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Pete Townshend on how Jimi Hendrix led him to write ‘Tommy,’ the Who's 1969 breakthrough
“I realized that what I had was a bunch of gimmicks which he had come and taken away from me,” the Who guitarist told us. “I took refuge in my writing”
Pete Townshend talks originality, playing loud and which guitarist was first to use feedback
He says Marshall's '60s amps were rife for experimentation while discussing his “musical” use of screaming amps
Myles Kennedy says an onstage disaster forced him to buy a PRS guitar he couldn't afford
The guitarist felt obliged to write a check for the borrowed guitar, having previously been priced out of owning a PRS
See Pete Townshend and David Gilmour team up to perform tracks by the Who, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and more in 1985
The legendary guitarists had previously contributed to each other's solo releases, culminating in two nights at London's Brixton Academy — and a setlist of rock and roll classics
Ronnie Wood on the early days of Marshall, and his loudness war with the Who
Alongside many other budding British guitar heroes of mid-'60s London, Wood – via Marshall – consistently pushed the boundaries of amplification
“Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up in a love relationship with it – I've never had that”: Why Pete Townshend won't apologize for his '60s-era guitar-smashing antics
Rock's most famous guitar-smasher (mostly) abandoned that particular act over 50 years ago, but that doesn't mean he's wracked with guilt over his innumerable six-string beatings
“I didn’t want to be the flashy lead player. Whether it was Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, David Crosby or Richie Havens, what the left hand was doing was more fascinating to me than what the right hand was doing": The Paul Stanley interview
As Kiss hang up their guitars, Paul Stanley looks back on the instruments and musicians that shaped his musical personality
“I’ll Never Be Able to Play the Kind of Leads I Want”: Pete Townshend Discusses Guitar Solos, Gibson SGs and More in This Fascinating Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault
“I was happiest listening to Jimi Hendrix – that, to me, was like heaven,” said the Who’s six-string destroyer
