Stan Bull

Stan Bull

Stan is a Production Editor and writer for Total Guitar, a publication that he has been reading since the age of 10, which is partly responsible for his enduring love of the instrument. He also works for Computer Music and Future Music magazines, and has written for a number of Bristol-based blogs and zines since graduating from the University of South Wales in 2015. Stan is an alternative music enthusiast and has played in a number of indie bands, though he dreams of one day having a picking hand fast enough to form a death metal group. Wish him luck.

Latest articles by Stan Bull

Conor Curley of Fontaines DC performs on stage on the second day of TRNSMT Festival at Glasgow Green on July 09, 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Conor Curley of Fontaines D.C. on his love of Deftones and why he’s writing riffs like a beginner

By Stan Bull Published

Romance is the sound of self-confessed “guitar culture nerd” Curley expanding the Fontaine D.C. sound with elemental reasoning, pure instinct, and occasional Mellotron – and if he ever gets stuck for inspiration, he has a pile of Total Guitar back issues to reference…

Guitarists
TG378
Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 378

By Stan Bull Published

Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 378

Magazines
The Lemon Twigs' Brian D'Addario
“I would definitely advise trying classical guitar – it’s really easy to translate classical chord shapes to pop music”: How NY duo The Lemon Twigs are leading the ’70s glam rock guitar revival

By Stan Bull Published

Power-pop enthusiast Brian D’Addario on his love of 12-strings, surprising guitar heroes, and how fingerstyle on a nylon-string can be the foundation for all songwriting on guitar

Guitarists
Squid's Anton Louis Borlase and Anton Pearson
“We’ve never wanted to come across like we’re doing things properly”: How Squid overcame imposter syndrome to develop a mesmerizing post-punk guitar sound

By Stan Bull Published

Louis Borlase and Anton Pearson on breaking guitar rules, swapping instruments and why they're not a ‘leave the overdrive pedal on’ kind of band

Artists
Alex Bishop
Longheads’ Alex Bishop on the persuasive power of Marshall amps and why he bought the filthiest guitar he’d ever seen

By Stan Bull Published

The London-based quintet's new EP, Mars Doesn’t Feel Like Home Any More, might tap into contemporary garage-psych rock, but as Bishop explains, it goes way back to the Young brothers

Guitar Amps
TGR366
Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 366

By Stan Bull Published

Download and stream the audio from Total Guitar 366

Magazines
Adam Hann
The 1975’s Adam Hann on his love of John Petrucci’s signature model, divvying up parts with Matty Healy and snapping up Klon Centaurs

By Stan Bull Published

The secret metalhead, maximalist, and one half of The 1975's guitar duo takes us inside the English pop-rockers' intimate new album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language

Guitarists
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett onstage in Japan, 1986
How Metallica changed metal with their groundbreaking 1986 classic Master of Puppets

By Paul Elliott Published

With testimony from James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and producer Fleming Rasmussen, we unpack the story behind the definitive Metallica album

Bands
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
The 10 best King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard songs... so far

By Stan Bull Published

From jazz to folk to thrash and beyond, frontman Stu Mackenzie recalls some of the band's standout guitar tracks

Music Releases
Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Stu Mackenzie: "King Gizzard was made to be loose... we didn't have a rehearsal for years!"

By Stan Bull Published

The King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard mastermind on the band's laidback approach to jamming, recording in shipping containers and his newfound love for the Gibson Explorer...

Artists