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“I took John’s advice —which is very stupid of me.” Mick Jagger says John Lennon talked him out of meeting Elvis Presley — and he still regrets it
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“She plays like Gary Moore. She’s got the vibrato of a 55-year-old man.” How one FaceTime call helped 19-year-old Anna Cara land her Alice Cooper gig
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“You have an army behind you,” Green Day, Pearl Jam, Garbage and others rally around L7 bassist Jennifer Finch as fund to support her brain cancer fight tops $350,000
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“Can we try one without the conga player?” Phil Collins heard one sentence on an old George Harrison tape — and thought he’d solved a 30-year mystery
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“I’ve heard it’s responsible for a whole generation being conceived.” Paul Rodgers on Bad Company’s rock anthem that took years — and an entirely new band — to complete
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“He was buying his grass from him. He said, ‘I know a band that needs a manager!’” Famous shock rocker says one unexpected visitor changed his band’s fortunes overnight
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“I wasn’t enjoying it anymore.” Peter Frampton on why he quit Humble Pie just as the band was becoming famous — and the band member who helped push him out the door and into his solo career
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“More good days behind her than ahead.” Joan Jett and Garbage rally around L7 bassist Jennifer Finch after she receives brain cancer diagnosis
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“We did our best work with Dave.” Alex Van Halen explains why David Lee Roth was Van Halen’s secret ingredient
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“I’d join a band with him any day.” George Harrison had no interest in a Beatles reunion — but there was one former bandmate he said he’d happily start a new group with
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“When things get to a certain volume, everything sounds out of tune to me.” Paul Gilbert reveals the bizarre effect hearing loss has on his live shows
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“Of course, he doesn’t think about it. It’s totally natural to him.” Joe Satriani says Sammy Hagar has him beat when it comes to one aspect of guitar playing
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“I took the wrong pill.” Paul McCartney on John Lennon’s accidental acid trip during a nighttime recording session — and how the Beatles hid the evidence from George Martin
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“I think of it as maybe the first really heavy guitar riff.” Sean Lennon says his dad deserves more credit for shaping heavy music
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“Freddie said, 'No, no, no, no — it's a piano song!’” Freddie Mercury didn’t want a guitar solo. Brian May fought for it — and created one of Queen’s most celebrated moments on record
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“This finger canceled three shows on this tour.” As Rush are forced to reschedule dates on their reunion tour, we recall how Alex Lifeson’s broken finger once stopped the band at a crucial moment in their rise
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“Who’s gonna know if I play on this kid’s record?” Eddie Van Halen explains how he broke a band policy to shred on Michael Jackson’s ”Beat It” — and why he didn’t earn a penny for his iconic guitar solo
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“The guitar solo was an embarrassing thing to do. Jack White brought it back.” Matt Bellamy on White’s contributions to rock — and their pinch-me moment backstage at Coachella
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“Why didn’t we put that on a Van Halen record?” Sammy Hagar on the song Eddie Van Halen loved, Alex Van Halen rejected — and later regretted he passed up
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“I credit Taylor Swift for letting me sing that song with her at Madison Square Garden many years ago.” John Rzeznik says Taylor Swift helped turn Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ into a song for a whole new generation
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