Chicago fused rock, jazz and pop, survived tragedy and power-ballad backlash, and became America’s stealth supergroup. Here’s how their story really unfolds.
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On Stevie Ray Vaughan’s last nights alive, Eric Clapton was not the guitar god on top – he was the stunned witness. Here is what Clapton actually thought.
Jeff Beck loved both the Les Paul and the Stratocaster, but Hendrix pushed him one way. Here is what his choice really says about tone, gear and creativity.
Mick Taylor walked away from the greatest rock gig on earth in 1974. Ego, heroin, credits, Keith Richards – or something deeper? Here is the real story.
Eric Clapton heard The Band’s Music From Big Pink and decided Cream was finished. Here is how their quiet, rural sound rewired rock’s idea of rebellion.
How a punk-loving art student who ‘didn’t know what an Aerosmith was’ became Joe Perry’s anchor, muse, and unlikely secret weapon behind Aerosmith’s rebirth.
Behind the closed door of a Seattle condo, Layne Staley turned addiction and isolation into some of the most harrowing, powerful vocals grunge ever heard.
Behind ‘Tunnel of Love’ lies a very real love triangle: Bruce Springsteen, Julianne Phillips and Patti Scialfa. Here is how the songs tracked the affair.
George Michael’s £98m will stunned fans by cutting out his famous exes. Here is who inherited what, why it happened, and the messy fallout that followed.
From ghostwriting Bark at the Moon to the bluesy fire of Badlands and Red Dragon Cartel, Jake E. Lee turned label politics into a cult-guitar legacy.