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"With Van Halen, I learned a lot of how I didn’t want things to be with Mammoth": Wolfgang Van Halen on the lessons he took away from playing in his dad's band
Wolfgang Van Halen's apprenticeship in the music business with his father and uncle's band taught him valuable lessons
The Band’s Robbie Robertson dies at 80
Robbie Robertson, founding guitarist with The Band and the songwriter behind The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, has died
Ex-Kinks keyboard player John Gosling dies at 75
The Kinks pay tribute to late keyboard player John Gosling: “He has been a friend and important contributor during his time with us”
"I know Dad would have been really proud": Wolfgang Van Halen explains why he played two Van Halen songs to honour Taylor Hawkins
Wolfgang Van Halen shares his memories of last year's Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London
“Dave said, ‘No, not doing it’”: Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen once wrote a brand new Van Halen song, only for David Lee Roth to refuse to sing it
Van Halen’s swansong album A Different Kind Of Truth could have featured a song with the working title Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Panama if it wasn‘t for David Lee Roth having a hissy fit
Former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner dead at 77
Original Eagles bassist and co-vocalist Randy Meisner has died in Los Angeles
Rock’s 20 greatest one album wonders: the bands that made one album then vanished
They came, they saw, they vanished – these are the bands who made one perfect album then split up
Corey Taylor has the most disgusting story you’ll ever hear about Dimebag Darrell, Clown from Slipknot and a urinal cake
“He reaches down, grabs it and starts chewing”: how a member of Slipknot grossed out Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell
Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt and Richard Fortus from Guns N’ Roses are having an online bust-up over Slash and Rihanna
“As if I’d ever think Slash isn’t capable of playing any Rihanna song in his sleep,” seethes Nuno Bettencourt in one-sided online spat with Richard Fortus
“We made a protective circle of candles around us”: how Michael Monroe ended up duetting with Axl Rose on a Guns N’ Roses cover of punk rock classic
Ex-Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe is the only guest to have appeared on two Guns N’ Roses songs
Roger Waters said he “couldn’t care less” about Van Halen, forgetting that he once appeared on a song with Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen played guitar on a Roger Waters song back in 1990
The man who designed the cross on the cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction has died
Billy White Jr, who drew the iconic cross that ended up on the cover of Appetite For Destruction, has passed away
“Ozzy did a great big turd on his car”: how Ozzy Osbourne got his revenge on a promoter who refused to pay him after a disastrous gig
Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler looks back on his disastrous first gig with Ozzy Osbourne – and the ‘dirty protest’ that followed
“Sir, are you married?”: the unlikely connection between Queen’s Brian May and punk band X-Ray Spex
Queen guitarist Brian May crossed paths with a punk icon years before either was famous
Yes guitarist Steve Howe on a potential reunion with Jon Anderson: “I love Jon – but the only terms I work on is that I’m happy”
Yes’ Steve Howe addresses ex-bandmates, potential reunions and that turbulent Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame appearance in the brand new issue of Classic Rock
Guns N’ Roses bring out Dave Grohl for their Glastonbury headlining set – but the air-guitaring sign language interpreters win the night
Here’s the full setlist and reactions to Guns N’ Roses’ Glastonbury set – including Dave Grohl and some epic air drumming from the BBC’s British Sign Language interpreters
Mick Mars accuses Mötley Crüe of “trying to take my legacy away”, Nikki Sixx says he’s in a “complete hallucination”
The war of words between ex-Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars and his former bandmates has escalated in a new interview
Brian May salutes the genius of Eddie Van Halen: “It was like watching Hendrix for the first time”
Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album
A beginner’s guide to Southern Rock in 5 albums
Southern Rock is inextricably tied to the land and character of the American South - and here are five albums that tell its tale
Joe Perry: “I don’t know if there’ll be a new Aerosmith album”
“If we get time to work on some new music, that would be great,” says Aerosmith guitarist of follow up to 2012’s Music From Another Dimension
The world nearly got a supergroup featuring members of the Sex Pistols, Blondie and the Bay City Rollers
Blondie’s drummer, the ex-Sex Pistols bassist, the Bay City Rollers’ guitarist and Paul Weller nearly made up punk’s weirdest supergroup
20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did
The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry on his turbulent relationship with Steven Tyler: “He’s probably my best friend”
In an exclusive new interview with Classic Rock, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry looks back on his eventful 50-year friendship with Steven Tyler
