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“Jimmy Page allowed Eric to unleash the power he had”: How Eric Clapton helped reinvent the blues with The Bluesbreakers’ landmark Beano album

The epic story of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers’ 1966 blues rock milestone Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

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“You could tell it was gonna be a good group, but people wouldn’t even book the band”: Long-awaited Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary gets its first trailer – and hints at the band’s early struggles

The first authorized Led Zeppelin documentary was premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival – and now it’s been given a 2025 release date

Guitar World

“After you’ve caressed them with Stairway To Heaven, now you’re going to disturb them!”: How Jimmy Page constructed the perfect Led Zeppelin album

“We were crafting albums for the album market,” Page said

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“Jimmy was the player who defined the EDS-1275 from the day it was delivered to him”: Gibson launches new Custom Shop VOS Jimmy Page 1969 EDS-1275 model – a meticulous recreation of the Led Zeppelin man's iconic double-neck that doesn't cost $50,000

While still exacting – with 3D scan rendering and molecularly accurate electronics – this replica of one of Page's most famous weapons diverges from its ultra-high-end predecessor in a few ways

Guitar World

"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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A beginner's guide to progressive folk in 10 acts - it's not all 'hey nonny nonny', y'know

Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it

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“Jethro Tull would rehearse at a strict time every morning and then break for lunch. It was like going to work. In Black Sabbath, we never did that”: Tony Iommi on hanging out with Jimmy Page and Brian May, early Sabbath –and his time with Tull

The godfather of heavy metal takes us through the unimpeachable majesty of Black Sabbath’s first six records, his gear choices – old and new – and how that new solo album is coming along...

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“I used to get into fights with kids at school who thought Ace wasn’t as good as Jimmy Page. I’d fight for his honor”: Dimebag Darrell and Snake Sabo on their love of Ace Frehley, and how the Kiss legend shaped their playing

Both guitarists were recruited by Guitar World in 1993 for a roundtable of sorts with Frehley – during which Dimebag and Sabo even went to the trouble of donning “Spaceman” makeup themselves

Guitar World

"It would have been cool if Jimi Hendrix had been the first": Pamela Des Barres on regrets, love and wild times with Jimmy Page, Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, Keith Moon and more

Beneath Pamela Des Barres' infamous groupie exterior beats a romantic heart

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“If you lined up Jimmy Page, Jonny Greenwood, and Will Sergeant, I’d pick Sergeant every time”: Courtney Love on why Echo & the Bunnymen's Will Sergeant is her “favorite guitarist on Earth”

Love also reveals that a new solo album – her first since 2004’s America’s Sweetheart – is well in the works

Guitar World

Vic Flick, guitarist on the James Bond theme, dies aged 87

Famed session musician, who also performed with the Beatles, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, died after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

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“What you’re about to play should be influenced by what you just played”: 5 tips for better solos and cover versions by master guitarist Greg Koch

He says: “The main things I work on are vibrato, bends and phrasing”

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"Ritchie Blackmore never missed a note, and that ain't easy when you're about to be beheaded": An introduction to Terry Reid, the man who could have fronted Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple

Unfairly framed as rock’s ultimate nearly man, Terry Reid chose to take his own path, and he's still going strong

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"We've had comments like 'Darling' and 'Can I carry your handbag?' and I think it just has to stop": The strange story of David Bowie's first TV appearance

When David Bowie first appeared on TV it was not as a musician but as president of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men

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“Bringing back the classic rock tones that started a revolution”: Behringer rolls out a $65 Tone Bender copy – promising the fuzz sounds of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend in an ultra-affordable format

The budget pedal offers two modes inspired by different iterations of the legendary fuzz stompbox, as well as a smaller ergonomics to maximize pedalboard space

MusicRadar

“The first time we played together it was stunning!”: The words of John Bonham in the forthcoming Led Zeppelin documentary

Becoming Led Zeppelin is due in May 2025

Guitar World

“Aqualung was Ian’s riff. The solo was all done on the fly. If I hadn’t got it in two takes then it would have been a flute solo. That’s when Jimmy Page came up to say hello”: Martin Barre on Jethro Tull, the Aqualung sessions –and supporting Hendrix

A signature-shifting collision of bucolic folk and frayed-edge rock, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is one of the ’70s’ most daring records. Barre takes us on a deep dive back to those fabled sessions, from winging hisparts to snubbing Jimmy Page

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“He was called ‘the Wickedest Man In The World’ by the press – how can you fail to be fascinated by such a character?”: The twisted life and decadent times of Aleister Crowley, metal’s favourite occultist

How Aleister Crowley, aka The Great Beast, influenced generations of metal bands

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“The Janie’s Got a Gun solo had a ratty sound. I had a Chet Atkins signature guitar plugged into a 15-watt Marshall practice amp... the producer said, ‘It sounds terrible’”: Joe Perry on 50 years of Aerosmith, and what it takes to nail his “working tone”

As Aerosmith call timeon their stellar 50-year touring career, Perry joins us to reflect onwhathe’slearned about guitar along the way – the tones that work, the tones that don't, and the invaluable lesson he learned from Keith Richards

Evening Standard

Celebrity property feuds: from Robbie Williams' fungus war to the Beckhams' wine cellar battle

Robbie Williams isn’t the only celebrity to find themselves in spats with neighbours. Here’s our pick of the star wars that made headlines in 2024

Guitar World

“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds, but I certainly wouldn't have had the same kind of free rein to experiment”: Jeff Beck on his relationship with Eric Clapton, jamming with Hendrix, and turning down John Mayall

In a 2010 chat with GW, the always creatively restless virtuoso discusses his love of John McLaughlin, what he sought out to do when venturing into the world of classical music, and the musical icon he wished he had had the chance to collaborate with

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"I don't only shoot famous people, but it's fun working with cranky old rock stars": Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and more

Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them

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Robbie Williams and Jimmy Page feud looks set to wage on over application to fell tree

Robbie Williams has upset his neighbours over his application to fell a fungus-infested tree at his London mansion.

Evening Standard

Robbie Williams faces objection to cut down tree in latest feud with neighbours at West London mansion

Former Take That singer has asked Kensington and Chelsea for permission to fell tree at Holland Park home

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“It stands out for being HEAVY!”: Jerry Cantrell reveals his favourite Led Zeppelin song

Plus: what he learned from Jimmy Page

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