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August 29
- Led Zeppelin Preview "Black Dog (Basic Track with Guitar Overdubs)" — Listen
August 28
- Epic and Legacy Announce 'Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' Box Set
- Check Out This Gigantic Flying V Guitar — Video
- Jeff Beck and ZZ Top Announce Tour Suspension; Beck to Fill Dates Through August
- Blake Mills Premieres New Song, "Shed Your Head" — Exclusive
August 27
- Bad Seed Rising Premiere “King Kong” Lyric Video
- Johnny Winter and Billy Gibbons Premiere New Song, "Where Can You Be" — Listen
- 1349 Premiere New Song, "Exorcism" — Exclusive
August 26
- Six Visionaries Who Invented the Strat
- Six Most Expensive Strats
- Six Cult Strat Albums
- Brian Farmer, Warren Haynes' Longtime Guitar Tech, Dead at 53
- Bob Dylan Announces 'The Basement Tapes Complete: Bootleg Series Volume 11'
- Avenged Sevenfold Premiere Original First-Cut "Unholy Confessions" Music Video
- Limp Bizkit Premiere “Endless Slaughter” Music Video
August 25
- Slipknot Premiere New Song, "The Devil in I" — Listen
- John Mayer Accepts Jason Becker's Ice Bucket Challenge, Plays Becker's "Air" — Video
August 24
- ZZ Top and Jeff Beck Play "Sixteen Tons" at Greek Theatre — Video
August 21
- Heartist Premiere “Skeletons” Music Video
- Eddie Van Halen's "Spanish Fly" Played on Piano — Video
- The Francesco Artusato Project Premiere "Gates of Reason" Music Video —Exclusive
- Session Guitar: What You Can Offer Clients to Increase Your Value As a Session Player
- Lefty Williams Band Premiere "Let It Roll On" Music Video — Exclusive
August 20
- Thurston Moore Premieres New Song, "The Best Day" — Listen
- Jimi Hendrix's 'The Cry of Love' and 'Rainbow Bridge' to Be Reissued in September
- Slash Previews New Song, "30 Years to Life" —Listen
- In Flames Guitarists Niclas Engelin and Bjorn Gelotte Play Riffs from New Album, 'Siren Charms' — Exclusive Video
August 19
- Metallica: Official Footage from Heavy Montreal, Including Rehearsal, "Battery" and "The Four Horsemen" — Video
- Foo Fighters Spoof 'Carrie' in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Video
- Crucified Barbara Premiere "I Sell My Kids for Rock’N’Roll" Playthrough Video
- Review: Three New Hal Leonard Books for the Bassist in All of Us
- Gary Clark Jr. to Release Double Live Album September 23
- Opeth Stream New Album, 'Pale Communion'
- Seymour Duncan Releases Pickup Booster Pedal — Demo Video
- Korn Premiere "Hater" Music Video
August 18
- What if The Beatles Were an Extreme Metal Band? — Video
August 17
- Find Your Way: How to Spice Up a Cover Song
August 15
- Cage The Elephant on 'Guitar Center Sessions' —Exclusive Video
August 14
- Johnny Winter and Ben Harper Cover Elmore James' "I Can't Hold Out" — Listen
- Eight-Piece Austin Band Brownout Cover Black Sabbath's "Fairies Wear Boots" — Listen
- Mashup Alert: The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" and The Knack's "My Sharona" — Video
August 12
- Brian Setzer Premieres "Lemme Slide" Lyric Video
- Ace Frehley Premieres Cover of Steve Miller's "The Joker" — Listen
- Van Halen Book by Guitar World Editors Chronicles '40 Years of the Great American Rock Band'
- Jeff Beck and ZZ Top Perform "La Grange" — Video
- Ace Frehley Premieres New Song, 'Space Invader' — Listen
August 11
- Ace Frehley Enlists Slash and Others for New Covers Album
- Suicide Silence Performs Hatebreed's "Last Breath" With Jamey Jasta — Watch
- Malcolm Young Will Not Return to AC/DC, Says Band Biographer
- Professionally Shot Film of Megadeth's Full Bloodstock Open Air Performance — Watch
- Mr. Big Release Details of New Album, '…The Stories We Could Tell'
- Invisible Familiars Announce Debut LP, 'Disturbing Wildlife'
- Metal Guitar Tribute to the History of Video Games — Video
August 8
- Is Eric Clapton's New 'Planes, Trains and Eric' DVD His Final Tour Document?
August 7
- Foo Fighters Announce Premiere of HBO Series, 'Sonic Highways,' and New Single
- Robert Plant Premieres Live "Rainbow" Music Video, Announces Fall Tour
- DragonForce Premiere Cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” — Listen
- Steve Smyth's One Machine Premiere "The Distortion of Lies and the Overdriven Truth" Music Video —Exclusive
- Foo Fighters Reveal New Album Cover?
August 6
- Sixx:A.M. Premiere "Gotta Get It Right" Music Video
- Megafauna Premiere "Haunted Factory" Music Video —Exclusive
August 5
- Gretsch Unleashes New Guitars for Summer 2014, Including G6137TCB Panther
- Jackson Guitars Announces 2014 Summer Releases, Including Custom Select Series
- EVH Unveils Stripe Series “Circles” Guitar
- Sixx:A.M. Premiere New Song, "Gotta Get It Right" — Listen
- Slipknot Premiere New Music Video, "The Negative One"
- Jeff Beck and ZZ Top Set to Launch North American Tour August 8
- Halcyon Way Premiere New Song, "World Comes Undone" — Exclusive
August 4
- David Lee Roth's Unaccompanied Vocal Track from Van Halen's "Running With the Devil" — Listen
- Opeth Premiere New Song, "Eternal Rains"
- Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood Premiere New Song, "Juicy Lucy" —Exclusive
August 1
- Sixx:A.M. Reveal 'Modern Vintage' Cover Art, Track Listing and Trailer Video
- Limp Bizkit Premiere New Song, "Endless Slaughter"
- Slipknot Premiere New Song, “The Negative One”
- Johnny Depp and Aerosmith Perform "Big Ten Inch Record" — Video
- Gus G Premieres Music Video for "Blame It on Me" Featuring Mats Levén
- Kirk Hammett, Exodus, Death Angel Members Perform Judas Priest's "Grinder" and Metallica's "Seek & Destroy" — Video
- Lullwater: The Story Behind "Albatross" — Exclusive Video
- The Feed Premiere New Album, 'Outsider' — Exclusive