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Todd Rundgren on the Jimi Hendrix album that changed everything: “This was the first real Jimi Hendrix album”
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“At first I didn’t know what to think about him,” Todd Rundgren says of hearing Jimi Hendrix.
Jimi Hendrix revolutionized rock guitar with Are You Experienced, but Todd Rundgren believes he didn’t truly become the artist we remember until Axis: Bold as Love.
Rundgren, however, believes the leap from that record to Axis: Bold as Love, released just seven months later, was astonishing.
Todd Rundgren performs at Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo, November 5, 2025.
Jimi Hendrix - Bold As Love Recalled & Celebrated: Todd Rundgren - YouTube Watch On“That was just a whole new thing,” he says of Axis: Bold as Love.