Dick Dale: Requiem for the King of the Surf Guitar By Alan di Perna "I don’t know how to play a goddamned scale. I don’t know what a 13th is, or an augmented ninth. I could give a shit. All I do is make the guitar scream with pain or pleasure.”
Keith Richards' Guitar Tech Reveals Keef's Studio Rig By Alan di Perna Keith Richards owns nearly a thousand guitars, so which does he typically use in the studio? Find out here.
'Imagine' This: How John Lennon and George Harrison Teamed Up to Record a Classic Album in 1971 By Alan di Perna “I think my greatest pleasure is writing a song — words and lyrics — that will last longer than a couple of years.”
Stephen Malkmus Talks Pavement-Era Gear, Alternate Tunings and New Jicks Album, 'Sparkle Hard' By Alan di Perna He made alternative rock history with Pavement and the Jicks, but what do Guitar World readers really want to know about Stephen Malkmus?
Fanny: The Female Rock Pioneers Are At It Again with Help from the Runaways, Go-Go's and Bangles By Alan di Perna
Ritchie Blackmore: Talking Tone, Gear, Deep Purple Years and a Rocking Rainbow Revival By Alan di Perna
Phil Manzanera Talks Roxy Music History, Gibson Firebirds and His Neighbor and Occasional Bandmate, David Gilmour By Alan di Perna
Honoring George Harrison: Randy Bachman's Track-by-Track Breakdown of New Album, 'By George, By Bachman' By Alan di Perna
Jimi Hendrix Jams with Johnny Winter, Stephen Stills and More on a New Album, 'Both Sides of the Sky' By Alan di Perna
AC/DC: Young Lust By Alan di Perna Ballbreaker, AC/DC’s Angus and Malcolm Young demonstrate yet again that they are randy as a pair of billygoats, out of their minds with lurid desires and obscenely concupiscent.
Tom Petty: Tribute to an American Icon Who Made the Rock World a Better Place for 40 Years By Alan di Perna
Walter Becker (1950-2017): Paying Tribute to the Steely Dan Legend and Reluctant Guitar Hero By Alan di Perna Reclusive, elusive and sardonically self-effacing, Walter Becker was not your typical guitar hero.
Lee Ranaldo Talks 'Electric Trim,' New Gear and Chances of a Sonic Youth Reunion By Alan di Perna One of the key guitars in my career has been an early-Seventies Fender Telecaster Deluxe that I had before Sonic Youth started, and that I played pretty much throughout Sonic Youth.
Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Talk Debut Duo Album By Alan di Perna The classic Fleetwood Mac lineup always was an odd bunch.
Chris Cornell 1964-2017: Paying Tribute to the Legendary Soundgarden Frontman By Alan di Perna We will never know what went on in the mind of Chris Cornell after he left the Detroit Fox Theater on the night of May 17.
Strokes' Nick Valensi Gets Back to Small-Club Roots with CRX By Alan di Perna “CRX is probably an odd choice for a band name, but to me it sums up what our music sounds like.” Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi is explaining the origins of the name for his new side band.
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Guitar Giant Albert King By Alan di Perna Albert King was a giant among bluesmen, and not only for his immense talents on the guitar.
Andy Summers Reflects on His Years with (and Before) the Police and His Most Trusted Guitars By Alan di Perna
Bullet for My Valentine Discuss the Anger That Fuels Their New Album, 'Venom' By Alan di Perna On their fifth album, Venom, Bullet for My Valentine bare their fangs and get back in touch with the angry metalcore that put them on the map.
