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Adrian Smith on how Nirvana and grunge negatively impacted Iron Maiden's career trajectory in the ’90s
By Janelle Borg published
The heavy metal guitarist looks back on how the pop culture and subculture paradigm shift impacted Maiden

How Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album
By Naomi Baker published
A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal

Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick shares that he's recovering from heart valve surgery
By Janelle Borg published
Kulick’s ex-bandmate, Gene Simmons, offered words of support amid the guitarist’s recovery

Meet Amani Burnham, the budding blues-rock hero blending fingerstyle technique with SRV tone
By Jim Beaugez published
His cover of Hoochie Coochie Man went viral, but Burnham is blowing minds with his fretwork – and a sound referencing the lineage of Chuck Berry, Hendrix and SRV

“That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page... There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act
By Amit Sharma published
“It's the season of brotherly love,” says Robinson, as the once volatile Atlanta, Georgia rock legends return – but the ’Crowes are still flying by the seat of their pants

Earl Slick on the fear he felt replacing a guitar icon – and how David Bowie calmed him down
By Matt Owen published
Slick stepped into fill the spot in the mid 1970s, and thought he'd have a hard time winning over the fans and the media

Randy Bachman on the guitar builder who’s up there with the greats of the industry
By Jonathan Horsley published
And Bachman says this builder is working on an electric guitar that will weigh less than 4lbs.

Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps
By Jonathan Horsley published
The shred pioneer is using one as a monitor, one to push air at the crowd, and he believes it is a top-tier pedal platform
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