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Blackie Lawless on touring, talking solos with David Gilmour – and that time W.A.S.P. bought 52 Marshall heads
He recalls scavenging Marshalls from Ted Nugent, explains why he still records to tape, and reveals what he’s discovered about his band’s early days that he didn’t know at the time
Eric Avery on overcoming JA’s “unthinkable” time without Dave Navarro and his brief stints with Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins
The “backbone” of Jane’s Addiction reveals what he learned from his time with rock royalty, how he sculpted his unconventional approach to bass, and why cellphones are changing the way he thinks about tone
Slipknot's Corey Taylor collaborates with his hero Steve Vai on new Billy Morrison track
Incite The Watch is lifted from The Morrison Project, which sees the Slipknot vocalist fulfil a lifelong dream of working with the virtuoso
Hear Eddie Van Halen solo again in a preview of the last song he worked on with his brother
Titled Unfinished, the full song will be released as part of the audiobook version of Alex Van Halen's forthcoming tell-all memoir
Andy Summers on his longstanding relationship with Robert Fripp – and their surprise new collab album
Summers and Fripp have known each other since childhood and decided to record three albums' worth of material back in the '80s after they both achieved success with their respective bands
Tracking the phenomenal guitar lineage of John Mayall in 12 essential releases
We trace the evolution of the six-string linchpin behind the British blues rock boom of the 1960s
“I was determined to avoid hailing him as the future of shred, but I simply cannot do it”: July 2024 Guitar World editor's picks
From an eight-string chug-a-thon with blues licks to make Eric Johnson blush, to a baritone turn from the hottest guitar player on the planet right now, this month was soundtracked by some top-tier guitar action
Sammy Hagar on whether we’ll ever see Wolfgang Van Halen join the Best Of All Worlds tour
Hagar hopes to take the tour to South America and Europe, which could increase the chances of a Wolfgang guest spot in the future
