quiet stuff”: Joe Bonamassa on what made Gary Moore a guitar legend – and how he got him hooked on Les Pauls

JoBo explains why Moore could play through anything and make it sound good, and how when you hear Sloe Gin at a Bonamassa show you're hearing the influence of blues guitar's Belfast boy

Guitar World

“The esteem in which his talent was held is reflected… Yet some of the most fascinating tracks here are by his pre-fame 60s bands”: Greg Lake’s Magical box set

7-disc compilation celebrates his solo endeavours in style

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From Holy Grail to dodo: how the legendary SynthAxe went from being "the future of the electric guitar" to "way beyond what most guitarists could comprehend"

But if you own this rare and mythical musical instrument beast, then the drinks are on you…

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“All these older blues players would come to Detroit to play local clubs. I was too young to get in, so I’d cut my hair short and glue a mustache on my face”: Tony Newton on playing with Gary Moore, Allan Holdsworth, and holding down the pocket at Motown

A blues, fusion, and studio veteran, Tony Newton is a low-end titan who has covered incredible stylistic ground over the decades, but to him, it's all about simplicity. He recalls the lessons James Jamerson taught him, his experiences playing with guitar legends John Lee Hooker and T-Bone Walker, and what…

Guitar World

"This 10/10 live album that demonstrates he’s got the goods to be a modern-day legend": Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram's Live In London is a joy to hear

Blues guitar hero-in-waiting captured on the live stage

Guitar World

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

Louder

Watch Thin Lizzy's historic first appearance on The Midnight Special: grit, charisma and Jailbreak

Introduced by Aretha Frankin, Thin Lizzy's first appearance on The Midnight Special took place in early 1977

Louder

Holy grail Greeny tone from any Les Paul? Gibson just made its Greenybucker pickups available as a standalone set for the first time

Previously available only in Kirk Hammett's USA Greeny signature model, these $299 humbuckers were made in collaboration with the Metallica man, and in consultation with actual PAF specs

Guitar World

“I hate admitting this but I started bawling like a baby”: Kirk Hammett says his iconic ‘Greeny’ Les Paul recently had another gut-wrenching injury

Another footnote has just been added to the iconic Les Paul's long medical history – but, as the Metallica maestro explains to Rick Beato, it could have been a whole lot worse

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“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split

He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”

Guitar World

“On a quick trip to interview Paul Reed Smith I was told we were going to the White House so I’d better pack a suit”: Celebrating 500 issues of Guitarist, one of the world’s greatest guitar magazines

From playing Eric Clapton’s Strats to narrowly avoiding knocking out Slash, Guitarist editors past and present share their favourite – and sometimes most embarrassing – memories of working for the esteemed UK publication

MusicRadar

Gary Moore classic interview: "Obviously I don’t play the same way, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a guitar I could sit here and probably get closer than anybody else"

In 1995 Guitarist magazine met Moore as he prepared to release his album of Peter Green songs

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Vivian Campbell shows his Gary Moore and Rick Nielsen signature Les Pauls for Def Leppard

Meet Gary, Ricky, Cait, Casper, Mr C and Lily

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"I'm finally getting up there with Eric Johnson… and the amp goes to s**t!" Orianthi on her A-list collaborations and the guitarists who shaped her sound

The Aussie virtuoso reflects on playing with Steve Vai and Santana, meeting B.B. King, and why Gary Moore was a pioneer of blues-metal soloing

Guitar World

"You are hot tonight, young man": when Gary Moore (and Greeny) played The Thrill Is Gone with B.B. King

The blues titans' 1992 collaboration yielded what must rank as one of the greatest call and response sequences ever committed to tape

Metal Hammer

10 non-famous bands who have the same name as a way more famous band

The psychedelic Nirvana, the thrash Poison and the early 70s Iron Maiden - come on in, your time is now

Guitar World

“This is huge”: Josh Scott says this new $99 drive pedal is “better than the Bad Monkey”

Monkey see, Monkey do: the JHS man invokes the most powerful name in pedal land – and, yes, we have absolutely taken the bait

Guitar World

This unassuming guitar teacher’s epic America’s Got Talent audition went viral. Here’s how he landed – and nailed – the gig of a lifetime

John Wines, aka Old Grey Guitarist, has over 1m followers on TikTok and blew audiences away with his Brian May and Eddie Van Halen-channeling audition. He tells us how he put together the perfect rock-guitar showcase, and the secret to bossing the electric guitar’s greatest solos on social media

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The Sanctuary Years: a somewhat arbitrary snapshot of Gary Moore’s career

All kinds of blues rise to the surface on a collection of turn-of-the-century Gary Moore recordings

Guitar World

Gibson Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ Les Paul Standard review

Following a pair of five-figure Custom versions, here’s the everyman Greeny. But is it a valid introduction or simply a slightly pimped version of an existing Les Paul?

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