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Mick Thomson reflects on Slipknot's Wait and Bleed, label pressures – and sticking to their own guns
In a 2014 GW interview, Thomson revealed his disdain for melodic choruses, and how he fought hard for the band to maintain their artistic integrity post-Wait and Bleed
Simon McBride has a hot tone take you’ve probably never heard before
The Deep Purple guitarist prefers guitars that forego truss rods – here's why
Laura Cox on the challenges of transitioning from YouTube to the studio – and how to conquer them
The French guitarist made her name with classic rock videos on YouTube, but when it came to cutting her teeth in the studio, Cox admits it was another story altogether...
Jason Momoa saved their career. Keanu Reeves rocked up to a show. Flea let them crash at his house. How did the Bobby Lees get here?
After calling BS on streaming services payouts, guitarist and vocalist Sam Quartin announced her band’s hiatus. She never could have anticipated what happened next…
Remembering Dave Mason, the former Traffic guitarist who made a habit of playing on iconic tracks
The Traffic guitarist’s best work of the ’60s and ’70s was magical, but the stop/start nature of his career held him off household-name status
The classic (and unlikely) gear behind the Eagles’ Hotel California
What Joe Walsh and Don Felder needed was Les Pauls and Teles, and lots of them – and Felder in particular made use of a Texan horse trader who also stocked some thoroughbred guitars
Jeff Tweedy says his mom has an eye for guitar bargains – these are the cheapest gems yet
The $100 purchase was in poor condition, and when he got it singing, its former owner was vexed...
Robert Smith on the flash of inspiration that shaped the Cure's biggest hit
Proving beyond doubt that the band's range extended far beyond dense, brooding epics, it remains the Cure song to reference for those who know only of the band's name and maybe their frontman's inimitable hairdo
