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“We never saw it coming that Mick wasn’t going to be able to tour and was going to have to quit the band”: Nikki Sixx offers his own take on the Mötley Crüe drama
By Matt Owen published
“We didn’t choose this, but since we had to be put in this position, we’re very happy with where we’re at right now,” the bassist said in an exclusive new Guitar World interview
“I'm gonna do this intro all over for you”: Kirk Hammett fluffs the intro to Nothing Else Matters at first show of Metallica's US tour
By Matt Owen published
It's not the first time the Gibson and ESP signature artist has stumbled over the track's open-string heavy intro riff
Paul Gilbert thinks freeform guitar solos are “pretty dangerous” – but he’s brought them back for Mr. Big’s farewell tour anyway
By Jackson Maxwell published
Though the virtuoso has admitted he's “a bit rusty with the artform” of freeform soloing, there's little sign of it in the electrifying examples that have surfaced from the band's ongoing final tour
Nuno Bettencourt on playing with Rihanna: "I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig"
By Jackson Maxwell published
"Slash is one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time but I guarantee – and he’d be the first to tell you – that if he jumps up and he’s got to play a clean intro to Rude Boy by Rihanna, it ain’t happening,” the Extreme virtuoso says
Guitar tour of the year? Mammoth WVH and Nita Strauss to hit the road together this fall
By Jackson Maxwell published
Wolfgang Van Halen's band will join forces with Strauss for a North American tour in November and December
Jeff Beck said Stevie Ray Vaughan “was the closest thing to Hendrix when it came to playing the blues”: watch the two guitar heroes duke it out on Goin' Down
By Jackson Maxwell published
Filmed for MTV, this electrifying 1989 performance showcases the Strat titans' uniquely forceful playing
Watch Nita Strauss rip Pantera's Cowboys From Hell as she kicks off her Summer Storm tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
It's not the first time the Ibanez-wielding virtuoso has tackled a tune by the Texas groove-metal legends, either...
Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kirk Hammett and more close out first Jeff Beck tribute concert with star-studded rendition of Going Down
By Matt Owen published
Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, John McLaughlin, Johnny Depp, Gary Clark Jr. and many more all squeezed onstage to pay tribute to the late guitar great
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