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Dirty Honey's John Notto: “There was no doubt I was going to succeed as a guitarist... failure just wasn’t an option”
By Joe Bosso published
The Dirty Honey six-stringer shares the secret of the LA rock band's success and talks influences, practice regimes, and the totemic power of the Gibson Les Paul Standard

Wolfgang Van Halen join Guns N’ Roses onstage for show-stopping Paradise City performance
By Matt Owen published
GNR signed off their 2021 US tour’s penultimate show in style by bringing on Van Halen, who had been supporting the band during the three-month stint round the country

Guns N’ Roses announce new four-track EP, Hard Skool
By Matt Owen published
It will be the first time in 28 years that original members Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan have all joined forces for a new GNR record

Kurt Cobain's final Guitar World interview: “We play so hard that we can’t tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that”
By Jeff Gilbert published
The Nirvana icon discusses his love for the Fender Mustang and why he wouldn't endorse Gibson in his last conversation with GW, which took place during the week of Nevermind's release
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Guns N' Roses drop hard-rocking new single, Hard Skool
By Sam Roche published
Like last month's Absurd, the track is an axed take from 2008's Chinese Democracy

Slash teases new Guns N’ Roses song with soundcheck TikTok video
By Jackson Maxwell published
Titled Hard School, the song – like the band's recent single, Absurd – dates back to the Chinese Democracy sessions

Richard Fortus: "Gretsch were in rehearsals with us, winding pickups on the spot while I was trying them out"
By Rod Brakes published
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist on how he developed the hybrid PAF/Filter’Tron pickups for his signature Gretsch Falcon

Watch the pro-shot version of Guns N’ Roses and Dave Grohl’s plug-pulling Paradise City performance
By Matt Owen published
The new release lets us hear how the energetic end to the song was meant to sound, complete with Slash's closing solo, though still features the crowd’s show-carrying vocals when the sound abruptly stopped
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