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Why Dave Grohl is obsessed with viral Canadian microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine
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Big Country's golden guitar rule that steered them clear of the blues
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The All-American Rejects cancel show after gear is “mistakenly shipped across the country”
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Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live
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Lindsey Buckingham teases reunion with Stevie Nicks following renewed interest in their pre-Fleetwood Mac album
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Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee perform with new drummer Anika Nilles for the first time
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Meet STONE, the Liverpool alt-rockers who quit their major label, wowed Yungblud’s fans and wrote their new album on a Gibson missing a string
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Beach Boys hire new bass player from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys
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Ill Niño part ways with new guitarist just weeks before tour
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Ashley Reeve leads the low-end for everyone from Cher to Filter – and her right-hand tone is her most important asset
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How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad
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Greg Chaisson on his gruelling Ozzy Osbourne audition
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Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds
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When a teenage Suzi Quatro laid down a marker by jamming with Jeff Beck and Cozy Powell
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Les Claypool looks back on his disastrous Metallica audition
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Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup
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Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show
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Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola and more of the biggest names in jazz and fusion are playing in London this year
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Eric Clapton announces US tour – and he’s bringing another blues guitar hero on the road with him
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Metallica announces Sphere residency – and they’ll be spared from the issues all other guitar bands have faced so far
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What was the guitar-like instrument played during Bad Bunny's history-making 2026 Super Bowl halftime show?
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Jack Osbourne sets the record straight on how much Back to the Beginning actually donated to charity
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3 of today's leading virtuosos have assembled for a US tour – and it involves one of Steve Vai's favorite new guitarists
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Steve Vai and Joe Satriani announce the return of the SatchVai Band with their debut U.S. tour – and tease an upcoming album
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Dethklok’s Brendon Small started struggling to play, so he took a lesson with a metal virtuoso
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How recording in Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 Studios inspired Alter Bridge to make their most riff-heavy statement yet
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He wrote some of the defining anthems of the ’90s with Smash Mouth. Now Greg Camp is focusing on his Nashville punk-rock supergroup
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The off-hand advice from a student that helped kickstart Yvette Young’s career
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Pepper Keenan got his first guitar after a tragic accident
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Eric Johnson on why a guitar's age, value, and cool factor don't necessarily make it a better instrument
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Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer
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Joe Perry put his “desert island guitar” through hell but it’s still his number one
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Jimmy Page releases home demo version of Led Zep classic, Ten Years Gone
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Paul Gilbert’s completely unplanned Jimi Hendrix tribute set for first-ever digital release
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Paul McCartney announces new Andrew Watt-produced album inspired by an unfamiliar guitar chord
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Peter Frampton announces first album in 16 years – and it features an all-star cast
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Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent is charging $2 million for his new album
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Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready
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Steve Vai has recorded a new solo over Van Halen’s Jump
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