The Roth-less band with a Hagar at the helm. Michael Smolen meets the headman

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Duran man Andy Taylor gives Chris Maillard a Station announcement

The blurred fingers of the guitar star focussed by the blurred gaze of Richard Walmsley

Allan Holdsworth - Life in the New World

Stringists Darby and Marlon reveal new models

Talks guitars, amps and playing to Tony Bacon

Thomas Dolby is back after a four year break, without the mad professor image but with an excellent new album in Astronauts & Heretics, his most personal recording to date. Paul Tingen spoke to him about the long road from solo synthesist to globe-trotting collaborator.

Chas de Whalley interviews Richard Burgess

Roy Wood risked burning the supper to bring us up to date on his career, his current activities and his method of working in the studio.

A chorus line or two

shrugs and knock 'n' knowall

Wrenched from video filming (with a ballerina no less) and quizzed on gear and blushes.

A Musical Luminary

Bill Nelson remains largely unheard of by the record-buying public, yet his influence on modern musicians has been considerable. Nigel Humberstone visits him at his home studio in Yorkshire.

An interview with Rusty Egan

Dan Goldstein tracks down another drummer-turned-musical technofreak, Rusty Egan, and finds out about the past, present, and the future of the electro-dance band he helped found, Visage.

little Andy Taylor on big guitar sounds

Joan alone with Joan, Wilf Green plays fly on the wall

What have David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, King Crimson, Frank Zappa and Jean-Michel Jarre got in common? They've all employed the services of Adrian Belew, one of the world's most inventive guitarists, and a man with a passion for creating new sound textures.

His time with Rainbow, Whitesnake and Ozzy Osbourne has made Don Airey a rock institution (rather than putting him in one). Tim Goodyer talks to him about music and machinery.

Tech Talk

The inventor of the curious Electric Stick recently left his native America to promote the latest MIDI-equipped version of his brainchild. Tim Goodyer caught him Stick-in-hand for a talk about his invention and his vision of its future.

Paul Bliss — Star Fleet Command

TST50 Six String

Electric Guitar

Nominated by Adrian Belew, Bill Nelson, Roddy Frame, Ted Nugent, Robert Smith, Dierdre Cartwright

All the things you never knew about putting flash wobbly bits into your guitar playing