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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
Their job titles are ‘Wrangling Hellcat’ and ‘Waste Management’ – meet the minds behind Jack White’s Third Man Hardware
Dan Mancini shares the stories behind the collaborations that have helped White and Third Man Hardware to demand attention from players of all, er... ‘stripes’
Songhoy Blues’ Garba Touré created his own crossover guitar style – now he’s changing it up again
From “African rock, African roll” to a new exploration of traditional instruments, techniques and tunings – the exiled artist continues to build bridges with new album Héritage
Richard Z Kruspe explains why guitars are like kisses, reverse kill-switches – and how he launched Rammstein with a riff
Fresh from launching his new RZK-III signature model, the German fire-raiser discusses the Custom Shop guitar that changed his thinking on collecting – and how he manages to live and let live with colleague Paul Landers
