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“I said, ‘It’s really beautiful – why would you say it’s not for the Chili Peppers?’ And he said, ‘That’s not what we do’”: How the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke new ground to create their life-changing hit

One of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded

MusicRadar · Aug 19, 2025

“He did this encore. Went off. They made him come out again. Another encore. They wouldn't stop. He came out for three encores”: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the time they were completely upstaged by their support act, a young Rory Gallagher

It happened at a Central Park festival

MusicRadar · Aug 14, 2025

"We headlined, but he kicked our ass": Joe Perry and Brad Whitford on the support act who blew Aerosmith off the stage

In the summer of 1974, Aerosmith still hadn't broken New York, and their support act wasn't helping

Louder · Aug 12, 2025

“When you talk about just knowledge of music and of instrumentation, he is a literal genius”: Shinedown frontman Brent Smith on what makes Rick Beato a great producer

Beato co-produced Shinedown's debut album and shared writing credits with Smith, who says the YouTube superstar has a "profound" knowledge of music

MusicRadar · Jun 25, 2025

“He looks at the way the black finish is cracking, takes the finish off, and there's a Paisley staring at him”: Brad Paisley thought he had bought just another ’60s refin Tele – turns out, there was a $30,000 guitar hidden under the spray paint

The country star recently teamed up with Fender for his very own Limited Edition “Lost Paisley” Telecaster

Guitar World · Jun 12, 2025

“There's a great picture of Eddie, Pat Thrall, and myself backstage. Oh man, we look awesome. Three guitar players, just 24 years old”: Pat Travers recalls the best show he ever played – with Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Van Halen all on the same bill

The legendary gig also saw Travers meet Steven Tyler for the first time – and a comical encounter ensued...

Guitar World · Jun 8, 2025

“8am one morning there was a knock at the door. It was a cop and he said: ‘Do you have a red Gibson guitar SG model?’ I just handed it to him”: Pat Travers owned three Gibsons by the age of 16 – his luck would not last

The Canadian rocker explains how he went through three Gibson builds in two short years

Guitar World · Jun 3, 2025

“I’ve only seen it that once and just for about two hours. It was a piece of crap”: Steely Dan’s Denny Dias says his iconic Do It Again electric sitar solo was recorded on a lousy rental model

The former Steely Dan guitarist was required to borrow a Danelectro/Coral electric sitar for the job – but he was less than impressed

Guitar World · May 9, 2025

“Okay, I’m saying it. I didn’t post the video because Giacomo couldn’t play well enough to be on my channel”: Rick Beato comments on the Giacomo Turra plagiarism scandal and says stealing other people’s music is “completely not cool”

Turra has been accusations of using other guitar player's arrangements and passing them off as his own. Beato remains unconvinced of Turra's playing – and his apology

MusicRadar · May 7, 2025

“I realized he couldn't play well enough to put the video out”: Rick Beato weighs in on the Giacomo Turra controversy – and discusses their ill-fated collaboration

Turra was accused of plagiarizing other player's songs for his own content earlier this year

Guitar World · May 6, 2025