In this issue

YVETTE YOUNG.

Open-Mic Songbook: Gerry Cinnamon – Sometime.

MATT BELLAMY.

Classic Track: Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn’t Stand The Weather..

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

SQUIER’S NEW PARANORMAL SERIES SEES THE REVIVAL OF FORGOTTEN FENDER CLASSICS THE TORONADO, CYCLONE, SUPER-SONIC, CABRONITA AND MORE

1 min

ROCK IN PEACE

PHIL CAMPBELL AND RUDY SARZO PAY TRIBUTE TO PAUL CHAPMAN, FORMER UFO GUITARIST WHO HAS PASSED AWAY AGED 66

1 min

SOME KIND OF MONSTER

EVH’S NEW FRANKIE MODEL STRIKES THE BEST BALANCE BETWEEN AUTHENTICITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF ANY FRANKENSTEIN REPLICA TO DATE. HERE, WE TAKE AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE NEW MODEL, AND EXPLORE THE ORIGINS OF THE GUITAR IT IS BASED ON, WITH HELP FROM EDDIE HIMSELF

10+ mins

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy on Tom Morello’s unending inspiration, buying Jeff Buckley’s Telecaster, and how Manson guitars will be at the forefront of the instrument’s evolution...

10+ mins

PEOPLE POWER

THE 1975’S NEW ALBUM NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM IS THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE UK NUMBER ONE, AND ANOTHER GENRE‑HOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA. LEAD GUITARIST ADAM HANN EXPLAINS THE THINKING BEHIND THE BAND’S ECLECTIC APPROACH – AND HAILS THE ALBUM’S LEAD SINGLE, PEOPLE, AS “OUR FIRST PROPER ROCK SONG”

6 mins

Life in Technicolour

RECENTLY VOTED ONE OF THE 10 BEST MODERN PLAYERS, COVET MASTERMIND YVETTE YOUNG DISCUSSES HER DISTINCTIVE FINGERSTYLE APPROACH, HER PIANO-BASED ORIGINS AND HER SIGNATURE IBANEZ TALMAN AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM TECHNICOLOR...

10+ mins

NEW WEIRD AUSTRALIA

AUSSIE SHAPESHIFTING POLYMATHS KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD HAVE RELEASED 15 STUDIO ALBUMS SINCE 2012, RANGING FROM JAZZ TO THRASH METAL. VOCALIST AND LEAD GUITARIST STU MACKENZIE SPEAKS TO TG ABOUT AC/DC, RECORDING IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND HIS NEWFOUND LOVE FOR THE GIBSON EXPLORER...

10+ mins

A SOUND THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

Created by a band in mourning, Back In Black was the album that resurrected AC/DC. And as Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash said: “It saved rock’n’roll!” From tragedy to triumph, this is the story of AC/DC’s greatest victory...

9 mins

ANGUS YOUNG - My life in shorts

THE AC/DC GUITAR HERO ON THE BAND AND BACK IN BLACK, THE PERILS OF GOING ON STAGE IN A SCHOOLBOY INFORM, AND WHAT SHAPED HIM AS A PLAYER – THE POWER OF THE BLUES, AND THE “NASTY” SOUND OF CHUCK BERRY’S GUITAR

10+ mins

Its all in the FINGERS

THE DARKNESS FRONTMAN JUSTIN HAWKINS EXPLAINS THE GENIUS OF AC/DC’S FRATERNAL GUITAR DUO ANGUS AND MALCOLM YOUNG – AND HAILS “THE ULTIMATE ROCK RIFF” IN BACK IN BLACK

4 mins

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