From its humble beginnings in Sparta, Greece in 1873 through its rise to fame on 14th Street in New York City, to its reemergence as a dominant force in musical instruments from its new headquarters today in Nashville, TN, Epiphone instruments can be heard on a century of great recordings. Epiphone artists includes virtually every major figure in pop music history including Les Paul, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Paul Simon, Jack Casady, Tak Matsumoto, Paul McCartney, Joe Bonamassa, Zakk Wylde, Robb Flynn, Slash, Gary Clark Jr., KISS's Tommy Thayer, Paul Weller, Dwight Yoakam, Oasis, and Radiohead.