Articles by: Richard Bienstock

Van Halen with Dace Lee Roth, posing next to a swimming pool

The 50 best Van Halen songs - the ultimate American party soundtrack

By Chris Gill, Richard Bienstock published 10 May 23

Eddie Van Halen was a game-changing guitar player, but it was his band's exuberant songs that gave his genius the power to soar - and here are 50 of the best

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Rick Nielsen

32 of the greatest live moments in the entire history of the guitar

By Amit Sharma, Polly Glass, Henry Yates, Ian Fortnam, Paul Henderson, Richard Bienstock, Joe Bosso, Andy Aledort, Damian Fanelli published 10 November 21

Celebrate the pioneering, the spectacular and the unrepeatable, with our history of the guitar's greatest onstage moments

Pearl Jam's Ten: "It was a mind-f*** but it was awesome"

By Richard Bienstock published 17 August 21

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready looks back at the making and the aftermath of their game-changing debut album Ten

Qello Concerts World Tour is your All Access Pass to the best live performances from rock’s most legendary acts

By Richard Bienstock published 13 April 21

Three weeks, 23 countries, 65 stages – sign up now for major savings and to unlock free concerts

How Stryper found God and brought Christianity to Sunset Strip, by those who were there

By Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock last updated 24 October 21

The book Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion tells the epic story of hair metal, including the rise of Stryper and their controversial yellow and black attack

Mike Campbell on The Dirty Knobs, Fleetwood Mac, and the ghost of Tom Petty

By Richard Bienstock published 18 December 20

It’s taken them 15 years and a tragic death, but longtime Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “co-captain” and current Fleetwood Mac guitarist Mike Campbell’s side-project The Dirty Knobs have finally released their debut album

The Story Behind The Song: Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row

By Richard Bienstock published 16 March 20

Canadian frontman Sebastian Bach's rock anthem kick-started sales of album that would go on to sell five million copies

What happened when Dave Navarro met Eric Gales

By Richard Bienstock published 29 May 19

One is a former teenage prodigy, the other is in Jane’s addiction. We sit down with guitarists Eric Gales and Dave Navarro, “two junkies of the worst kind”

The Six-string Interrogation: Dokken's George Lynch

By Richard Bienstock published 9 October 16

Dokken and Lynch Mob string-bender George Lynch answers the questions no guitarist wants to answer...

Interview: Dokken's George Lynch on the band's 'complicated' reunion

By Richard Bienstock published 21 September 16

Dokken are reforming for a series of Japanese shows. Guitarist George Lynch tells us how it happened, and reveals the chances of it happening again...

Q&A: Rob Halford/KK Downing/Glenn Tipton

By Richard Bienstock published 8 May 14

The Judas Priest triumvirate come together to discuss their concept album about 16th-century French prophet Nostradamus.

The story behind Poison's Every Rose Has Its Thorn

By Richard Bienstock last updated 1 September 21

On December 24, 1988, Poison topped the US charts with this song. Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into a power ballad about an unfaithful girlfriend

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