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The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, a kids’ TV theme and the most unlikely collaboration of the 1980s: “It was like going down a really challenging ski run. I was very much conscious of his talent and his incredible aura”

What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio

"People turned on us. It was as if they resented their big secret band suddenly being the property of the mainstream." After a decade's hard slog, a sublime ballad made stars of REO Speedwagon - and their die-hard fans didn't like it one bit

"People turned on us. It was as if they resented their big secret band suddenly being the property of the mainstream." After a decade's hard slog, a sublime ballad made stars of REO Speedwagon - and their die-hard fans didn't like it one bit

In the 1970s, REO Speedwagon were the Midwest rock band everyone was rooting for - until they actually had a hit

Watch the surviving members of REO Speedwagon's classic lineup reunite for the first time in 37 years

Watch the surviving members of REO Speedwagon's classic lineup reunite for the first time in 37 years

Kevin Cronin, Neal Doughty, Bruce Hall and Alan Gratzer joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's marching band for a homecoming medley of REO Speedwagon classics

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Warring REO Speedwagon members to reunite as grand marshals at University homecoming parade

They'll also take the field with a marching band to perform a medley of REO Speedwagon hits

"I saw The Beatles and it all made sense. From that point I needed music like I needed air! There was no other choice for me”: The singer who scored two No.1 hits in the '80s with the band that had fired him a decade earlier

“Music is an ever-evolving art form," he says

REO Speedwagon bid farewell after 57 years, will continue under frontman Kevin Cronin's name

Kevin Cronin will continue performing REO Speedwagon's hits despite the group retiring.

“It was exhilarating – it felt like an illicit liaison”: the true story of Brian May and Eddie Van Halen’s Star Fleet Project collaboration

How a kids’ TV show inspired a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of rock’s greatest guitarists

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Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project mini-album is finally coming to streaming – with unreleased EVH solos

Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project mini-album is finally coming to streaming – with unreleased EVH solos

Among other never-before-heard gems, the reissued set will feature a dozen takes of Star Fleet, which together chart the course of a solo that May cites as "one of the greatest things" Eddie Van Halen ever did

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