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Pigs x7 on happy accidents, hip-hop collabs, and the riff that's so heavy they can't play it live
Death Hilarious finds Pigs x7 in full-on destroy everything mode, splitting the atom with low-end guitar. As Sam Grant and Adam Ian Sykes admit, this sonic maximalism is not without risk
Bonnie Trash’s Emmalia Bortolon-Vettor on the pursuit of new sounds with $1 ring slide and a looper
Meet the Canadian quartet twisting post-rock with gothic noise and avant-garde surrealism, whose freewheeling approach requires economical gear and a curious mind
Cory Wong on collaboration and how to stack and blend guitar parts that complement the song
Looking for the perfect part to play with another guitarist? Wong says it's all about finding the compositional "hook" – and he has some practical examples to show us
Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa and Vince Gill on the life and legacy of Duane Eddy
He was the most successful instrumentalist of the rock age. We went along to last month’s all-star Nashville tribute show to learn first-hand about the Titan of Twang – from those who were inspired by him and those who were there
Yngwie Malmsteen tells the story of how he broke the mold for rock guitar – and brought the Strat in from the cold
After the one-two punch of Rising Force and Marching out, rock guitar was never the same again. Malmsteen takes us back to 1985 – a different world – to explain just what was going on
Krist Novoselic achieved harmony through Kurt Cobain’s chaos – and was the making of this Nirvana classic
All great bands have players that fit together, and Nirvana was no exception
Joe Perry reflects on how Aerosmith’s ’80s misfire, Done With Mirrors, was the making of them
After a few weird years with replacement guitarists, the Bad Boys from Boston were back and ready to prove themselves. It did not quite go to plan. We’ll let Joe Perry explain the rest…
Matt Stubbs and Cody Nilsen on the resurrection of Boston blues power trio GA-20
Everyone’s favorite bass-guitar-free, Boston-based blues trio debut a new guitarist and drummer on their latest EP, Volume 2 – but all this change took them back to their roots
Anthony Krizan on what it took to perform Hendrix with Noel Redding – and best Alex Skolnick in an audition
The rock journeyman recalls the making of a lost song with ex-Rolling Stone, channeling Hendrix with Noel Redding and his time with The Spin Doctors
Kiki Wong on her life-changing audition, and what she's learned from Billy Corgan and James Iha
Wong enjoyed a high-profile on social media and maybe that would have been enough. But when Billy Corgan called an open audition, she beat 9,999 others to live out her grunge dreams as guitar player for the Smashing Pumpkins
