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Bill Kelliher on his difficult songwriting sessions with Brent Hinds

Angine de Poitrine make their Tonight Show debut – and play a new song to mark the occasion

Angine de Poitrine broke a string onstage – and restringing the double-neck was so challenging it nearly derailed the show

Mastodon respond to Brent Hinds’ estate lawsuit

Why Anthrax’s riff-writing isn’t like other bands’

Manson teams up with President, revealing new models for the masked metallers

Never-before-heard Van Halen live recording from 1974 set for release: “Van Halen opens the family archive”

Tailgunner address sexual abuse allegations against their bassist

How the Ramones took New York punk round the world

When a fan challenged Megadeth to outpace Metallica, the band responded by cranking up the tempos

Lee Sklar looks back on his early sessions with James Taylor and Jackson Browne – and the beginnings of a legendary studio career

How Bootsy Collins and his James Brown alumni brought the J.B.’s back to life for the Superbad soundtrack

Las Vegas Motörhead exhibition will let play through Lemmy’s bass rig

How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi

Tony Levin on how a Peter Gabriel session changed his trajectory – and led him to King Crimson

How Geezer Butler helped define the sound of heavy metal on this eight-minute Black Sabbath opus

How Ralphe Armstrong unlocked Hendrix-inspired expression on one of Jean-Luc Ponty's most adventurous recordings

Stone Temple Pilots bassist Rob DeLeo has experienced the death of his lead singer twice – and somehow found a way to keep playing

Guitar Center launches competition to find openers for Ed Sheeran – just as all his support acts dropped out

Stephen Stills, Mike McCready, Geezer Butler, and Scott Ian join Tom Morello's Power to the People festival

Ed Sheeran’s own backing band and all support acts pull out of US tour

Soundgarden return to the stage with Mike McCready and Taylor Momsen at Seahawks NFL halftime show

Green Day, Rancid, and Blink-182 members celebrate the Ramones’ 50th anniversary with a set at a cemetery

Rush surprise themselves with new Fifty Something tour dates

Pete Townshend pulls out of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival due to injury

Ronnie Wood joins Joe Perry and Johnny Depp for two blues rock classics in London

Steve Vai and Adrian Belew announce new BEAT tour, with lineup change

Barrie Cadogan on Liam Gallagher, Morrissey, and Primal Scream – and how John Squire started it all

Warren Haynes on playing with Clapton, his favorite guitar and first rig

Page Hamilton on the ESP Horizon that’s been on every Helmet album from Meantime on (and was a GW cover star)

Has social media been good or bad for guitarists?

Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him a “complete idiot”

Dickey Betts and Duane Allman’s rocky first jam

The greatest Paul McCartney post-Beatles guitar moments

Johnny Marr’s guitar collection – including several iconic Smiths guitars – sells for almost $5m at auction

Billie Joe Armstrong on how his first-ever guitar defined Green Day's sound

Former Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes’ final recordings to be released as an EP this November

Steve Vai and Joe Satriani’s first joint studio album is finally coming out

Guitar World Editors’ Picks – our favorite tracks this month

Guitar Hero’s spiritual successor is stacked with iconic tracks – but some big hitters are missing

The Beatles’ Day Tripper almost didn’t have its iconic guitar riff – as a recently unearthed recording reveals

Polyphia announce new album Be Not Afraid, delay North American tour dates

Phoebe Bridgers’ new album features one of the most eclectic guitar lineups we’ve seen in years

July 2026 Guitar World Editors' Picks

Tony Iommi announces first solo album in 21 years – hear the new single, World Alone