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They say that you should never meet your heroes, but meeting Eddie Van Halen was an experience Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will never forget

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong recalls his hard rock education before the era of 'The Guitar Olympics'

The gear and the chops

With the help of Trixter’s Steve Brown, the Kiss guitar legend reckons he’s made the best record of his career. He explains why 10,000 Volts debunks his former bandmates’ claims, what made the Fender Strat a recording mainstay throughout his career – and why Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Van Halen’s…

Best of 2023: "This is something I did last night"

Best of 2023: "I never really heard anybody do with it what I did, which is actual pieces of music"

At the tag end of the 70s, Van Halen were poised to become one of the biggest-grossing acts on the planet... but the cracks were beginning to show

History repeating: BOSS’s delay pedals changed everything – now the modern range salutes the Japanese firm’s storied past while forging ahead with bold new creations

Satch was busy piecing together The Extremist and laboring over the jangly, 12-string sounds of a challenging song – then Eddie Van Halen walked in