Damian Fanelli
Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor, and his non-Pulitzer-Prize-winning stories have appeared in Guitar Aficionado, Vintage Guitar, Total Guitar and countless other publications. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton and Ty Tabor chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums (one of which appears in the 2015 Disney film 'Tomorrowland' starring George Clooney and Britt Robertson). He's now in two NYC-area bands and plays Teles with four-way switches, B-benders and snazzy aftermarket pickups.
Latest articles by Damian Fanelli
The greatest Guitar World magazine covers of all time… revealed!
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jeff Kitts, Damian Fanelli published
#GuitarWorld40: Here’s what you voted the best Guitar World covers ever
Watch an 18-year-old Dimebag Darrell shred a jaw-dropping 7-minute guitar solo in 1984
By Damian Fanelli published
A teenage Dimebag works his way through an early Pantera solo with his trusty Dean ML
Watch this unearthed clip of Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix jamming in 1968
By Damian Fanelli published
The rare footage of the loose but mesmerizing jam session was posted to the American Blues Scene YouTube channel
10 of the best slide guitar songs
By Damian Fanelli published
From Derek Trucks to Elmore James, these slide tracks are essential listening
Paul McCartney's 6 best guitar solos with The Beatles
By Damian Fanelli published
Though he was technically their bassist, Paul McCartney was responsible for many fine six-string moments in The Beatles catalog
The Beatles' break-up in 1970 yielded some of its members' best work - and these 9 albums prove it
By Damian Fanelli published
The year saw the collapse of the world's most commercially successful band of all time. But it also saw the genesis of its members' solo careers...
The 10 most iconic guitar amps of all time
By Damian Fanelli published
These tone machines have earned a place in history for being first-rate gamechangers
Watch Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple perform in New York in 1973
By Damian Fanelli published
See the band's classic Mark II lineup at the peak of their powers
AC/DC's Angus Young handles a heckler during Bad Boy Boogie
By Damian Fanelli published
You can take the schoolboy out of Glasgow, but you can't take the streets of Glasgow out of the schoolboy
Eric Clapton: 13 of his best under-the-radar solo songs
By Damian Fanelli published
The overlooked solo Clapton tunes you need to hear
Watch Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour and Les Paul Play Blue Suede Shoes with Stray Cats
By Damian Fanelli published
Quite simply one of the greatest all-star guitar jams of all time
Submit your questions for Squeeze legends Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford
By Damian Fanelli published
Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people
Everything you wanted to know about the B-Bender, a guitarist's ultimate secret weapon
By Damian Fanelli published
The complete guide to the guitar innovation that uses your strap to change the pitch
Submit your questions for Robert Cray
By Damian Fanelli published
Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people
Submit your questions for Adam 'Nergal' Darski
By Damian Fanelli published
Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people
10 things you didn't know about Stevie Ray Vaughan
By Damian Fanelli, Andy Aledort published
Think you know everything there is to know about the late, great SRV? Read on!
The 30 best blues guitarists in the world today
By Jonathan Horsley, Damian Fanelli published
Here's who you voted the finest players keeping the blues alive
Watch Brad Paisley play Van Halen's Hot For Teacher with a 6-year-old drummer
By Damian Fanelli published
Brad Paisley - and his young, talented sidekick - rock a Van Halen classic
Hear the isolated guitar and bass tracks from Led Zeppelin's Ramble On
By Damian Fanelli published
Ramble On turns 50 today, October 22
Watch John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards play the Beatles' Yer Blues
By Damian Fanelli published
John Lennon embraced his inner rock 'n' roller on his first two non-Beatles live performances
Submit your questions for DragonForce guitarist Herman Li!
By Damian Fanelli published
Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people.
Watch Roy Buchanan perform When a Guitar Plays the Blues
By Damian Fanelli published
A prime example of "the best unknown guitarist in the world" in action
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