Have you ever noticed how many great guitar albums came out in 1984? We have! In this 40th-anniversary celebration, we examine 1984’s greatest releases – going (literally) month by month, classic by classic, interview by interview.
Highlights include...
>>> Chris Gill tells the story of the making of Van Halen's appropriately titled 1984, the band's most successful album – featuring portions of a 2014 interview with Eddie Van Halen.
>>> Alex Lifeson takes you behind the scenes of Rush's Grace Under Pressure
>>> Adrian Smith recalls the making of Iron Maiden's Powerslave
>>> Yngwie Malmsteen talks Rising Force
>>> Steve Vai revisits Flex-Able
>>> Alan Paul – co-author of Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan – details the making of SRV's mighty second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather
>>> Vivian Campbell takes you behind the scenes of Dio's The Last in Line
>>> Vicki Peterson discusses the making of the Bangles' All Over the Place
>>> Adrian Belew revisits King Crimson's Three of a Perfect Pair
>>> We have a new eight-page transcription of Scorpions' Still Loving You, a standout track from 1984's Love at First Sting...
>>> ...and the inside story of Metallica's Ride the Lightning, the album that changed metal forever!
