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“He’s playing pretty badly, but he is playing”: When Corey Feldman went full shred and melted faces
By Amit Sharma published
2024 Year in Review: This year’s most talked-about solo came from the most unlikely of places
How Kerry King rose from the ashes of Slayer – ready to slay all over again
By Amit Sharma published
2024 Year in Review: Slay bells ring, are you listening? From Hell I Rise is the sound of a thrash icon doing what thrash icons do best
When cult guitar hero Rob Fetters went to pick Adrian Belew up from a Zappa rehearsal – and ended up giving his idol a lift
By Matt Owen published
In the late 1970s, Fetters swung by the studio to pick up Belew, but ended up picking up a rather famous plus one for the journey home
Blackpink’s Rosé on the acoustic guitar she bought when she was 14 and played at the most important audition of her life
By Janelle Borg published
The girl group member-turned-solo artist recalls buying the guitar that played a key role in landing her a spot in Blackpink
Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner returns to the stage for the first time in 50 years
By Phil Weller published
Macca’s original Höfner violin bass had been missing for half a century, but recently marked its return to the stage in style
Duane Betts on why less is more on his pedalboard, but a tuner and a boost? Everyone should have one
By Andrew Daly published
The guitarist and songwriter on why, for him, it’s all about amp tone
Veteran session guitarist Tim Pierce on how his off-the-cuff solo ended up on a Bon Jovi classic
By Janelle Borg published
Pierce recalls laying down guitar parts for what was originally supposed to be just the demo of Jon Bon Jovi's debut single
That time one of the fastest shredders in guitar history auditioned to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band
By Matt Owen published
When the Osbourne camp began searching for Jake E. Lee’s replacement, a neo-classical speed shredder featured high up on their list
Bob “Slim” Dunlap, guitarist for The Replacements, has died at 73
By Janelle Borg published
Bruce Springsteen called Dunlap's post-Replacements solo materal “just beautiful rock ‘n’ roll records”
“It was building up in the back of my mind for so long that it finally pushed its way to the fore”: Why this was the year Slash finally got the blues
By Amit Sharma published
2024 Year in Review: The Guns N’ Roses icon indulged his earliest influences and shone a spotlight on blues icons old and new
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