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LOST CLASSICS: Dead Kennedys
EAST BAY RAY TAKES US INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE SAN FRAN PUNKS' CLASSIC 1980 ALBUM, FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES
6 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
Rough-Cut Diamonds
KING DIAMOND GUITARIST ANDY LAROCQUE ON 40 YEARS OF CREATING EXQUISITELY GHOULISH HORROR-METAL, HIS NEW SIGNATURE SHRED-MACHINE, NEW MUSIC AND MORE
7 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
This Is Cracker Soul
CRACKER'S JOHNNY HICKMAN ON HIS \"MICK AND KEITH\" RELATIONSHIP WITH FRONTMAN DAVID LOWERY, THE JOYS OF \"BONEHEADED RIFFS\" AND THE BAND'S NEW ALTERNATIVE HISTORY COLLECTION
5 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: Jimmie Vaughan
THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST TO THE FOUNDING FABULOUS THUNDERBIRD
5 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
Jonathan Hultén
THE EX-TRIBULATION GUITARIST GOES DREAM POP ON HIS SOPHOMORE RELEASE
2 min |
June 2025
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MY PEDALBOARD ELLIOT EASTON
WHAT THE CARS (AND EMPTY HEARTS) GREAT SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN
2 min |
June 2025
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GA-2.0
GA-20 — everyone's favorite bass-guitar-free Boston-based blues trio debut a new guitarist and drummer on their latest EP, Volume 2
7 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
We Have Lift Off
ON ALBUM NUMBER SEVEN, SWEDISH ROCKERS THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA FACED SOME MAJOR TURBULENCE — BUT THE WIND IS BACK BENEATH THEIR WINGS
4 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
Cradle of Filth
THE BRITISH EXTREME METAL HEROES REVEAL THE GUITAR TONES BEHIND THEIR THEATRICAL METAL MAYHEM
2 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
THIRD MAN HARDWARE
With a line of products that range from the Triple Threat, a three-in-one distortion/phaser/echo pedal that you can probably afford after mowing a few lawns, to the Fender Jack White Pano Verb amp, Third Man Hardware aims to inspire guitar players of all skill levels
5 min |
June 2025
Guitar World
Field Music
HOW \"GESTURAL THINKING\" HAS HELPED PETER BREWIS TRANSCEND INFLUENCES AND FIND HIS OWN UNIQUE LANGUAGE
2 min |
June 2025
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GEORGE'S OTHER MASTERPIECE
Living in the Material World, George Harrison's 1973 follow-up to All Things Must Pass, is a moveable feast that's ripe for rediscovery. Dhani Harrison dissects the making of the original album and producing the new 50th-anniversary box set
10+ min |
April 2025
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Spiral XP
SHOEGAZE SUPERFAN MAX KEYES EMBRACES OPEN TUNINGS, PITCH BENDS AND MORE ON HIS LATEST ENDEAVOR
2 min |
April 2025
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Yasmin Williams
A FOLK GUITAR VIRTUOSO BRANCHES OUT ON HER THIRD ALBUM, ACADIA
2 min |
April 2025
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DREAM ON
Forty years into their career, Dream Theater have received a vital transfusion via the return of original drummer Mike Portnoy. John Petrucci takes you inside the reunion - and the band's new album
10+ min |
April 2025
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Neon Nightmare
HOW SPIRIT ADRIFT'S NATE GARRETT CREATED A BRILLIANT ONE-MAN HOMAGE TO TYPE O NEGATIVE
2 min |
April 2025
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Seven Stringer
Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer dispels the illusion of the band’s overnight success” while being stoked about their new album and playing to massive crowds
8 min |
April 2025
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LOST CLASSICS: X
BILLY ZOOM RECOUNTS THE MAKING OF THE ICONIC L.A. PUNKS’ 1982 MAJOR-LABEL DEBUT, UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN
7 min |
April 2025
Guitar World
Times' New Roman
ON ALBUM NUMBER FIVE, JINJER GUITARIST ROMAN IBRAMKHALILOV IS LAYING DOWN SOME OF THE HARDEST-SWINGING RIFFS OF HIS CAREER
4 min |
April 2025
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PEAVEY
Now celebrating six decades in the music business, Peavey offers something for every kind of player. CEO Courtland Gray looks back on the company’s most beloved products, including gear designed with Eddie Van Halen
6 min |
April 2025
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MY PEDALBOARD STEVE HACKETT
WHAT THE PROG-ROCK ICON SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN
1 min |
April 2025
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BUCK DHARMA
Blue Oyster Cult co-founder Donald Buck Dharma” Roeser revegls how the classic Reaper” riff come about ond the secret recipe to his beloved CheeseBerger guitar
9 min |
April 2025
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CIRCLING BACK
From an incomplete Gregg Allman track to appearances by former ABB bandmate Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes’ gripping new album oozes with Allman Brothers Band mojo
8 min |
April 2025
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Martial Artists
COBRA KAI COMPOSERS ZACH ROBINSON AND LEO BIRENBERG TALK GEAR, SEASON 6 AND HOW THEY CONSCRIPTED TOSIN ABASI, CHARLIE ROBBINS AND POLYPHIA'S TIM HENSON INTO THEIR MUSICAL DOJO
7 min |
April 2025
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Caparison Dellinger-JSM V2
WAY BACK IN the dark ages (a.k.a. the Eighties), there were two distinct types of guitar shredders who occupied opposite sides of the spectrum: the hard rock player whose weapon of choice was a super Strat versus the country picker who inevitably opted for a Telecaster.
2 min |
March 2025
Guitar World
The Ultimate Guitar Shop
Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the legendary guitarist’s entire career from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp
10+ min |
March 2025
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Blown Away
Jeff Beck's landmark Blow by Blow dramatically transformed the future for instrumental electric guitar music. Fifty years later, it still remains an inspirational force
10+ min |
March 2025
Guitar World
TAKE NO PRISONERS
In this exclusive excerpt from Dreaming Japanese, Marty Friedman's new autobiography (co-written by frequent GW contributor Jon Wiederhorn), the ace guitarist details his auditions with Ozzy, Megadeth and - what's this about Madonna?
8 min |
March 2025
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MAGNIFICENT
Tearing up the blueprint with an octave G string, Johnny Marr's new seven-string Martin signature model is a distillation of all the British icon's most rebellious opinions on acoustic (and yes, there's also a six-string version)
8 min |
March 2025
Guitar World
Xotic XSS Super S-Style electric guitar
AS FUNNY AS this sounds, when a brand sends me a new guitar model outfitted with only one pickup, I say to myself, “That’s bold.” Releasing a spartan guitar like the Xotic XSS Super S-Style seems like such a throwback to a time when a guy with the initials EVH changed the entire guitar-world landscape by playing guitar with a solitary humbucker and making every guitarist around the globe realize that might be all we need.
3 min |