Latest articles by Joe Bosso
The punk pioneer tells GW about his “point and shoot” playing, the CBGB scene’s “misfits and renegades” – and why one pickup is all you need
When Keanu Reeves demanded that Dogstar rock harder, the result was their punchiest album yet. Reeves and Bret Domrose break down how they did it
Some guitar players struggle to play one guitar. Stanley Jordan? He's using two of them simultaneously, and he's making a metal album
Jordan remembers his experiences of jamming with Eddie Van Halen
From the Archive Mars looks back on the making of one of Crüe’s most popular tracks
After burning the playbook and facing his demons on Periphery’s jet-black new concept album, A Pale White Dot, Holcomb tells us he owes a big apology to his guitar tech
Patrick Simmons on why some Doobies weren’t originally gung-ho about appearing in those classic 1978 episodes of What’s Happening!!
Shattered by drugs and reeling from the loss of James Honeyman-Scott, the Pretenders came back swinging with 1984’s Learning to Crawl
From The Archive Lofgren almost flew out to audition after Mick Taylor’s eventual successor put him in touch with the Stones
With his autoimmune condition in remission, the Stray Cats frontman tells us he’s at 98%, but he sounds just as good as ever. He talks touring with Stevie Ray Vaughan and why he’s fallen for the Flying V
From the Archive Lofgren was broke, living back home in D.C. with his folks, when a call to jam turned his life around
At the first show of their four-night stand in NYC, the new trinity of Lifeson, Lee, and Nilles delivered a tour de force of classics, deep cuts, and fearless musicianship
Setzer says the Flying V is the only guitar that has ever come close to matching the tone and feel of his Gretsch hollowbody
The guitarist had huge shoes to fill, and the press weren’t exactly on his side
Stray Cats hit the road with the blues legend back in 1989, giving Setzer the chance to learn the truth behind the SRV tone rumors
Jimmy James’ spartan approach and tone propel funk-instrumental powerhouse Parlor Greens into the stratosphere – minus any parlor tricks
Derakh replaced Craig Goldy in Rough Cutt, was edged out by Zakk Wylde for the Ozzy gig, and has been an undercover guitar-synth master all along
Michael Angelo Batio became known as shred's most OTT virtuoso. He explains why the critics were kind of right about Nitro, the magic he cooked up with Wayne Charvel, and why he's living the dream with Manowar
Wildfire shredding and whiplash licks prove that this Maine-bred gun-for-hire can hold her own. Now based in L.A., she’s in extra-high demand
The Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave legend says people call him all the time to ask him to guest on their records – and sometimes he just can’t say no
How Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee found drummer Anika Nilles and put together the biggest reunion tour in prog rock history
Their five-day session with Nilles wasn’t an audition, but it took until the last day for their doubts over a Rush reunion tour to be destroyed
With both his star bands calling it quits, the ace sideman finds himself at a career crossroads. But which path will he choose – jazz-fusion or stand-up comedy?
