Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford says he turned down joining Guns N’ Roses twice

Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford has revealed that he was asked to join Guns N’ Roses on two different occasions. Speaking in a new interview, Ford discussed being asked to join the band after Izzy Stradlin abruptly left in 1991, and again in the early 2000s when frontman Axl Rose was looking to retool the …

Johnny Marr says impact of Gillian Gilbert joining New Order “overlooked”

Johnny Marr has praised New Order‘s synth player Gillian Gilbert, and said the appointment of a female musician was a monumental if not “overlooked” part of the band’s history. The former The Smiths guitarist, who last released a solo album in 2017, ‘Call The Comet‘, said that Gilbert was role model for young people – …