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Troy Van Leeuwen and Billy Gibbons

“Billy Gibbons brought some off-brand amp simulator to the studio. We heard him playing through this thing and it was like, ‘Wow! It sounds like f**kin’ Billy Gibbons!’” Troy Van Leeuwen might have just proven beyond doubt that tone truly is in the hands

By Matt Owen published

The Queens of the Stone Age guitarist recalls a studio visit from the ZZ Top icon, and in doing so provides yet more evidence in favor of the ‘tone is in the hands’ argument

Primus’s Les Claypool and Tool’s Justin Chancellor

Hear Justin Chancellor play through Les Claypool’s rig as this Primus-Tool supergroup take on Ænima at chest-rattling velocity

By Matt Parker published

Members of the two bands and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen teamed up for a double-drummer take on the Tool classic

Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash

Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash could feature on new Jane's Addiction music in 2023

By Sam Roche published

The guitarists all filled in on the band's recent Spirits on Fire US tour, as Dave Navarro continues to battle long Covid

Troy Van Leeuwen (left) and Dave Navarro perform onstage

Troy Van Leeuwen is filling in for Dave Navarro on Jane’s Addiction's current North American tour

By Jackson Maxwell published

Navarro has been battling a nasty case of long Covid since last December

(from left) Andrew Watt, Chris Chaney, Josh Homme, Taylor Hawkins and Chad Smith jam at Malibu Elementary School

Watch Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age members jam on classic rock standards at all-star benefit concert

By Jackson Maxwell published

Taylor Hawkins, Chris Chaney, Chad Smith, Danny Carey, Andrew Watt, Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen came together for a loose, one-off performance at Malibu Elementary School

Troy Van Leeuwen

Troy Van Leeuwen: "People think you need all this extra distortion – if your amp’s loud and you get the speakers to move, that’s how you sound huge"

By Amit Sharma published

The Queens of the Stone Age multi-instrumentalist dishes on his many projects, the pedals that define his sound, and his lavish new signature Fender Jazzmaster

Fender Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster

Fender refreshes the Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster with an all-new Copper Age finish

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The Queens of the Stone Age guitarist updates his well-spec’d offset

Queens of the Stone Age Announce 2018 Tour Dates

By Jackson Maxwell published

Queens of the Stone Age have announced a series of tour dates for early 2018, that will take the hard-rock quintet to the western United States and Canada.

Guitarists Troy Van Leeuwen and Dean Fertita Feel Most at Home in Their Modern Stone Age Family

By Brad Tolinski published

There are few bands in rock music whose individual members have résumés as long and as impressive as those in Queens of the Stone Age.

Fender Custom Shop Builds Double-Neck Jazzmaster for Queens of the Stone Age Guitarist — Video

By Damian Fanelli published

When Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen found himself in need of a double-neck Jazzmaster, he turned to Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Paul Waller.