Songwriter Interviews

Go behind the music with some of the world's best songwriters

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  • Tony BanksTony BanksThe Genesis mainstay breaks down some of the group's most stalwart songs and explains how he came developed one of his famous piano techniques.
  • Roger LinnRoger LinnRoger's creations - the LM-1, LinnDrum and MPC60 - were used to create beats and backing tracks on a spectrum of hits, many by Prince.
  • Zakk Wylde (Ozzy, Black Label Society)Zakk Wylde (Ozzy, Black Label Society)The shredder talks Ozzy, the latest from Black Label Society, and the "power of payola, paid vacations and hookers."
  • Scott Lucas of Local HScott Lucas of Local HKeeping it copacetic with the Local H leader.
  • George ClintonGeorge ClintonWhen you free your mind, your ass may follow, but you have to make sure someone else doesn't program it while it's wide open.
  • Nas Talks Classical IllmaticNas Talks Classical IllmaticThe rapper talks about performing his Illmatic album with the National Symphony Orchestra.
  • Biff Byford of Saxon On Thunderbolt And MotorheadBiff Byford of Saxon On Thunderbolt And MotorheadSong stories from the Thunderbolt album, what Saxon learned from Motörhead, and when they (figuratively) "cut their balls off."
  • Pat BoonePat BooneOn the one change he made to "Stairway To Heaven," and what Little Richard and Fats Domino thought about his covers of their songs.
  • Tom DouglasTom DouglasThe Nashville songwriter takes us on a journey through "Little Rock" to "The House That Built Me."
  • Willie Chambers of The Chambers BrothersWillie Chambers of The Chambers BrothersWillie worked the fields for a KKK leader before rising up with "Time Has Come Today," bringing gospel to the hippie scene.