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A B/W live shot of the Bangles performing for a music video [l-r]: Vicki Peterson, Susanna Hoffs and Michael Steele

Vicki Peterson on a gift from the Bangles’ most famous fan and their garage approach to an ‘80s pop classic

By Bill DeMain published

The heat was on. The label expected. And so, in 1986, the Bangles did what the Bangles did best – they put together a set of songs that had the whole world walking differently

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Laney Prism-Mini

Laney unveils the Prism-Mini, a feature-packed modeling amp and Bluetooth speaker that looks to steal the Spark Mini's crown

By Phil Weller published

Packing 100 presets, 17 amps, and able to run six effects at once, the British amp firm heats up an increasingly competitive market

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Rick Fenn of 10cc plays a Strat onstage [left]; Peter Green plays his Les Paul in the studio back in his Fleetwood Mac days.

Rick Fenn on the time he tried to help bring Peter Green back into the limelight

By Jonathan Horsley published

The late Fleetwood Mac guitarist was a hero of Fenn's, so when the call came in to help Green out, there was only one answer. But whatever happened to the music?

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A close-up of the late Mick Abrahams playing with Blodwyn Pig in 1969

Remembering the late Mick Abrahams, co-founder of Jethro Tull, purveyor of “good, honest music”

By Henry Yates published

A powerful, lyrical bluesman, the founding Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig guitarist always played music his way – even when it hurt his career

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In these stills from his Instagram reel, Anthony Ferraro demos a modded tuner pedal that allows blind guitarists like himself to tune their guitars without help.

Blind guitarist couldn’t tune his guitar without help – now a vibrating tuner pedal has changed his life

By Jonathan Horsley published

Anthony Ferraro asked his Instagram followers if anyone could help, and some genius came through with a tuner modded with haptics

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Mesa/Boogie 90s Triple Rectifier Black Limited Edition

Mesa/Boogie brings back the fire-breathing Triple Rectifier

By Jonathan Horsley published

This limited edition drop puts the custom-order look back in style, presenting 150-watts of legendary high-gain performance – and a sound that shaped '90s rock and metal

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Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith pose with an S-style electric guitar [left]; A classic BW portrait of Run DMC in 1986

Joe Perry on how Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. united rock and rap – and the secret role the Beastie Boys played

By Andrew Daly published

Walk This Way was a seminal moment that gave an iconic track a second lease of life as it crossed genres and became one of 1986's most explosive pop-cultural moments

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Glenn Mercer of the Feelies plays a T-style electric guitar as he performs at the 2017 Pitchfork Festival.

They were alt-rock legends who had to follow up a classic debut – then R.E.M.’s Peter Buck offered to lend a hand

By Joe Bosso published

Feelies guitarist Glenn Mercer says the pressure was on to come up with a killer sophomore album – but having a little help from Buck certainly helped in making one

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Joey Tempest throws his head back in appreciation as John Norum solos during Europe's performance at Sonisphere 2010.

How Europe’s John Norum learned to love The Final Countdown – and the guitar he used to track its iconic solo

By Henry Yates published

The Final Countdown is one of rock's evergreen anthems, but Norum admits he thought it was “dreadful” at first

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Steve Vai and David Lee Roth perform with Vai's love heart custom guitar.

How Steve Vai lived his ultimate guitar rockstar fantasy on David Lee Roth’s Eat ’Em and Smile

By Andrew Daly published

Working with David Lee Roth was like "being strapped to a rocket made of charisma and fueled by tequila” – and the music was pretty fun, too

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