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Alice Cooper and Nita Strauss perform at The Kia Forum on October 19, 2025 in Inglewood, California.
Nita Strauss returns to Alice Cooper’s band for the first time after her temporary leave

By Phil Weller Published

The 39-year-old virtuoso has spent most of the year on maternity leave, but arrived back in the fold in style in Las Vegas

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Jake Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet
Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka on making Palace for the People and why rock has got to got ruffle a few feathers

By Andrew Daly Published

Greta Van Fleet’s detractors are loud as ever – but on new album Palace for the People, Jake Kiszka and his Gibson “Excalibur” come out swinging

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The Alice Cooper band onstage in 1970 (Glen Buxton, pictured far right)
How Alice Cooper’s New York nightmare left his guitarist on the brink

By Alice Cooper Published

In their own words In this exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, Cooper tells how drugs, knives, drag queens, bouncing checks and a guitar calamity gave them a rude awakening in NYC

In their own words
Andy McKee and Prince
Prince headhunted acoustic virtuoso Andy McKee to open his shows. Then he laid out his outrageous vision

By Matt Owen Published

McKee managed to convince Prince that a fingerstyle arrangement of Purple Rain was a more suitable show-opener

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Stanley Jordan and Eddie Van Halen - GettyImages-1159257395 - GettyImages-490790458
Tapping genius Stanley Jordan on the time he floored Eddie Van Halen with his playing

By Phil Weller Published

Jordan remembers his experiences of jamming with Eddie Van Halen

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AMERICA'S GOT TALENT -- "Finale" Episode -- Pictured: Nene Royal -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC via Getty Images)
America’s Got Talent winner Nene Royal on her journey to victory

By Charlie Wilkins Published

The 16-year-old Thai Ibanez fan reveals how she learned to play, the gear that shapes her sound and the influence she’d love to work with – which could actually happen very soon

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Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne, performed live at the 'ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards' at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, Ca. 4/7/01
Tony Iommi was shocked when he reunited with Ozzy Osbourne for Back to the Beginning rehearsals

By Matt Owen Published

Iommi offered to do the set instrumentally, but the Prince of Darkness wasn’t to be deterred

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Blues rock guitarist Jared James Nichols guesting on Ola Englund's YouTube channel, October 2026
Jared James Nichols has no time for blues dentists collecting vintage guitars

By Phil Weller Published

Guitars are made to be played. Nichols isn’t keen on collectors who put their precious ’59 Les Pauls in a glass display box

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Josh Homme of Queens of Stone Age performs on the concert as a part of 'Corona Capital Sessions 2025' at Estadio Banorte on November 12, 2025 in Monterrey, Mexico
Josh Homme on his “dumb system” for picking guitar gear

By Phil Weller Published

Homme breaks down his ‘unsupply, undemand’ theory, and how it helps him find diamonds in the rough

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Walter Schreifels and Sergio Vega of Quicksand
Quicksand on how airline accidents and lawsuit guitars have helped change their tone for the better

By Jim Beaugez Published

Quicksand’s new album is a brutal listen. So why are Sergio Vega and Walter Schreifels wary of “sounding hippie”?

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