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Guitar World
RIK EMMETT
The former Triumph guitarist discusses everything from those pesky Rush comparisons, the advantages of jumpsuits and the uphill battle of cracking the U.S. market
9 min |
August 2023
Guitar World
DevilDriver
LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR, DEALING WITH DEMONS VOL. II IS AN ALL-OUT WAR OF GUN-TURRET TREMOLO PICKING AND DARKLY ANTHEMIC CHORUSES
2 min |
August 2023
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Full Spedding Ahead
BRITISH SESSION ACE CHRIS SPEDDING ON BEING ASKED TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLLING STONES, PRODUCING THE SEX PISTOLS' EARLY DEMOS AND RECORDING HIS FINAL ALBUM WITH ROBERT GORDON
5 min |
August 2023
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Two Dog Knights
CATCHING UP WITH WINERY DOGS RICHIE KOTZEN AND BILLY SHEEHAN
4 min |
August 2023
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FIVE QUESTIONS: MCKINLEY JAMES
THE SOUL / BLUES / ROCK ’N’ ROLL AFICIONADO ON HOW HE FILLS OUT A DUO — AND WHY YOU’LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE HIM FEATURED IN OUR “MY PEDALBOARD” SECTION
2 min |
August 2023
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Covet
YVETTE YOUNG MIGHT CALL IT A NEW BEGINNING, BUT HER PLAYING ON CATHARSIS IS AS BLINDING AS EVER
2 min |
August 2023
Guitar World
NINE-TIME M.V.P.
NINE TIMES NUNO BETTENCOURT PROVED TO BE GUITAR'S M.V.P.
4 min |
August 2023
Guitar World
RISE AND SHINE
NUNO BETTENCOURT ON THE FINER POINTS OF HIS \"RISE\" GUITAR SOLO - AND THE FIRESTORM IT HAS SPARKED IN GUITAR LAND
10 min |
August 2023
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BETTENCOURT OF PUBLIC ΟΡΙΝΙΟΝ
BRIAN MAY, ZAKK WYLDE, STEVE VAI, TOM MORELLO AND MORE EXPLAIN WHY NUNO AIN'T YOUR TYPICAL GUITAR HERO
6 min |
August 2023
Guitar World
THE RISING SON
BACK IN MARCH, EXTREME RELEASED A NEW SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO CALLED \"RISE\" (COMPLETE WITH A FREAKIN' PHENOMENAL NUNO BETTENCOURT GUITAR SOLO). THE GUITAR-PLAYING COMMUNITY HASN'T QUITE BEEN THE SAME SINCE
10+ min |
August 2023
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Ally Venable
BESIDES A NEW STUDIO, NEW BAND AND NEW MINDSET, THIS YOUNG TEXAN’S LATEST ALBUM BENEFITS FROM SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE GUEST APPEARANCES BY BUDDY GUY AND JOE BONAMASSA
2 min |
July 2023
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The Classless of '23
CLASSLESS ACT GUITARIST DANE PIEPER CHRONICLES THE RISE OF A ROCK 'N' ROLL JUGGERNAUT
5 min |
July 2023
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Bruce Kulick goes Back to School
IN 1985, THE FUTURE KISS GUITARIST TEAMED UP WITH MICHAEL BOLTON — YES, THAT MICHAEL BOLTON — FOR SOME HARD-ROCKING TUNES, ONE OF WHICH WOUND UP IN RODNEY DANGERFIELD’S (AWESOME) 1986 COMEDY
2 min |
July 2023
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Jesus Piece
NOT EVEN A STUDIO FLOOD (AND OTHER MYSTERIOUS CHALLENGES) CAN STOP THIS PHILLY METALCORE QUINTET
2 min |
July 2023
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Ayla Tesler-Mabé
ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT OPPOSED TO COMPROMISING, THE LUDIC (AND EXCALPURNIA) GUITARIST IS LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF HER DEBUT SOLO EXPERIMENT
2 min |
July 2023
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24 Strings Blazing
INDIAN SLIDE GUITAR MASTER DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA HONORS HIS HERITAGE ON THE SOUND OF THE SOUL
3 min |
July 2023
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ARIA OF EXPERTISE
GW DIGS THROUGH 60-PLUS YEARS OF ARIA GUITARS HISTORY
8 min |
July 2023
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20 YEARS GONE
IN THIS EXCERPT FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH ZAKK AND DIME FROM OUR MARCH 2003 ISSUE, THE DUO SCREAM OUT FOR MORE GUITAR SOLOS IN MODERN ROCK AND PREDICT THE RISE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SHREDDERS
4 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
TECH TALK
A QUICK ZAKK WYLDE RIG RUNDOWN WITH STEPHEN MURILLO, ZAKK'S GUITAR TECH FOR THE PAST DECADE
1 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
DIMEBAG'S CHAMPION
GRADY CHAMPION, DIME’S FRIEND AND GUITAR TECH, TALKS ABOUT THE PANTERA CELEBRATION SHOWS — AND HIS ROLE IN THE MAELSTROM
6 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
FAR BEYOND DRIVEN
THE INIMITABLE ZAKK WYLDE DISCUSSES HIS THOUGHTS, HIS APPROACH AND HIS GEAR AS HE HONORS HIS MUCH-MISSED FRIEND WITH REVERENCE AND RESPECT
10+ min |
July 2023
Guitar World
PANTERA GOES WYLDE
Celebrated Texas metallers PANTERA are back for a gangbuster world tour - with Black Label Society's ZAKK WYLDE filling in for the late 'n' legendary DIMEBAG DARRELL Is it a reunion or a tribute? Who cares! If you ask Zakk, it's simply a celebration of the music, spirit and legacy of his fallen brother. Behold the fiery return of the Cowboys from Hell!
10+ min |
July 2023
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AMERICANA'S GUITAR GODFATHER
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZAL YANOVSKY OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL
10+ min |
July 2023
Guitar World
HOT FUZZ
10 recent-vintage fuzz pedals - in pretty much every price range that'll help you nail everything from George Harrison's buzz-saw \"What Is Life\" tone to stoner metal bliss à la Electric Wizard and Fu Manchu
8 min |
July 2023
Guitar World
NEIL GIRALDO
Pat Benatar's right-hand man (and husband) on how he wound up with Jeff Beck's pickups, his approach to singable guitar solos - and why being listed among the generally unsung greats ain't so bad after all
9 min |
July 2023
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Τοm Verlaine 1949-2023
The cult hero who reconfigured guitar music and inspired generations of alternative rock bands
9 min |
May 2023
Guitar World
MASTER OF DOWNSTROKES
IN THIS 2009 INTERVIEW (MAKING ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN GW), JAMES HETFIELD GIVES YOU THE LOWDOWN ON HOW HE DEVELOPED HIS JAW-DROPPING RIFFING CHOPS
7 min |
June 2023
Guitar World
DIARY OF A BASS MAN
EIGHTY SEASONS (AKA 20 YEARS) INTO HIS CAREER WITH METALLICA, BASSIST ROBERT TRUJILLO TALKS US THROUGH THE WRITING AND RECORDING PROCESS FOR 72 SEASONS, REVEALING HOW CERTAIN MOMENTS REMIND HIM OF SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, BLACK SABBATH AND... CHEECH & CHONG?
9 min |
June 2023
Guitar World
LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL
PAUL GILBERT takes us on a deep dive through his latest album - a 12-track celebration of metal great Ronnie James Dio, who roped in guitar greats Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore and Vivian Campbell across various eras of his storied career
10+ min |
June 2023
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The DEATH WISH TWO
After teaming up for a fiery EP late last year, celebrated blueser Samantha Fish and Texas troublemaker Jesse Dayton have returned with their first long-player, Death Wish Blues
7 min |