The time Steve Hackett blew away the Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty: ‘It was absolutely deafening!’
The ex-Genesis guitarist first worked with McCarty in the 1980s.
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‘More like brothers than actual friends’: The complicated, but enduring, partnership that is Hall and Oates
Forever linked by music, and by their band name, each is actually very different.
‘So laid back, and yet it’s so intense’: Deep Purple confirms new album for 2015, talks best ever
After eight years between releases, Roger Glover says “we can’t wait that long.”
‘We were at the piano, banging it out’: Steve Cropper’s big break didn’t come from Stax Records
Instead, a friend’s dad took Cropper’s very first song to another legendary label.
‘It’s hard to complain about it’: Neal Doughty says REO Speedwagon happily delivers the big ballads
They’ve had other hits, but REO is famous today for two sweet-talking No. 1 smashes.
‘We sing it better’: David Crosby makes bold statement about the Beatles track from CSNY 1974
He says Crosby Stills and Nash bested the original – and it’s not even close.
‘That was fun’: How the Yardbirds ended up featured on The Simpsons
Jim McCarty and the Yardbirds are in the midst of a rare U.S. tour.
Micky Dolenz’s first original for the Monkees caused quite a stir: ‘Just a total word association’
It reached No. 2 in the UK, but only after a name change to (no kidding) “Alternate Title.”
‘There were more names than gigs’: On the history of Pink Floyd, before they were Pink Floyd
Best known among the early bands was Sigma 6, with Nick Mason, Rick Wright and Roger Waters.
Paul Stanley on the Kiss album he still can’t stand: ‘We were clueless; it had no teeth’
“We were so full of ourselves,” Kiss’ Paul Stanley admits, “that we forgot why we started making music.”
