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Disney/Eric McCandless Gene Simmons made a career playing bass for KISS, but he wouldn’t consider himself a virtuoso, and he’s perfectly happy with that. He tells Guitar World that he thinks virtuosos are simply “show-offs in music” and he's not a fan.“I don't consider myself – and was never really interested in being – a bass virtuoso,” he says. “I don't like show-offs in music. I'm much more attracted to things […]

Cindy Ord/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen has commented on the recent death of One Direction singer Liam Payne at the age of 31, telling The Telegraph, “That’s not an unusual thing in my business.”“It’s a normal thing. It’s a business that puts enormous pressures on young people,” he elaborated. “Young people don’t have the inner facility or the inner self yet to be able to protect themselves from a lot of the […]

ABC/ Craig Sjodin The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards was in Nashville on Sunday to help celebrate guitarist James Burton’s induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.According to Billboard, Richards, who inducted Burton into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, attended the Hall of Fame's 2024 Medallion Ceremony, performing “I Can’t Dance” with Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill. Elvis Costello was also on hand to honor Burton, performing “Believe What You […]

Paul Di'Anno with Iron Maiden, 1981; Ebet Roberts/Redferns Iron Maiden has issued a statement on late former singer Paul Di'Anno, whose death was announced Monday.The metal icons write in a Facebook post, "We are all deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Paul Di'Anno earlier today.""Paul's contribution to Iron Maiden was immense and helped set us on the path we have been travelling as a band for almost five decades," […]