Alice Cooper's guitarists, past and present: does he find them worthy?

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Since he burst onto the stage in 1968, frontman extraordinaire Alice Cooper has performed with an astonishing array of guitar virtuosos, starting with Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce, and continuing with Steve Hunter, Dick Wagner, Davey Johnstone, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Orianthi, Reb Beach and Slash. But what does he really think of them? You’re about to find out.

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Brad Tolinski

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Brad was the editor of Guitar World from 1990 to 2015. Since his departure he has authored Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen, Light & Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page and Play it Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound & Revolution of the Electric Guitar, which was the inspiration for the Play It Loud exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2019.