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Say Wah? Five Essential Signature Wah Pedals

Posted 05/08/2013 at 11:28am | by Damian Fanelli, Josh Hart

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Originally intended to mimic the sound of a muted trumpet, it didn't take long for guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa to make that sweet, sweeping "wah-wah" sound an integral part of the rock and roll lexicon.

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G&L Guitars Introduces US-Made Superhawk Jerry Cantrell Models

Posted 02/15/2013 at 12:30pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Twenty-something years ago, Jerry Cantrell bought his first G&L Rampage while working at a Dallas music store, and he still rocks ‘em hard today. But what Jerry didn’t discover at the time was the G&L Superhawk, a hard-charging model like the Rampage but equipped with twin ‘buckers. That’s changed and so will rock history.

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Alice in Chains Announce May Release for New Album, 'The Devil Put the Dinosaurs Here'

Posted 02/14/2013 at 3:08pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Alice In Chains have announced that their new album, The Devil Put the Dinosaurs Here, will be released in May.

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Alice in Chains Premiere "Hollow" Music Video

Posted 01/10/2013 at 2:07pm | by Josh Hart

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Grunge icons Alice in Chains have just posted the official music video for their new song, "Hollow." Check it out below.

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Interview: Jerry Cantrell Discusses Alice in Chain's 2009 Comeback, 'Black Gives Way to Blue'

Posted 01/10/2013 at 11:05am | by Charles Cross, Photo by Clay Patrick McBride

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Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and for Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, that’s a good thing these days. Earlier this year Cantrell had what he calls “a thunderbolt moment” in a Vegas recording studio, and one that he now looks on as perhaps the high-water mark of his long career. It was the kind of moment Cantrell can’t stop talking about, and in the course of several interviews, over progressive days, the guitarist goes back again and again to an image of…well, a piano.

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Alice in Chains Premiere New Song, "Hollow"

Posted 12/19/2012 at 12:28pm | by Josh Hart

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After teasing fans with bits of lyrics for the past two weeks, Alice in Chains have just released an official lyric video for their new song, "Hollow." Check it out a fan-made lyric video below.

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Jerry Cantrell on New Alice in Chains: "It’s Like Having to Deal with the Sophomore Jinx for the Second Time"

Posted 12/04/2012 at 1:32pm | by Josh Hart

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In 2013 Alice in Chains will release their as-yet-untitled fifth studio album. Although the band has been around for some 25 years, this marks only their second album without longtime vocalist Layne Staley, lending a still-new feel to the follow-up to Black Gives Way to Blue.

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Alice In Chains Set to Record New Album, Aiming for Late 2012/Early 2013 Release

Posted 05/31/2012 at 10:33am | by Josh Hart

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As Alice In Chains Jerry Cantrell gets set to be awarded the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his work with the MusiCares MAP Fund, the guitarist recently sat down with for a new interview with Grammy.com.

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1996 Guitar World Interview: Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains Discusses Songwriting and Band's New Self-Titled Album

Posted 11/15/2011 at 12:20pm | by Jeff Gilbert, Andy Aledort

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While Seattle has certainly enjoyed its 15 minutes of fame as “the capital of grunge,” the city has also paid a heavy price for its rock and roll notoriety. A recent newspaper headline proclaimed it “Drug Town, U.S.A,” while a noted music critic estimated that “one in four Seattle musicians is involved with heroin.” Rolling Stone even went so far as to wryly note that heroin was “back on the charts,” and that Seattle, along with New York and Hollywood, was a hot spot for the drug.

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Archive: Jerry Cantrell on His First Solo Album and the State of Alice In Chains

Posted 06/19/2011 at 6:21pm | by Marc Weingarten

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From The Archive: Jerry Cantrell releases his first solo album, and frees himself from the monumental bog that is Alice in Chains.

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