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Kelly Garni founded Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads – but it ended with shots fired
By Andrew Daly published
They went to school together, started Quiet Riot together and then had a drunken fight involving a gun that ended Garni’s musical career. 25 years later, he came back to the bass

Alex Hutchings recalls the pressures of following in Guthrie Govan’s footsteps as Steven Wilson’s guitarist
By Janelle Borg published
Hutchings, who joined Wilson on his ‘To The Bone’ tour, was previously described by the prog maestro as “a fantastic guitar player”

Joe Bonamassa explains how to make any Fender Strat the “Swiss army knife of guitars”
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist has detailed how to mimic infamous Les Paul and SG tones from the instrument, believing its versatility is unmatched

Earl Slick on the time he jammed in front of Buddy Guy at the blues great’s club
By Phil Weller published
Guy would later invite Slick to jam with him, and it was a night that blew the Bowie guitarist’s mind

Warren Haynes picks his favorite Gov’t Mule guitar riffs and shows you how to play them – properly
By Phil Weller published
The blues rock giant sits down with Guitar World to go through his back catalog of riffs, picking out a few favorites along the way

What does a Dumble-whispering tone nut keep on his pedalboard? Ask Kenny Wayne Shepherd...
By Andrew Daly published
The blues guitarist and renowned tone hound talks through his pedalboard – and tells us that one pedal rules them all

Thurston Moore on the making of Sonic Youth’s Sister, and the transition from junk guitars to Fender
By Mark McStea published
The NYC noise-rock pioneer looks back to 1987, a time when Sonic Youth were growing up in public and expanding their vocabulary of alternate tunings

A 15-year-old guitarist was brought onstage by Yungblud to riff in front of 30,000 people – and it was only the second time he’d played live
By Phil Weller published
The aspiring rocker seized his moment and absolutely nailed his time in the spotlight
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