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"Why don’t you give Jimmy Page a ring?" How John Paul Jones came to join Led Zeppelin

All it took was a bit of encouragement from his wife, one phone call, and just like that bassist John Paul Jones joined forces with a little band called Led Zeppelin

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“I wrote Black Dog on a train. There was a Muddy Waters song with a riff that never ended...” How John Paul Jones wrote Led Zeppelin's Black Dog

Despite Jimmy Page’s masterful guitar playing, Black Dog was written by Led Zeppelin's bass hero John Paul Jones

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"Zeppelin wasn’t safe, but we had such a following that virtually everything was accepted" - How Robert Plant made peace with the end of Led Zeppelin

In 1982, Robert Plant gave his first ever post-Led Zeppelin interview, and Classic Rock's Geoff Barton was the man with the tape recorder

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Zakk Wylde: “It’s not just about Dime’s chops – it’s about what he created. That’s his legacy – and it’s way, way bigger than just being a great lead player”

Just how to do you replicate the hyper-aggression of Dimebag's guitar? Well, as Zakk Wylde explains, you need a noise gate, you need to let things rip, and you might need some magic, too

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Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek - Album Of The Week Club review

Live At The Greek wasn't quite what it should have been due to contractual obligations, but it was the most animated Jimmy Page had sounded in years

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Celebs at war with neighbours - 'Vandal' Robbie Williams to 'disgusting' Gordon Ramsay

From Gordon Ramsay angering locals in Cornwall to Holly Willoughby's bust ups over an extension, here's which celebs are warring with their neighbours

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“You could record yourself on a computer”: John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter asking him to appear on his best friend’s album

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante wanted Jimmy Page to appear on The Mars Volta’s Frances The Mute album

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Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: 10 guitarists who shaped my sound

Mark Tremonti's six-string partner-in-crime reveals the solo that made him realize that technique wasn't everything, and the player he thinks is one of the guitar's “best-kept secrets”

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Keith Richards and Eric Clapton worshipped her solos, and Elvis idolized her sound: how Sister Rosetta Tharpe became an electric guitar trailblazer

The story of the Gibson-toting guitarist who lit the fire on a six-string revolution that paved the way for rock ’n’ roll

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"The song virtually played itself" - the Steely Dan classic starring Jimmy Page’s favourite guitar solo

From 1972’s debut Steely Dan album Can’t Buy A Thrill, Reelin’ In The Years accidentally benefitted from an engineer who neglected to run the tape

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Pete Thorn explains why mistakes are part of Jimmy Page’s magic

Though Page's production prowess and legendary chops are usually the focus of praise, Thorn gave credit to a more human aspect of the Led Zeppelin legend's playing

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"I wrote it on a bit of paper on the train": How Led Zeppelin turned a repetitive riff into one of their most killer tracks

Black Dog was an explosive, daring opener to Led Zeppelin's fourth album, but it was born out of humble beginnings

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The golden rule that Jimmy Page was determined to break on Stairway To Heaven

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page knew he was going to do things his own way on their Stairway To Heaven epic

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How The Damned made Darkadelic, their surprise contender for Album Of The Year

Re-made and remodelled, with acclaimed album Darkadelic echoing glorious moments from their post-punk past, The Damned head into the future with much to offer

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Bob Rock says Jimmy Page is a big fan of Metallica's St Anger: "He said it's a great album, so I'm OK!"

Does everyone have St Anger wrong? According to living rock gods Jimmy Page and Jack White: yes

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Robbie Williams branded 'vandal' by neighbours in row over plan to cut trees down

The former Take That star wants to prune 14 plants at his mansion in London’s posh Holland Park in order to take metres off the height as they are blocking light from getting into his home

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The evolution of fuzz pedals: how the wildest drive of all conquered the radio – and our pedalboards

Unlike wah, flangers and chorus, fuzz has never gone out of fashion – it’s hip to be square

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Chris Holmes: "I don't know any other guitarist on this planet that plays the way I do"

Expect plenty of W.A.S.P. songs from former guitarist Chris Holmes when he tours this month, but don’t ask Blackie Lawless to show up

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Nuno Bettencourt explains what’s underrated about Tom Morello’s guitar playing – and why it “pisses me off a little bit”

The Extreme virtuoso voiced his thoughts on his Rage Against the Machine guitar buddy in a recent joint press conference

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The Groundhogs guitarist and frontman Tony McPhee dies aged 79

The influential British rock guitarist backed John Lee Hooker, recorded with Jimmy Page and played with Eric Clapton and John Mayall

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Watch Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt trade solos as they cover Audioslave’s Cochise with Gary Cherone

The two Extreme members joined Morello for a version of the Chris Cornell-fronted classic – complete with an extended guitar solo section

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The British Pedal Company launches limited edition King Of Fuzz Tone Bender to commemorate coronation of King Charles III with gnarly MKII fuzz

The King Of Fuzz Tone Bender MKII has a hand-painted enclosure and King Charles Coronation backplate, and a trio of OC81D germanium transistors for your whole lotta riffing pleasure

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Days of thunder: the triumph and tragedy of John Bonham

John Bonham’s drumming powered Led Zeppelin like the engine of a battleship, but his death in 1980 did for his band. This is his story

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Jimmy Page and Jack White both loved Metallica's St. Anger, according to Bob Rock

The guitar heroes – and It Might Get Loud co-stars – expressed their appreciation for the highly polarizing album in separate encounters with the producer

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Bob Rock likens Metallica’s St Anger to The Stooges’ Raw Power, says Jimmy Page told him it was a “great album” – and Jack White loved it too

The blockbuster producer was a guest Chris Jericho’s podcast when he revisited Metallica’s dark night of the soul and explained why their most divisive album saved the band

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