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Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde
Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde on becoming metal's most beloved partnership

By Joe Bosso Published

In this GW interview from 2018, the two metal greats sat down on the eve of Ozzy’s farewell tour to reflect on their three-decade partnership, from Wylde’s audition to their wildest stage story

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The Beach Boys (l-r) Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson (drummer), Carl Wilson, Brian WIlson, Mike Love appearing on Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater in 1964
Al Jardine on the genius of Brian Wilson, working with the Wrecking Crew and touring with Jeff Beck

By Damian Fanelli Last updated

In this 2015 interview, Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine recounts some of the pivotal moments as a key member of one of America’s greatest musical treasures

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Robbie Robertson and Bob Dylan
“Playing with Bob Dylan was like entering The Twilight Zone of music. You thought, ‘They’re going to wake me up tomorrow because all of this is impossible’”: Robbie Robertson reflects on his remarkable career and the end of the Band

By Alan Paul Published

In his final Guitar World interview, the late guitar legend shares his earliest guitar influences, what it was like to get booed onstage with Dylan and why the Band’s final days were so heartbreaking

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Keith Richards playing a Fender Telecaster
Keith Richards: “They haven't really improved the electric guitar since Les Paul and Leo Fender put their touch to it. Everything else is trying to sound like them”

By Alan di Perna Published

In this classic interview from 2002, The Human Riff reflects on the key guitars, songs, and sounds from 40 years with The Rolling Stones

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Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on August 31, 1991 in Mountain View, California.
Gary Rossington recalls the making of 10 landmark Lynyrd Skynyrd tracks: “The more wild experiences you have the better songs you can write”

By Alan Paul Published

In this classic interview, the late Southern rock icon discusses Ronnie Van Zant's habit of writing lyrics in the shower, how Sweet Home Alabama started as a joke and why the band's record label begged them not to include Free Bird on their debut album

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[L-R] Zakk Wylde, Scott Ian and Gary Holt
Zakk Wylde, Scott Ian and Gary Holt on the furious riffs, high-octane gear and lifer philosophies that shaped their careers – and why everyone cheats with downpicking

By Amit Sharma Published

Midway through their Anthrax and Black Label Society co-headlining tour with special guests Exodus, the metal legends share how they developed their distinctive tones and techniques, and why Tony Iommi is the “Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Lennon, McCartney and Burt Bacharach of riffs”

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Grunge guitarists
20+ grunge guitar heroes who took the instrument in a raw, heavy new direction

By Andrew Daly Published

After the guitar universe was dominated by the hairspray-drenched shredders of the '80s, these players shook things up and provided the alt-rock antidote

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Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck – the ultimate interview: one of the electric guitar's most prolific innovators reflects on his sprawling career

By Alan di Perna Published

In this classic 2009 Guitar World interview, the guitar legend waxed lyrical on his formative years with The Yardbirds, how his radical technique inspired a new era of instrumental guitar, and his musical relationships with Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton

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Uli Jon Roth
Uli Jon Roth: “For me, the heavy metal direction was boring. I wasn't interested in it. I wanted to go in almost the opposite direction”

By Andrew Daly Published

The German virtuoso on how feeling in “musical no man's land” led to his decision to leave Scorpions in 1975, and go on to spearhead a new style of neoclassical guitar – and what he thinks about Kirk Hammett quoting his solos in Metallica's Battery

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Kiss
Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons talk classic Kiss tracks, including the lick they ripped off from the Rolling Stones, and the song they nearly gave to Rod Stewart

By Guitar World Staff Published

In this classic 1992 Guitar World interview, Kiss's Starchild and Demon share the stories behind 18 key tracks, including Strutter, God of Thunder, I Was Made For Lovin' You and more

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