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32 of the greatest onstage moments in the entire history of the rock guitar

Celebrating the pioneering, the spectacular, the unexpected and the unrepeatable

Louder

La Maison Blanche is a Hong Kong apartment elevated through bespoke luxury interiors

La Maison Blanche by Cream is a Hong Kong apartment with an emphasis on period-inspired, layered decor and long city views

Wallpaper

“McCartney was fantastic. Mind you, I tried one of those Hofner basses and I thought it was crap”: Judas Priest’s heavy metal veteran Ian Hill picks his top 5 bass albums

From the Beatles to the Bluesbreakers, we asked Ian Hill to name five albums that helped him along the righteous path to metal glory with Judas Priest

Guitar World

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I was pretty much ordered to go and play with Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton. I was told that if I didn’t, I’d be dropped”: Trevor Rabin’s challenging road to Yes

From a dalliance with NWOBHM and Asia to sudden career jumps across the ocean, he’s always been far more interesting and varied than many realise

Louder

"There were guitar players weeping, they had to mop the floor up. He was piling it on, solo after solo" – how Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton changed guitar forever

"When Jimi played with Cream... he walked offstage with this smirk; he knew exactly what he was doing" – we look back at the seismic impact of Clapton and Hendrix on the British guitar scene

MusicRadar

Eric Clapton’s Legendary Guitar Sells For $1.2M

Clapton used the 1964 Gibson for most of his career with the rock band Cream.

Zenger

Eric Clapton’s psychedelic ‘Fool’ guitar sells for more than £1m at auction

The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for 1,270,000 dollars.

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"I can still remember the three of us sitting there on the bed in utter awe": Geddy Lee recalls the day that Rush listened to Led Zeppelin for the first time

Hearing Led Zeppelin's debut album changed everything for Rush: "This was our new paradigm" Geddy Lee recalls

Louder

“He’s real tough, and when he’s liquored up, he can really play!” Pat Hare influenced Stevie Ray Vaughan, beat Cream and Led Zeppelin to the blues-rock punch, and recorded an eerily prescient guitar knockout called I’m Gonna Murder My Baby

A remarkably gifted, but equally volcanic, guitarist who played with Howlin’ Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, and Bobby Bland, Hare made a seismic (and largely forgotten) impact on the development of blues-rock, before receiving a life sentence in prison

Guitar World

A swift history of the concert film, from The Last Waltz to the Eras Tour

I felt I was missing something when I went on a Sunday night in late October to see Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour at my local independent cinema. I was: it was the audience.

The Conversation

The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

Louder

“It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound

Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing

Guitar World

“The first time I saw a Martin, it was like an exotic creature”: Watch Eric Clapton run the rule over his Guitar Center exclusive signature acoustics

Check out the other models in a limited run that celebrates 25 years of Crossroads Guitar Festival – including signature Clapton Strats and a PRS Private Stock Carlos Santana

MusicRadar

Eric Clapton pays tribute to Robbie Robertson in rare interview: "He was the visionary. I have no doubt that he wrote all those songs"

Slowhand isn't talking to mainstream journalists anymore – but one YouTuber has become a trusted outlet for his thoughts

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"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’" – How Robbie Robertson wrote The Band's classic song, The Weight

"I sat the guitar on my lap and I was kind of bent over it and I looked inside the sound hole on the guitar and it said, Nazareth, Pennsylvania"

Metal Hammer

“If it hadn’t been for music, I’d have ended up killing myself”: the epic life and turbulent times of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler

An epic career-spanning interview with Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler

Liverpool Echo

Things you could do in the 1990s you can't anymore

The decade will feel like only yesterday for many

Guitar World

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream

The couple take on Sunshine of Your Love with the help of dairy products

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Toyah and Robert Fripp perform Cream cover, cover themselves in cream

Things get extremely literal in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen, with a cream-enhanced cover of Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love

The Guardian - UK

‘If you have dreams, follow them!’ Paul Nicholas on Bowie, the Bee Gees, playing Jesus – and ruffling the king’s hair

In six decades in showbiz, he has been murdered by Screaming Lord Sutch, played the lead in Hair, had hit singles and a hit sitcom – and surprised Serge Gainsbourg

Guitar World

Learn the playing styles of every Eric Clapton era with this epic lesson

Five EC pieces for the Slowhand in training...

Liverpool Echo

Pete Tong on 'special bond' he has with the city of Liverpool

The DJ will be performing in the city later this month

The Guardian - UK

Pete Brown, countercultural poet, singer and Cream lyricist, dies aged 82

British poet who wrote lyrics for Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and many more also had acclaimed solo career

Liverpool Echo

'Music seems far more important in Liverpool - we get it'

“Eurovision is a chance to exhibit what is happening [within the music scene] here all of the time”

Guitar World

Custom Flying Vs, strange open tunings and massive bends: how Albert King created his own strain of the blues – and inspired Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan

A left-hander, King flipped a right-handed guitar upside down, put it in an unorthodox tuning, and forged a style steeped in steely drama and epic bends

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