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Meet Tim Rockmore, the TV and session veteran who’s recorded entire tracks with a Fender headphone amp
By Jenna Scaramanga published
After recording jingles for Sprite, Sears and Pringles, Rockmore learned how to gain attention in a world where you can never overplay, and where the analog-vs-digital amp argument ended 30 years ago

Longtime Mike Campbell sideman Jason Sinay on how he ended up playing with his hero after spotting him in the crowd
By Janelle Borg published
Sinay has jammed with his fair share of bonafide music legends – but admits he was starstruck when the Godfather of Grunge asked to play with him

Nita Strauss licked by Alice Cooper’s snake on her return to the band
By Phil Weller published
The shock rocker’s boa constrictor ensured Hurricane Nita got a warm welcome back after she’d temporarily stepped aside to fulfill solo dates

Dave Mustaine says nu-metal guitarists aversion to solos was down to a lack of lead talent – not stylistic choice
By Phil Weller published
He believes nu-metal players had limited abilities, but could the movement’s shred-friendly second coming change his mind?

Slayer’s Tom Araya charts his incredible 4-string journey
By Amit Sharma published
From starting on a Paul McCartney Höfner ripoff to pioneering some of the heaviest metal ever committed to tape, Tom Araya admits he's no bass virtuoso… but he “can play fast sometimes”

Paul ‘Wags’ Wagstaff, guitarist for Happy Mondays, Black Grape and Paris Angels, has died aged 60
By Janelle Borg published
Wagstaff was a key figure in Manchester's thriving “Madchester” scene in the '80s and '90s

Marty Friedman takes us back to Megadeth’s Countdown to Extinction era to tell the story behind one of the rarest Jackson guitars ever
By Andrew Daly published
It was December 1991, and the cover of GW featured Friedman with a prototype Jackson that begged further investigation. Just where was his signature model? And what became of the Firebird-inspired design?

With the return of Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater are fully reborn – and John Petrucci's still not done exploring new guitar frontiers
By Jon Wiederhorn published
Wielding naught but his signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty, Petrucci has been studying different types of scales and different types of chords – and he says having Portnoy back on the drum stool makes the prog-metal institution feel like they're all 18 again
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