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How to Write a Hard Rock Classic in Five Minutes: Billy Gibbons Tells the Incredible Story of ZZ Top’s “Tush”
By Rod Brakes, Richard Bienstock published
This 12-bar blues banger was recorded using the Pearly Gates Les Paul and a Marshall Super Lead… But what’s a Cooper Time Cube?!
Hear Black Sabbath Cover "Smoke on the Water"
By Jackson Maxwell published
For a time, this classic rock staple was as regular a part of Sabbath's setlist as "Iron Man."
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is Gibson’s Latest Signature Artist (Again!)
By Rod Brakes published
Video Gibson teams up with “Dark Lord” of riffs for Tony Iommi SG Special “Monkey” release.
Jake E. Lee: My Career in Five Songs
By Richard Bienstock last updated
The Ozzy Osbourne and Badlands Axman reveals five of his career-defining favorites.
Watch Black Sabbath Put a Brutal End to Flower Power
By Rod Brakes published
Video The moment the era of 'peace & love' officially expired.
A Lost Dio-Era Black Sabbath Song, "Slapback," Has Been Uncovered
By Jackson Maxwell published
Uploaded to YouTube by the stepson of Geoff Nicholls, Black Sabbath’s late former keyboardist, the 1979 song was verified by Geezer Butler as legitimate.
Tony Iommi Discusses Custom SGs, How He Re-Learned Guitar After a Devastating Injury, and More in 1974 GP Interview
By Steve Rosen published
Hop in a time machine and revisit our 1974 interview with the godfather of heavy metal.
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