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Phil Collen says Mutt Lange is an ace “one take” vocalist – and it’s the same with guitar
By Jonathan Horsley published
For Collen, working with Lange is like “going to school for your favourite subject” but recreating the studio magic live on Def Leppard tracks such as Love Bites can be very tricky at first
The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe
By Neil Crossley published
Best of 2024: “The lyrics don't have to mean anything in an intellectual sense. They're endlessly interpretive. They just have to make an emotional sense”
Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
By Ben Rogerson published
Best of 2024: She says she had “absolutely no idea” that it would become so successful
"He knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Eno and how he influenced his "limited" guitar style
By Will Groves published
Best of 2024: Classic interview - U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview
Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon complimented him on directly
By Rob Laing published
Best of 2024: "It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing"
Was Prince’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps guitar solo played in anger?
By Ben Rogerson published
Best of 2024: The magazine had omitted him from its list of the greatest guitarists of all time
“My playing sucks, but it sells!”: The guitarist who co-wrote two of the most famous songs ever admits he's no virtuoso
By Paul Elliott published
Best of 2024: For R&B legend Steve Cropper, playing guitar is all about groove
How Prince’s final, legendary guitar performance on SNL was saved by a quick-thinking audio engineer
By Ben Rogerson published
Best of 2024: His 8-minute medley from 2014 is considered one of the greatest musical spots in the show’s history
“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
By Stuart Williams published
Best of 2024: The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991
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