Leslie West, guitarist for the proto-metal legends Mountain, has passed away. He was 75 years old. As news of West’s passing has spread, prominent members of the hard rock and metal community have ...

but several songs from which — including one of the band’s best-known tracks, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — were released on subsequent albums. Snider offered of his friend’s influence on heavy metal ...

Anyone who's heard Grace Bowers' incendiary debut album, Wine on Venus, can hear there's a bit of an old soul inside the 18-year-old wunderkind electric guitar player from Nashville (by way of her ...