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Blackberry Smoke Drummer Brit Turner Dies After Battling Cancer

Brit Turner, drummer of Blackberry Smoke, passes away at 57 after battling glioblastoma. Band pays tribute to his character and musical contributions.

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Zakk Wylde turned down the chance to join Guns N' Roses because he needed to buy pizza and soda pop for his girlfriend

Zakk Wylde accepted an invitation Axl Rose to jam with Guns N' Roses, but backed away when reality came calling

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"When we played Donington and you hear 90,000 people go 'woohooo!' it's a great feeling": How The Quireboys turned a song with no chorus into a classic singalong

The story of The Quireboys' infectious, rabble-rousing crowd favourite 7 O'Clock

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‘Utterly devastating’: Guardian writers on their favourite breakup songs

For Valentine’s Day, writers have picked the song that best summarises the pain or pleasure of finally saying goodbye to a lover

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"The near-mythical aura that surrounds him was stripped away in that 40 minutes": What happened when Axl Rose gave his first TV interview in more than a decade

Presenter Eddie Trunk tells the story the time Guns N' Roses leader Axl Rose gave a rare interview on VH1's That Metal Show

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"I was stunned and hurt. I can't begin to describe the feeling of betrayal": What happened when Don Henley joined Guns N' Roses

It's early 1989, and Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has just entered rehab: the only problem is, the band are booked to play the American Music Awards

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“That song, and Perfect Crime, we started writing when we were doing pre-production for Appetite" – Slash tells the story of Guns N' Roses's long-in-the-waiting classic You Could Be Mine

"You Could Be Mine was one of Izzy's riffs"

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Guns N' Roses launch wild animated video for recent single The General

Guns N' Roses have just made their impossibly epic single The General even more epic with a dystopian AI-powered video

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Madonna, two hours late to her own gig? Believe me, I’ve seen far worse

From Guns N’ Roses to Pete Doherty, turning up on time is far too lowly a concern for some artists – and there are limits to our patience, says music journalist and author Simon Price

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“Guitar was harder than I thought, but things clicked once I learned Sweet Child O’ Mine… my teacher thought I’d want to learn Taylor Swift!” With help from Bumblefoot and Tracii Guns, Sierra Levesque, 18, stakes a claim as the future of rock ’n’ roll

Talented and determined, and with a collection of 20 guitars already to her name, Levesque is clear on what she needs to achieve in the coming months

Guitar World

“I wanted us to be the punk Monkees, the mainstream Ramones or Mötley Crüe with sneakers”: the story of Candy, the cult 80s LA glam rockers who produced a future Guns N’ Roses superstar

With their debut album, Whatever Happened To Fun?, LA power-pop outfit Candy should have been huge

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"If we make this record and it sells, then if nothing else some of our heroes can get some royalties": The stories of the songs that powered Guns N' Roses' strangest and most understood album

Thirty years ago, Guns N’ Roses released The Spaghetti Incident?, an album of covers, and brought a load of mostly obscure, mostly punk-rock tracks to a wider audience

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The history of Metallica as told in 10 groundbreaking gigs

From San Francisco clubs to stadiums worldwide, these are the shows that marked the ascent of metal’s biggest band

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24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

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Why I ❤️ Deep Purple's Burn, by Matt Sorum

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum on the speed of Ian Paice, why drums fell out of fashion, and how Nirvana brought them back

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16 famous musicians who almost joined very famous bands

Best of 2023: What could have been: featuring The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Beatles, Van Halen, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and more

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“I called Keith Richards about doing it. His manager said: ‘Keith has already got a band. They’re called the Rolling Stones’”: the epic story of Kings Of Chaos, rock’s billion dollar supergroup

Featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Alter Bridge and more, Kings Of Chaos are rock’s most high-profile covers band

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"I was always looking for something beautiful to grasp on to": Duff McKagan on love, God, and the truth of punk

Duff McKagan’s Lighthouse album might be a long way from the music he’s best known for with Guns N' Roses, but it still reflects the punk rocker in him

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"If you see anyone throwing things, beat them up": Watch Axl Rose berate a crowd in Argentina via his translator in 1992

In late 1992 Guns N' Roses played at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires - against the wishes of Argentina's president

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"It’s the biggest heavy metal party in the world." Metallica, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses and Tool, plus insane ticket prices, 40° heat and, er, lobster dinners. Inside the brilliance and the absurdity of Power Trip festival 2023

We headed out to Power Trip in October for a first-hand look at the biggest heavy metal festival ever assembled

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Driven by an obsession and a devotion to music, John Brennan amassed a huge collection of rock star signatures - and now he's selling them off

John Brennan initially collected records, then slept out for concert tickets... but he had to get one step closer

Guitar World

Three “God-like guitarists” join forces and stadium-conquering rockers channel their inner spy: This week's essential guitar tracks

Must-listen-to tunes from Guns N' Roses, Architects, IDLES, The Libertines, Devon Ross, Ryujin and many more

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"I’ve been using Vigier guitars since 1997. One of their reps had me try them, but I didn’t want to – I’d been playing my own awful, homemade, Swiss cheese guitars!" Failed luthier Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal is busier than ever, but success isn't on his mind

The former Guns N’ Roses man discusses giving up constructing his own instruments, learning how to sing like a bassist while playing like a guitarist for Asia, and the upcoming Art of Anarchy record

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Guns N' Roses release anguished yet epic new recording of The General

The General is the b-side to new Guns N' Roses single Perhaps, and was recorded, mixed and mastered this summer

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“The iconic solo was about to come up and it's like, ‘Oh god. This is not gonna work out well’”: Bumblefoot says he received death threats after fumbling the Welcome to the Jungle solo – while he was stuck in a stormtrooper helmet

The guitarist ranks the onstage mishap with Guns N’ Roses as his ultimate Spinal Tap moment

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