Richard Bienstock
Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.
Latest articles by Richard Bienstock

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The full event, which also features Eddie Vedder and H.E.R., will air May 8

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We're still easing into the new year, but Gibson has already come blasting out of the gate with fresh and exciting products, endeavors, collaborations and, of course, electric and acoustic guitars

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Compact stompbox is based on classic Matamp preamp design, with solid-state build and Bass-Boost knob

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A&E’s Biography: KISStory will feature new interviews with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley

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Dream Theater virtuoso prepares to shred taste buds with new 120-proof bourbon

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All the crunch and gain of the company’s famed BE circuit, now in a four-pound, affordably-priced design

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Special-run models offer eye-popping looks at super-affordable prices

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“You could easily record an album just using this plugin given the options that are on hand,” Burrell says

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The Swedish melodic death-metal pioneers' new album, The Nightmare of Being, is out in July

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The feature-length film, which explores the comprehensive history of effect pedals, is out today

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Re-edited clip still doesn’t reveal where his guitar landed

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The British metal legends feared the young support band was “ripping them off,” according to a new EVH biography

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The Pearl Jam guitarist and Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt detail how the '59 became a '60, and what went into making the painstaking recreation

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Three-channel 50-watt amp packs in modeling tech, cab IRs, deep tone-editing tools and much more

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Mere guitar mortals take on Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment songs, and the prog-metal master weighs in

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SuperBlock US and UK designs offer a range of American and British-style tones at 25- and one-watt options

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Liberation Time is out July 16

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The “supergroup” performed the 1980 track Nausea on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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He's collaborated with the likes of Anderson .Paak and Robert Glasper, fused hard rock and hip-hop with th1rt3en, and now Machado channels Jimi Hendrix, Nile Rodgers and, yes, Prince, on his searingly funky new album, Aquarius Purple

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“It’s designed for everybody, from the newbie guitarist to the absolute rock star,” R.J. says

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Music Is Win’s Tyler Larson plays the goosebump-inducing riffs and licks, with a little help from Positive Grid’s new Spark Pearl

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A central figure in the Austin blues explosion, Freeman also worked with Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and many others

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Also on offer are Richard Fortus’s BC Mockingbird and Les Pauls, Gilby Clarke’s Zemaitis single-cut and modded Marshall and Vox amps
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