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Gossamer tremolo picking and the stuff of Phrygian nightmares: This week's essential guitar tracks
Unmissable new songs from Fiddlehead, HotWax, Guns N’ Roses, Emily Wolfe, Born of Osiris, Babymetal ft. Tom Morello, CLT DRP, and more
Nuno Bettencourt fires back at Richard Fortus after he defends Slash over Rihanna gig comments
After Bettencourt suggested “most of the guitar players” he admires would struggle playing with Rihanna, Fortus said he “respectfully disagreed” – and it's prompted a heated reply
This shred-heavy documentary finally focuses on the fringes of LA’s hair metal scene – and it hits streaming next month
I Wanna Rock: The ’80s Metal Dream will talk to members of Skid Row, Winger, Twisted Sister, Vixen and The Scream and examine the fortunes and failures of the scene’s ’80s heyday
Duff McKagan: “I discovered my acoustic guitar as a refuge during Covid. It lessens the panic attacks”
The Guns N’ Roses bassist and songwriter speaks candidly about how trading the bottle for playing acoustic has helped his panic attack and mental health struggles
How a Slash superfan ended up trading guitars with his hero… three times: “I was wondering if it was real life or if I’d died”
Guitar collector Todd Puma shares the surprising story of how he came to own a trio of the Guns N’ Roses legend’s personal Les Pauls – and why he bought two of Gibson’s ultra-limited Murphy Lab Greeny models
Slash on his love of Les Pauls: “That Kris Derrig Les Paul came in the 11th hour when we were doing Appetite. It just sounded f**kin’ perfect – like a gift from on high”
The Guns N' Roses guitarist and rock icon talks about the guitars he treasures most – including buying and returning Joe Perry's Dark Burst LP – and reveals how his love for Les Pauls has inspired and shaped him as a player...
How Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan recorded a bass classic with Sweet Child O’ Mine
McKagan reveals how a trip to Guitar Center and the search for a sound to complement Izzy and Slash helped him find his Appetite for Destruction bass tone
Slash says he has never owned a copy of Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses' landmark debut has sold over 30 million copies since its 1987 release, but the man behind many of its classic riffs has never owned it himself
