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How London lost its lustre
By Max Bell published
There was a time when all rock and pop roads led to London; you couldn't move without tripping over an icon or a star. Those days are long gone

Tributes paid to respected music writer Charles R. Cross, who passed away on August 9
By Paul Brannigan published
The death of US music writer Charles R. Cross was confirmed by his family on August 9

A Jimi Hendrix box set featuring 38 unreleased tracks recorded in the months before his death is on the way
By Fraser Lewry published
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision is scheduled for release in September - watch the new video for Angel [Take 7] now

"I have never heard a sound like that, before or since": In 1967, Queen’s Brian May was an unknown student. Then he booked Jimi Hendrix to play his college for £1000 and his life changed forever
By Dave Everley last updated
A pre-fame Brian May got to watch Jimi Hendrix play a student ball from 10 feet away

Joe Satriani on the Jimi Hendrix performance that still blows his mind
By Jason Sidwell published
"For Jimi, every song was a unique opportunity for expression, exploration and exposition" - Joe Satriani

The greatest songs Jimi Hendrix ever recorded
By Classic Rock last updated
In four short years Jimi Hendrix created a rock'n'roll revolution, changing the way guitarists played their instruments and redefining what was possible in music itself

The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
By Dave Everley published
From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

"There were guitar players weeping. They had to mop the floor up": How Jimi Hendrix invented everything we love
By Johnny Black published
When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London he blew the minds of the British rock elite. Soon they would follow his lead and develop and explosive new form of electric blues

Hey Joe, where you going with my cod & chips? Unravelling the truth behind Jimi Hendrix's historic visit to a fish & chip shop in the north of England
By James McNair published
In March 1967, Jimi Hendrix played a club show in Newcastle before venturing to the seaside for fish & chips, perhaps a pickled egg. Or did he?

Watch Tom Morello and Nile Rodgers lead an all-star lineup of guitarists through an all-shred instrumental cover of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
By Fraser Lewry published
The video has ben put together by Fender to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Stratocaster guitar
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