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How Jeff Buckley turned a Canadian troubadour’s forgotten song into a one-man tour de force
Jeff Buckley‘s version of this Leonard Cohen classic is one of rock’s most transcendent songs
How John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers replaced one brand new guitar god with another
When Eric Clapton left the Bluesbreakers, the found another legendary guitarist in Peter Green
Blaze Bayley comes clean about leaving Iron Maiden, working with Rick Rubin and the heart attack that nearly killed him
A candid interview with Blaze Bayley from 2023
In 1989, Danny Gatton was called “the world’s greatest unknown guitar player”. Five years later he was dead
Steve Vai once described Danny Gatton as “the guitarist’s guitarist”
“There would be no Holiday In Cambodia without Hawkwind”: How Jello Biafra discovered space rock
The former Dead Kennedys leader admits he hasn’t loved every line-up of Dave Brock’s outfit, but that doesn’t affect their impact over the years
How Foreigner made a 70s hard rock classic with Head Games – and caused uproar with the cover
Foreigner never sounded tougher than they did on 1979’s Head Games – but not everyone was happy
Horror-punk icons the Misfits recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released
The Misfits’ debut album Static Age is one of the rock’s great debut albums – but it nearly didn’t come out
It took nearly 50 years for Happy The Man to hear their music the way they’d intended
Tripped up by record company machinations, the American pioneers – who nearly became Peter Gabriel’s backing band – didn’t think their first two records would ever sound like they had in the studio
