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He was demonstrating four-track recording when he wrote a 3 million-selling hit song
By Joe Bosso published
Hooters guitarist Eric Bazilian imagined “One of Us” as a song for the Crash Test Dummies. Instead it became Joan Osborne's 1995 triple-Platinum breakthrough

John Rzeznik reveals how his odd alternate tuning resulted in a song that's reached 2 billion streams
By Mark McStea published
The Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” has become one of the most played songs in the world

“A lot of weird things happened”: Ian Hunter on Mott the Hoople’s All the Way From Memphis
By Joe Matera published
Poorly promoted by the band's record label, All the Way From Memphis nonetheless became a classic, and was later covered by Michael Schenker and Brian May

How Amos Garrett and switching away from a Strat helped Glenn Tilbrook write Squeeze’s Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
By Joe Bosso published
Though most of Squeeze’s breakthrough US hit came easy for Tilbrook, its solo took the guitarist out of his usual comfort zone

How Duane Eddy wrote his twanging, game-changing instrumental smash, Rebel Rouser
By Mark McStea published
Needing an intro for his shows, Eddy – with the help of an empty 2,000-gallon tank – created one of the most influential guitar instrumentals of all time

How Robin Trower crafted his blistering tonal triumph, Day of the Eagle
By Joe Matera published
With some help from legendary Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, Trower laid down an inspired tune that – 50 years later – remains, for his money, his “best rock and roll song”

“Sly Stallone asked me about why AC/DC records sounded so powerful – I told him about tape compression...”: Survivor's The Eye of the Tiger beat out Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust for use in Rocky III – here's how the '80s smash came together
By Mark McStea published
Though the rewards were ultimately huge, the process of putting together one of the most iconic rock songs of the 1980s – guitarist Frankie Sullivan tells GP – was sometimes a tense one

“Any Idiot Can Play It… I Just Happen to Play It Better Than Anybody”: Leslie West Explains Why "Mississippi Queen" Is a Stone-Cold Classic
By Joe Bosso published
Remembering the guitar legend on the anniversary of his passing with this insightful interview about how he made Mountain's 1970 breakthrough hit

Lita Ford: "I Don’t Know Why Power Ballads Have Such a Bad Rap, I Think They’re Badass. And ‘Close My Eyes Forever’ is as Badass as it Gets"
By Joe Bosso published
The glam metal guitar icon reveals how a few games of pool (and a shared bottle of wine) with Ozzy Osbourne played a role in the writing of their smash hit duet.
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