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Cannock’s most famous son

Louder Sound publishes an opinion piece Nine Glenn Hughes albums you should listen to and one to avoid: Throughout his career Hughes has been equally blessed and cursed: respectively, with arguably the most distinctive voice in hard rock, and by drug addiction that saw him ricochet from one project to the next with no real […]

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Somebody stole his guitar

Steve Morse sat down to chat with Guitar World at the last NAMM, which was held in January 2026. They teased the interview in May, promising to publish it in full “in the near future”. After the appropriate period of gestation, the future is apparently now. Here Steve shows not only that he can play […]

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Self-described as underrated

Greek blog Rock Overdose publishes an interview with Joe Lynn Turner done on the occasion of him apparently playing some dates in the country (his own website is conspicuously mum about it). Rock Overdose: Speaking of Ritchie Blackmore, you know him better than most people. What do you think would have to happen for Ritchie […]

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Marco and his loud mouth

Dino Jelusick spoke to the Rolling Stone Brazil, and about half the conversation revolved around Whitesnake. He told how exactly their final tour has unravelled, spoke about the ill-fated one-off Whitesnake Experience show, and the prospects of resurrecting the band with him on the vocals. TL;DR: the serpens albus bits start at around 14’50” into […]

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Who is Gene Simmons?

Steve Morse in conversation with Larry DiMarzio: What does it take to revolutionize guitar tone? In this unscripted conversation, legendary guitarist Steve Morse sits down with Larry DiMarzio to discuss the birth of aftermarket pickups and the evolution of the modern electric guitar. Larry shares the story behind inventing DiMarzio pickups, how his creative process […]

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It’s all very, very Teutonic

Accept is celebrating its own 50th anniversary with the release of an album (of what we understand are remakes of the tracks from their heyday) called Teutonic Titans 1976-2026. In addition to the current lineup of the band led by Wolf Hoffmann, more than 50 guest artists made their contributions, including Joe Lynn Turner.

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Snapshot of an artist at a crossroads

Ultimate Guitar celebrates 50th anniversary of Tommy Bolin’s Private Eyes with a feature penned by Greg Prato: Fifty years ago, Tommy Bolin offered his second solo effort, “Private Eyes”, an album that found the gifted guitarist and songwriter moving in a noticeably different direction from both his work with Deep Purple and his eclectic 1975 […]

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The lost art of dismantling hotel rooms

Here is Cassius Morris (if the name sound familiar, there’re a couple of reasons to that) talking to Joe Lynn Turner, It’s a long conversation, at over an hour, and JLT hasn’t changed a single bit, so buckle up.

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Still gotta come up with good music

Steve Morse demonstrates his signature DiMarzio pickups. Everything you need to know about electric guitar pickups, and then some.

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He’s good, just taking it easy

Doug Aldrich spoke to BraveWords in an in-depth interview that clears up a lot of confusion about what is going on with the Dead Daisies and Glenn Hughes (TL;DR summary: Corabi wasn’t fired, the reunion with Glenn was supposed to be a one-off that turned to a two-off, and back to one-off). That’s one of […]

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