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SINCE HIS EARLIEST days with Aerosmith, Joe Perry has been the epitome of guitar-related cool. Sure, he’s got the licks, the songs and the solos, but he’s also got a massive cache of iconic, quirky an

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The ex-Ozzy guitarist talks about his love for SGs, his disdain for bad amps, and how you can find a connection with the most unlikely instruments

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Neville Marten recalls an early guitar influence that no-one else ever seemed to have heard of. Until an illuminating musicianly encounter…

Offstage, Keith Emerson was an unassuming introvert, but onstage, it was another matter. ELP's former manager Stewart Young, The V.I.P.'s drummer Mike Kellie and fellow Hammond aficionado Brian Auger shared their memories of the development of the keyboard player's stage persona that led to many regarding him as prog's ultimate showman.