Total Guitar
“I have this whole other side of my musical personality”
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is exploring new sounds on his first solo project. His aim: “to do something that’s never been done before…”
9 min |
July 2022
Total Guitar
The Genius of Gilmour In 20 Songs
"He has this perfect guitar tone, whether it's acoustic or electric”
10+ min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
THE FIRST...CRAIG OWENS D.R.U.G.S.
CRAIG TAKES US BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF HIS FASCINATING CAREER AND REVEALS SOME OF THE MOMENTS THAT KICKED THINGS OFF.
4 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
THE SHAKE UP
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE ARE BACK, AND IT FEELS... FAMILIAR. MATTY MULLINS EXPLAINS HOW HE AND HIS BAND WOUND BACK THE CLOCK AND MADE SOME OF THEIR MOST VITAL WORK YET.
5 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
SAY SOMETHING
THE FAIM ARE BACK FOR ALBUM TWO AFTER A LONG, LONG REST. JOSH RAVEN OPENS UP ON 'TALK TALK'.
5 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
PARTY HARD
IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND YEAR FOR BLIND CHANNEL, ENDING AT THEIR MASSIVE NEW ALBUM. HERE, JOEL HOKKA, NIKO MOILANEN, JOONAS PORKO AND ALEKSI KAUNISVESI TELL ITS STORY.
6 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
ON THE SPIN
SPECTACULAR. ENDURING. ESSENTIAL. DANCE GAVIN DANCE HAVE BEEN THROUGH MORE IN A FEW YEARS THAN MOST BANDS WOULD GO THROUGH IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREER, BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST MAKING IT THROUGH THEY'RE THRIVING. HERE, JON, WILL, TILIAN, MATT AND ANDREW WALK US THROUGH THE JOURNEY FROM 'AFTERBURNER' TO THEIR IMMENSE NEW ALBUM 'JACKPOT JUICER', TO THE PASSING OF THEIR BASSIST TIM FEERICK AND THE FUTURE OF THE BAND. IF EVER A BAND NEEDED TO WIN, IT'S THIS ONE. AND THEY'RE DOING IT.
10+ min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
PERFECT TEN 10 NEW RELEASES YOU NEED TO HEAR
VAXIS II: A WINDOW OF THE WAKING MIND'
2 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
MINT GREEN
MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND WHAT MIGHT JUST BE ONE OF 2022'S BREAKOUT ALBUMS.
2 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
BUCKET LIST DANNY BEUS DUNE RATS
DANNY WALKS US THROUGH THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE'S YET TO TICK OFF HIS LIST.
2 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
NOW, NOW, NOW
NOVA TWINS AND THEIR SPECTACULAR NEW ALBUM ARE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. WE SIT DOWN WITH AMY AND GEORGIA AS THEY EXPLAIN WHY...
5 min |
July 2022
Rock Sound
ANY QUESTION ANSWERED NOAHFINNCE
NOAH WALKS US THROUGH HIS FASCINATING LIFE AND CAREER SO FAR AHEAD OF HIS NEW EP, 'MY LIFE AFTER THERAPY'.
10+ min |
July 2022
Computer Music
15 questions with...John Newman
John Newman may already be known as the charttopping singer with hits like 2012's UK number one Feel The Love (with Rudimental) and global top 10 Love Me Again, but this year he's taken his own advice - "move on before it's too late". He's now embarked on a new chapter, John Newman 2.0, which is more dance-orientated, but actually returns to his production roots where he discovered computer music via some breakfast cereals...
10 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
TOP GUN
With fans that ranged from Pete Townshend to Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen, Leslie West inspired players across the genres with his singular playing style and a searing lead guitar tone that could belong to no other.
10+ min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
SHRED WHITE & BLUE JACK WHITE
HAS PUT HIS SIGNATURE STYLE ON GEAR — FROM ITS SOUND TO ITS LOOK. AS HE DROPS HIS LATEST ALBUM, FEAR OF THE DAWN, HE GIVES GUITAR PLAYER AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE GUITARS, PEDALS AND PASSION BEHIND HIS BLUE PERIOD.
10+ min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
MIAMI VICE
Nile Rodgers riffs on his famed Hitmaker Stratocaster as Fender releases a limited-edition replica.
6 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
SQUIER
40th Anniversary Telecaster, Gold Edition
4 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
As The Police — Greatest Hits returns in a deluxe edition, Andy Summers reflects on five classic tracks from the band's timeless catalog.
10 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
LINE 6
DL4 MkII Delay Modeler Pedal
5 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
LAVA ME 3
SMART GUITARS
7 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
How I Wrote... "Fantasy"
Aldo Nova reveals how some free studio time led to his breakthrough 1982 hit.
3 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
ELECTRIC WARRIORS
Following a seven-year absence, Def Leppard return with the glam-inspired Diamond Star Halos. Phil Collen explains how they got it on like the old days.
9 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
CRAZY TUBE CIRCUITS (Phi) Golden Ratio
EFFECTS PEDALS
3 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
AUSTIN POWER
From chunk to chicha, Beto Martinez is the new king of Latin rock guitar.
7 min |
July 2022
Guitar Player
AMERICANA REDUX
In our second installment, Ry Cooder reveals the source of his authentic guitar tones on his new album with Taj Mahal, Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
9 min |
July 2022
Total Guitar
The Many Faces of Jack White
Innovator. Visionary. Gearhead. And a guitar hero like no other. Jack White is all of these things and more...
10+ min |
June 2022
Total Guitar
Jack White – I'm the proudest I've been in my life of my guitar playing
As two new solo albums illustrate the breadth of his art, Jack White believes that he's reaching a new peak as a guitarist. "There are places I've never gone before," he says, "and techniques I thought I wasn't capable of doing...”
10+ min |
June 2022
Total Guitar
How to create a rock anthem by Def Leppard
Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell on the art of the stadium rock banger. Rule number one: "Respect the melody..."
9 min |
June 2022
Total Guitar
Russell Lissack – "I do as much with my feet as I do with my hands!"
Bloc Party's lead guitarist Russell Lissack has two of the most complex pedalboards ever amassed. So how many pedals did he have when making the band's new album? "Probably a hundred," he laughs...
7 min |
June 2022
Total Guitar
We Have No Amps-and Crappy Guitars!
Inside the Lo-fi World of Alt-rockers Momma
2 min |