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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Stevie salas - Caught on Camera

“I thought it was the worst film I’d seen in my life! I was super-embarrassed. But that solo became part of the franchise’”: Stevie Salas on Bill & Ted, playing arenas with Rod Stewart then opening for Joe Satriani, and turning down both Van Halen singers

The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe Satriani tour, and why he sometimes aimed to be the worst player in the room

Guitar World

“I wanted to write a Montrose album, and he wanted to write an album more like the Eagles – and I hate the Eagles”: Stevie Salas on being asked to join David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar’s bands – and why he turned them down

For a “Van Halen nut” like Salas, it was all too weird

Guitar World

"The countless lives he’s touched, healed, helped and saved will continue his spirit and legacy" – musicians praise the life and legacy of MC5 guitarist and activist Wayne Kramer

The co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit band died at the age of 75 on February 2

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10 brilliant but obscure late 80s and early 90s hard rock bands that everyone should know about

Vega frontman and melodic rock connoisseur Nick Workman salutes the unsung geniuses of the late 80s and early 90s scene

Louder

He played with Dylan, Clapton and Lennon: the unsung genius of guitarist Jesse Ed Davis

He was the go-to session guitarist for some of the biggest music stars of all time yet his incredible highs and tragic lows have often been overlooked

The Guardian - US

Ed Stasium, whose recording credits include Talking Heads, the Ramones and Gladys Knight, rocks on

SAN DIEGO — Ed Stasium's goal has remained happily unchanged in the nearly 50 years he has worked as a recording engineer and album producer for such varied artists as Talking Heads, Ramones, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Mick Jagger, Living Colour, Kool & The Gang and gospel-music queen Shirley…

Tribune News Service

MC5, a 6-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee, revs up for first album in 51 years and new tour

SAN DIEGO — How many 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are now recording their first new album in more than half a century — and performing at a 230-capacity San Diego music bar this month?

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