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Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s pyramid schemes to go beyond epic with Powerslave
With Powerslave, Iron Maiden took their sound and supersized it – and Adrian Smith took a hungover guitar solo in front of Robert Palmer, and somehow totally nailed it
20 of the greatest guitar moments in video games
Essential item. Soundtrack weapon. Physical controller. The guitar has played a surprisingly important role in a wide range of video games – and here are some of the best six-string video game crossovers
“I didn’t see myself as a professional instrumental guitarist”: Steve Vai on game-changing debut Flex-Able
Flex-Able was the sound of a young Steve Vai following his musical obsessions. That it changed everything for guitar – and Vai's career – was just a happy accident
Mötley Crüe share their first new single with John 5 – and as promised, it marks a heavy return
Headlined by a blistering solo from John 5, Dogs of War is the band's first new single since 2019, and the first to be released since their split with former guitarist Mick Mars
How Anna Calvi threw out the guitar rulebook to write the Peaky Blinders score
The UK guitar great explains how she approached writing for a prestige TV show, and why she shares a Telecaster obsession with her hero Jeff Buckley
David Gilmour’s first new single in 9 years features one-and-a-half minutes of all-out soloing
Upcoming album Luck and Strange was made with the help of a new producer who tore up the Gilmour rulebook
David Gilmour’s first solo album in 9 years features a new producer tearing up the rulebook
The first single from Luck and Strange drops tomorrow
“Stevie wasn’t a fluent songwriter”: The making of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Couldn’t Stand the Weather
In 1984, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble needed new tunes and needed them bad, and necessity became the mother of invention as they put together a bona fide blues classic
