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Blues-inspired but metal-trained, he had a top 5 album at 16 – with no spiky guitars in sight. Meet Alien Weaponry’s Lewis de Jong
The New Zealand metallers have supported Kerry King, have Lamb of God guesting on their record, and a sound that celebrates their Māori heritage that de Jong says is all about the riff
How Larry DiMarzio changed the sound of rock guitar – and redesigned the Strat bridge
The master pickup maker tells us how his problem-solving mindset took him from repair shop to working with the biggest names in the biz and changing the face of rock guitar
Meet Camilla Sperati – the Steve Vai-approved, Strandberg-endorsed fusion phenom
Is Sperati the next big name in fusion? Here she discusses moving to America (maybe), why she loves digital amps, and life as an educator
Kelly Garni founded Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads – but it ended with shots fired
They went to school together, started Quiet Riot together and then had a drunken fight involving a gun that ended Garni’s musical career. 25 years later, he came back to the bass
What does a Dumble-whispering tone nut keep on his pedalboard? Ask Kenny Wayne Shepherd...
The blues guitarist and renowned tone hound talks through his pedalboard – and tells us that one pedal rules them all
Thurston Moore on the making of Sonic Youth’s Sister, and the transition from junk guitars to Fender
The NYC noise-rock pioneer looks back to 1987, a time when Sonic Youth were growing up in public and expanding their vocabulary of alternate tunings
Frank Swart of Funkwrench Blues has recruited Vernon Reid, Oz Noy and Mike Stern to his cosmic cause
This San Francisco bass player and producer has a knack for getting top-shelf guitarists to play on his stream of Spotify masterpieces
