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The iconic Alice Cooper Poison riff started out as John McCurry’s warm-up routine
McCurry’s legendary guitar hook had been used for another song two years earlier – but Alice Cooper was desperate for his Sweet Child O’ Mine moment
Anthony Krizan on what it took to perform Hendrix with Noel Redding – and best Alex Skolnick in an audition
The rock journeyman recalls the making of a lost song with ex-Rolling Stone, channeling Hendrix with Noel Redding and his time with The Spin Doctors
Brad Paisley will personally build 19 of his new signature Lost Telecasters – and he plans to get experimental
The guitarist is taking matters into his own hands for the extremely limited batch of Paisley-made Teles
An affordable signature version of Alex Lifeson's ‘Whitey’ Gibson ES-355 could be in the works
Alex Lifeson's iconic “Whitey” ES-355 featured on almost every Rush album – and an affordable signature version could be in the works
Kiki Wong on her life-changing audition, and what she's learned from Billy Corgan and James Iha
Wong enjoyed a high-profile on social media and maybe that would have been enough. But when Billy Corgan called an open audition, she beat 9,999 others to live out her grunge dreams as guitar player for the Smashing Pumpkins
Brian Ray’s audition to join Paul McCartney’s band was a live performance – at the Super Bowl
The multi-instrumentalist didn't have long to prepare for one of the most public auditions in the history of rock and roll
Gary Holt's favorite pedal emulates Eddie Van Halen's iconic “Brown Sound” – and it retails for less than a $100
Holt reveals his new go-to budget-friendly brand – and offers some of his mini-pedal recommendations
How Robin Nolan went from busking in Amsterdam to collaborating with George Harrison
The gypsy jazz virtuoso would later go on to complete a long-lost Harrison song that had been scribbled on an envelope
