Go Behind the Scenes with the Aristocrats for the Recording of Their New Album

Back in April, the Aristocrats—guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann—announced their fourth studio album, You Know What…?, set for release on June 28.

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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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