STEVE STEVENS Looks Back On Recording "Top Gun Anthem" In Three Hours - "It Was Absolutely Amazing"

Speaking with Music Radar, Billy Idol’s longtime guitarist Steve Stevens reflected on recording the iconic theme music for Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, in 1985. The solo came about during the final days of tracking Idol’s Whiplash Smile album in New York. Composer Harold Faltermeyer, who was recording keyboards for the project, casually invited Stevens

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BILLY MORRISON Unveils Lyric Video For "We Are The Dead"

Billy Morrison has just released the lyric video for “We Are The Dead,” a standout track from his deluxe edition solo album, The Morrison Project. The album was released through TLG|ZOID / Virgin Music Group. Morrison commented, “This album was a particularly cathartic one for me and I wanted to find a way to write

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"Dirty Diana" is a song by American singer-songwriter #MichaelJackson. It is the ninth track on Jackson's seventh studio album, #Bad (1987). The song was released by #EpicRecords on April 18, 1988, as the fifth single from the album. It presents a harder rock sound similar to "#BeatIt" from #Thriller (1982) and a guitar solo played by #SteveStevens. "Dirty Diana" was written and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by #QuincyJones.
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Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana - Live in Rome 1988

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Watch BILLY IDOL Perform New Single "77" With AVRIL LAVIGNE On Jimmy Kimmel Live; Pro-Shot Video

Rock legend Billy Idol recently released his new single, “77”, featuring Avril Lavigne, from his new album Dream Into It, which came out on April 25 via Dark Horse Records. On April 28, he performed the song with Lavigne on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Check out the pro-shot video below. In the following clip, Billy Idol

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"Dirty Diana" is a song by American singer-songwriter #MichaelJackson. It is the ninth track on Jackson's seventh studio album, #Bad (1987). The song was released by #EpicRecords on April 18, 1988, as the fifth single from the album. It presents a harder rock sound similar to "#BeatIt" from #Thriller (1982) and a guitar solo played by #SteveStevens. "Dirty Diana" was written and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by #QuincyJones.
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Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (Official Video)

Official Video for “Dirty Diana” by Michael JacksonListen to Michael Jackson: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_listenYDMichael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” short fi...

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Ray Noir track ‘Razorblade Romance’ featuring guitar legend Steve Stevens out now

“Razorblade Romance” is the fight for survival in a song. For Ray Noir, a queer POC artist raised in Norway’s metal scene, it’s a fight song.

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Top Gun Anthem (Tomoyuki Sakakida Bootleg), by Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens

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“I remember saying to Billy that it can't just be notes – we need something that’s got a sonic blast”: Why Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens used toy ray guns to create Rebel Yell’s “space-age gunfight” guitar solo

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“I remember saying to Billy that it can't just be notes – we need something that’s got a sonic blast”: Why Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens used toy ray guns to create Rebel Yell’s “space-age gunfight” guitar solo

In a recent interview with GP, Idol’s guitarist and co-writer discussed how a love for Tommy Bolin’s Quadrant 4 solo left its mark on one of their biggest hits

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