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Angine de Poitrine, the viral math-rock band, reveal that their microtonal approach started as an “inside joke”

Watch Alice Cooper deliver a shock rock version of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit

Neal Schon sets the record straight on the claims made by Journey singer Arnel Pineda that he was pressured to go on tour against his will

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show

Why Dave Grohl is obsessed with viral Canadian microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine

Big Country's golden guitar rule that steered them clear of the blues

The All-American Rejects cancel show after gear is “mistakenly shipped across the country”

Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live

Lindsey Buckingham teases reunion with Stevie Nicks following renewed interest in their pre-Fleetwood Mac album

The story behind the deceptive bassline on a politically charged ’70s anthem that was later covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bob Daisley on not receiving credit for playing on Ozzy Osbourne’s Diary of a Madman

How Stevie Wonder recorded one of the funkiest basslines in existence

Ashley Reeve leads the low-end for everyone from Cher to Filter – and her right-hand tone is her most important asset

We meet the man who reunited Paul McCartney with his long-lost Beatles bass

The story behind Intervals virtuoso Jacob Umansky’s signature bass – and why Avenged Sevenfold changed his life

How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad

Greg Chaisson on his gruelling Ozzy Osbourne audition

Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup

Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show

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

Metallica announces Sphere residency – and they’ll be spared from the issues all other guitar bands have faced so far

What was the guitar-like instrument played during Bad Bunny's history-making 2026 Super Bowl halftime show?

Jack Osbourne sets the record straight on how much Back to the Beginning actually donated to charity

3 of today's leading virtuosos have assembled for a US tour – and it involves one of Steve Vai's favorite new guitarists

Steve Vai and Joe Satriani announce the return of the SatchVai Band with their debut U.S. tour – and tease an upcoming album

Ziggy Marley on what he learned from his dad, why the guitar can be a weapon, and how music can still change the world

Steve Rothery on the guitars that changed his life – and why you don't have to spend big to find the guitar of your dreams

The mistake that led Robben Ford to buy his first great instrument – and how Miles Davis and Jeff Beck took him to the Strat

Joe Bonamassa issues public plea to help session guitarist Mason Stoops recover his stolen vintage gear

No Doubt's Tom Dumont reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis

Joe Perry on how the most romantic thing he has ever done involved a custom-painted guitar

Masca’s Tina Maynard on how three months in IDLES reinvented her playing – and why Teles are underrated grunge tools

“An unabashed element was the constant ferociousness of the guitar tone coming from Pearly Gates”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top’s El Loco

The story of the Prince’s underrated 1986 classic – and the lip-smacking hit single that scared his record label

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Jimmy Page releases home demo version of Led Zep classic, Ten Years Gone

Paul Gilbert’s completely unplanned Jimi Hendrix tribute set for first-ever digital release

Paul McCartney announces new Andrew Watt-produced album inspired by an unfamiliar guitar chord

Peter Frampton announces first album in 16 years – and it features an all-star cast

Former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent is charging $2 million for his new album

Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready

Steve Vai has recorded a new solo over Van Halen’s Jump

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