Billy Rankin on lessons learned from the legendary Zal Cleminson
In and out of Nazareth twice, and always loyal to his Gibson ES-335, Rankin had a lifetime's worth of rock stories by his mid-20s ...
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3 Songs From 1980 That Forever Changed Rock Guitar
He resembled the spacey glam of Mick Ronson and alternated between a Gibson Les Paul Custom and a polka-dot Flying V. Rhoads wasn’t the first hard rock guitarist to employ classical music.
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Slinky Vagabond Make ‘The Eternal Return’ With Earl Slick, Former Bandmate and Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, and More
It’s got the kind of Mick Ronson vibe,’ which was Slick,” says ... The Eternal Return also allowed Fabbri to explore new guitar techniques. “‘The Eternal Return’ is a more complete ...
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The insane story of The Wildhearts’ Earth Vs The Wildhearts, the cult ’90s classic that should have been huge
Right from the outset, the band had wanted to have Mick Ronson produce their debut album. They had been impressed by the venerable former Spiders From Mars guitarist’s work with Morrissey on the ...
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David Johansen, who fronted the New York Dolls, dies at 75
At right is lead singer David Johansen, with guitarist Sylvain Sylvain ... bar-band glam, with the Mick Ronson co-produced 1979 LP In Style, occasionally dabbling in disco.
Ginger Wildhearts’ wild tales of Lemmy, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Cheap Trick and more
Meet Ginger Wildheart, the multi-tasking musical superhero who's shared stages with Cheap Trick and Motörhead and drinks with Axl Rose, Tony Iommi and Liza Minnelli ...
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Gene Simmons’ wild tales of Eddie Van Halen, Bob Dylan, Cher and Donald Trump
When Kiss lumbered on to the scene in 1974 with their self-titled debut album, no one could’ve predicted how much a part of popular culture their bat-winged, fire-breathing, blood-drooling totem, Gene ...
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The genre David Bowie was ashamed for inspiring: “Bloody awful”
There were still allusions to people like T Rex in the way that Mick Ronson played the guitar, but looking at a song like ‘Hang On To Yourself’, Bowie was already on the verge of punk rock without ...
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David Johansen, who fronted New York Dolls, dies at 75
At right is lead singer David Johansen, with guitarist Sylvain Sylvain ... Future records continued to refine his shimmying, bar-band glam, with the Mick Ronson co-produced 1979 LP In Style, ...