The 15 best ZZ Top songs, according to 15 of the world's greatest guitarists
To celebrate that little ol’ band from Texas ZZ Top’s 50 years in rock’n’roll, we asked some top guitarists to pick their favourite ZZ songs
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Ginger Baker interview: an afternoon with the world’s most irascible drummer
Mick Jagger is “a musical moron”. Hawkwind’s music “was fucking appalling”. And rock stars? “Fucking idiots, most of them.” How to win friends with the late, great Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker's half-dozen: six of the best from a legend
Six songs that broke the mould from the extraordinary career of Ginger Baker
Archive interview: AC/DC's Angus Young and Malcolm Young
AC/DC became one of the biggest-selling bands of all time by never trying to fix what wasn’t broke in the first place. In 2003, we asked Malcolm and Angus Young how they did it
How to sound like Jimi Hendrix
The guitars, amp and fx you need for the best possible Experience...
How to sound like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page
The guitars, amp and pedal you need to mount the tonal stairway to the ultimate early Led Zeppelin sound
The 5 best new blues albums you need to hear right now
New releases from Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Kris Barras Band, P.P. Arnold, Sunjay and Katie Brooks
Ginger Baker meets Herman Rarebell: pain, playing and marijuana
One of them is a drumming great and a true legend, the other learned from him and became a great too. We put Cream legend Ginger Baker and former Scorpions man Herman Rarebell together
The Stray Cats: nine lives and still running wild
It’s four decades since the Stray Cats rebooted rockabilly with Runaway Boys. Now, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom talk old times and fresh beginnings
Jimmy Page: how I brought my Dragon Telecaster back to life
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page talks about his new guitar - a comprehensive recreation of his fabled 1959 ‘Dragon’ Telecaster - and the road that led him to it.
Whitesnake's Lovehunter: the album that inflamed the music press
To this day, Whitesnake are still often tagged as an 80s band, but it all began with bluesy hard rock in the 70s. Then along came 1979’s game-changer, Lovehunter
The 10 best Jimi Hendrix songs, by Bones UK guitarist Carmen Vandenberg
Bones UK guitarist Carmen Vandenberg picks 10 songs by Jimi Hendrix: "He's truly timeless and listening to his work makes me speechless"
The Songs That Built Tedeschi Trucks
The Allmans. Bobby Bland. Elmore James. Everybody’s favourite husband-and-wife team flip through their record collection and dig out the platters that matter...
Little Girl Lost: How Janis Joplin got dem ol' kozmic blues again
Janis Joplin’s transition from band member to solo diva (including her only solo album released in her lifetime) was fraught with power plays, ego trips and excessive drug use
Les Paul: the man who invented modern music
Visionary, guitar wizard and inspiration, Les Paul invented the electric guitar and drew the blueprint for contemporary music as we know it
Why have Facebook banned Led Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy artwork?
Facebook users say they're being banned for uploading the cover of Led Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy. What's going on?
Fleetwood Mac's wild ride: the story of the Blues Years
From 1967 to 1974, Fleetwood Mac teetered on the line between triumph and oblivion. Co-founder Mick Fleetwood recalls the band’s early years…
What happened when Dave Navarro met Eric Gales
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”
