Latest about Alice Cooper
Damon Johnson on playing with Thin Lizzy and Lynyrd Skynyrd – and why Eddie Van Halen gifted him a guitar
From touring with Van Halen, to finding his own niche as a blood-and-guts player with some of rock’s biggest names
“Other guitar players could hear what he was doing and go, ‘Oh my gosh, this guy's amazing’”: Alice Cooper says Eddie Van Halen asked him to set up a guitar lesson with Glen Campbell
The guitar hero was keen to learn from the Wrecking Crew regular and six-string ace
“This is one more shot at glory for me. I know the things I’ve been denied. I shouldn’t have to build it up all over again”: K.K. Downing on reclaiming his legacy with KK’s Priest – and what his one-off reunion with Judas Priest was really like
The original “Sinner” takes you behind the scenes of his dramas in and out of Priest and their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction – and why his turbo-charged new album is “about the fight and the victory”
“I still remember writing the intro to Sweet Jane sitting on a couch in my living room”: How a session guitar legend resurrected Lou Reed’s career with hard-rock lead heroics – and help from Blood, Sweat & Tears’ Steve Katz
He was the ghost player on Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin’, and defined many a classic Alice Cooper album with his stinging, melodic leads, but Lou Reed's ferocious Rock ’n’ Roll Animal live album may just be Steve Hunter’s finest hour – and contains one of the most underrated twin-guitar solos of the ’70s
“Joe Perry had hit a block, so I was called in to play on Train Kept a Rollin’. They said, ‘Don't tell anyone – no-one can know’”: From Alice Cooper to Peter Gabriel and Aerosmith, Steve Hunter has led one of session guitar’s most remarkable careers
The session veteran tells his greatest war stories: how he wrote the epic intro to Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane, what he taught Jason Becker for his stint with David Lee Roth, and why he believes losing his sight made him a better guitar player
Nita Strauss announces The Call of the Void – a star-studded new solo album featuring Lzzy Hale, Marty Friedman and Alice Cooper
Listen to new single The Golden Trail, which sees Strauss team up with In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén for a full-throttle riff clinic
Nita Strauss: "A guitar solo is a way for the guitarist to tell a chapter of the song's story. That dictates my approach, rather than, 'Here's a bunch of cool notes'"
The Ibanez signature shredder on reuniting with Alice Cooper for her latest single, how working with singers made her a less selfish musician, and why people got her departure from Cooper's band so wrong
Nita Strauss reunites with Alice Cooper for new single Winner Takes All – and Strauss is cutting heads in the solo
“There was no question that I wanted to create a song to collaborate with my longtime boss and friend, the legendary Alice Cooper,” says Strauss
Nita Strauss will return to Alice Cooper’s lineup for 2023 tour
After taking temporary leave to perform alongside Demi Lovato, the Ibanez signature artist is set to reunite with Cooper and co for a string of tour dates this year
Tommy Henriksen: "When you play with a Kemper, you hear every little mistake, and that alone forces you to be a better player"
The Alice Cooper guitarist discusses what he's learned from the shock-rocker, how AC/DC informed his new project Crossbone Skully, and why he's a Gibson SG man through and through
