New Voices In Guitar

On the lookout for jaw-dropping new talent? Here’s our guide to 10 guitarists to keep an eye (or two) on in the coming year

Jeff Beck

It’s hard to ignore. ¶ Almost every time we ask a guitarist to name his “biggest influence” or “the reason you got into guitar,” the name Jeff Beck invariably pops up — along with three or four glowing adjectives, adverbs and exclamation points. ¶ In the following interviews, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Stevens, Vince Gill, Carmen Vandenberg and Tyler Bryant explain why the ever-evolving Jeff Beck is the guitar hero’s guitar hero.

Far Beyond Driven

LIVING LEGEND ZAKK WYLDE JOINS GUITAR WORLD FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND LESSON TO CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BREWTAL BROTHERHOOD, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

50 Greatest Iron Maiden Songs Of All Time

Troopers, killers, damned children, & ancient mariners! Guitar World proudly presents the 50 greatest Iron Maiden songs of all time

Bouzouki Joe

“My number one rule on this record was ‘no guitars.’ I still wanted it to be a crazy rock album, but the rock couldn’t come from guitars. To me, it was an interesting challenge: Could we still rock as hard as ever without guitars?” TY SEGALL talks bouzoukis, kotos, Omnichords and First Taste.

New Voices In Guitar

On the lookout for jaw-dropping new talent? Here’s our guide to 10 guitarists to keep an eye (or two) on in the coming year.

Hotel Oklahoma

Country music star VINCE GILL discusses his new album, Okie, and what it’s like to soar with JOE WALSH, DON HENLEY and TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT in the EAGLES

Double Feature

FELIX MARTIN — A LEFT-HANDED TAPPING VIRTUOSO WHO PLAYS TWO EXTENDED-RANGE FRETBOARDS AT THE SAME TIME — TRULY GOES TO TOWN ON CARACAS

Imagine Dragons

From magical mirrors to mythical dragons, it was a very special Fender Telecaster that dominated JIMMY PAGE’s look and sound in the Yardbirds and early Led Zeppelin. In the following interview, Page revisits some legendary “happenings 50 years time ago.”

Electric Funeral

TONY IOMMI ADMINISTERS LAST RITES TO BLACK SABBATH, AND SHARES HIS MEMORIES OF THE BAND’S FINAL GIG, FILMED IN ALL ITS GLORY ON THE END OF THE END.

Lean, Mean and Green

No rock opera concepts, no multi-disc sets. Green Day’s newest album Revolution Radio is just a dozen great pop-punk songs, done as only Green Day can do them. Just don’t call it a back-tobasics album when face to face with Billie Joe Armstrong.

Steven's Universe

Multi-talented Producer and Instrumentalist Steven Wilson Is Looking at 2017 as His Year, With a Highly Focused New Solo Album on the Way. 

Distortion Decoder

MARSHALL CODE50 AND CODE25

Mille Petrozza Of Kreator

He’s a pioneer of the Eighties thrash metal movement and a strict vegan, but what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

Live Wire

Reigning blues champ GARY CLARK JR. continues to wrestle with live-album anxiety on the new Live North America 2016—but if the sweet, soulful playing on the disc is any indication, he’s certainly well on his way to becoming a master stage performer.

Misfortune Tellers

A Series of Tragic and Deeply Personal Events Within the Mastodon Camp Serves as the Dark Muse Behind the Group’s Ambitious New Concept Album, Emperor of Sand.

Shot Through The Heart

RICHIE SAMBORA AND ORIANTHI JOIN FORCES TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE GUITAR TEAM AND ROMANTIC COUPLE IN ROCK.

Glenn Proudfoot

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE SUMMONS THE RIFF GODS ON HIS LATEST ALBUM, FIRE & RAIN.

Brutal Fury

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In Good Company

BOSS JB-2 ANGRY DRIVER

Jackie Venson

THE AUSTIN BLUES GUITARIST KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WIN OVER AUDIENCES, ONE NOTE AT A TIME.

Avatar

THE SWEDISH METALLERS UNLEASH AVATAR COUNTRY, A CONCEPT ALBUM FIT FOR A KING.

Scott Gorham Of Black Star Riders And Thin Lizzy

He served as one half of Thin Lizzy’s most legendary guitar duo and just released his third studio album with his band Black Star Riders, but what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

Suicide Solution

After spending nearly 10 years as one of the premier deathcore bands on the extreme metal circuit, SUICIDE SILENCE undergo a dramatic transformation with their latest album—and say “bring it on!” to anyone who questions their judgment.

World Power

Their band members come from all over the globe and their latest album and single are tearing up charts and playlists like never before. From the looks of things, it’s clear that, after more than 20 years, this is ARCH ENEMY’s moment of triumph.

Resonant Waves

Hughes & Kettner Era 1 

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Corrosion Of Conformity

STILL A DRIVING, HEAVY METAL POWERHOUSE AFTER 35 YEARS, NORTH CAROLINA GRIME-METAL LEGENDS CORROSION OF CONFORMITY RETURN WITH THE PEPPER KEENAN–LED NO CROSS NO CROWN.

Milligan Vaughan Project

SON OF JIMMIE, NEPHEW OF STEVIE RAY—TYRONE VAUGHAN IS HERE TO CARRY ON THE GREAT AUSTIN BLUES TRADITION SET FORTH BY HIS FAMILY.

Eric Johnson

ON HIS LATEST TOUR, THE AUSTIN, TEXAS, VIRTUOSO REVISITS HIS BEST-LOVED WORK, AH VIA MUSICOM.