<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:13 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “It’s never really about the gear itself. It’s just a tool for unlocking an idea”: American Football’s slow-burning debut album was originally dismissed. Four records in, they’re glad that’s how it went ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/american-football-lp4 hXjAEPpiwbH2JakSHqgJ4a Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Heirs of Jimi Hendrix's bandmates lose years-long royalties dispute against the Hendrix Estate and Sony Music ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/heirs-of-jimi-hendrixs-bandmates-lose-royalties-dispute ZeBG7WwUXDdE9sBywx2omT Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “No-one believed in us. The manager said, ‘You can only play for a few minutes.’ The entire audience jumped up on their tables”: The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-story-of-fanny emRce3jwrdm26r49xDKQYj Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:21 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:11:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The whole idea of the band was to assume a bit of a satirical approach to rock music”: Angine de Poitrine, the viral math rock band, reveal that their microtonal approach started as an “inside joke” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/angine-de-poitrine-reveal-their-microtonal-approach-started-as-an-inside-joke DUDTf4NnMHU47mRAtkdixM Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:46:42 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:11:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Alice Cooper deliver a shock rock version of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, with some help from new guitarist Anna Cara ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/alice-cooper-covers-nirvana-at-coopstock-2026 nRScZ56QALvXSCrb2NzVAX Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:02:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I feel like I get one lawsuit served every week”: Neal Schon sets the record straight on claims made by Journey singer Arnel Pineda that he was pressured to go on tour against his will ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/neal-schon-responds-to-journey-singer-arnel-pineda GctXoQgFgNRwviK88pgfkk Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:56:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/satchvai-band-covers-led-zeppelin-and-steppenwolf 53j4UMLLpTQqRFhKewn5a8 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:18:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It absolutely blew my mind”: Why Dave Grohl is obsessed with viral Canadian microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/why-dave-grohl-is-obsessed-with-angine-de-poitrine zBzDo2ADP4RgfSqmYDLmbP Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:01:09 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:51:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Automatically you go into blues when you do that”: Big Country's golden guitar rule that steered them clear of the blues ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/big-countrys-golden-guitar-rule-that-steered-them-clear-of-blues JUrCKS6txDrkox83mVdANi Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:40:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The company that handles all our equipment has completely boned us. We have literally nothing to play”: The All-American Rejects cancel show after gear is “mistakenly shipped across the country” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/all-american-rejects-cancel-show-after-gear-mistakenly-shipped-across-the-country wGJnpdvLRvk39Wax3kkoCJ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:03:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The two things I remember are the cool guitar stuff… and this never-ending scream”: Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/billy-corgan-on-the-first-time-he-met-courtney-love-and-witnessed-hole-live t9TbAKtPZhmYxRsmN2Raf4 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:57:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I believe with all my heart that it will translate to something good”: Lindsey Buckingham teases reunion with Stevie Nicks following renewed interest in their pre-Fleetwood Mac album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/lindsey-buckingham-teases-reunion-with-stevie-nicks 2rPpUGQZJvQb5XCJMYGb28 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:17:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You really can't ask us what song to play. If we have to choose one song, it's almost impossible”: Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee perform with new drummer Anika Nilles for the first time at Canada's Juno Awards ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rush-alex-lifeson-geddy-lee-first-show-with-anika-nilles ArrX9PBcgt34M84jh9XwVR Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:59:36 +0000 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:02:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We wanted to do things at a certain speed, but the label didn’t. They let us go”: Meet STONE, the Liverpool alt-rockers who quit their major label, wowed Yungblud’s fans and wrote their new album on a Gibson missing a string ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/stone-autonomy UQqP9MBHRBAKmSiFd7CVV6 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was just throwing stuff at the wall to see what stuck”: Beach Boys hire new member from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/chris-cron-joins-the-beach-boys uivqTCPBZZW2ymm2VJddV9 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:24:03 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:56:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This decision was completely out of my control and I had nothing to do with it”: Ill Niño part ways with new guitarist just weeks before tour – and only months after hiring him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/ill-nino-part-ways-with-xander-raymond-charles yBnzbkUx78jgRZJZenSSvK Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:33:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The bush can make you whacky, especially if you’re running from a few coppers who are shooting at you": William Crighton on bush psychedelia, collaborating with the late Rob Hirst, and his new LP Colonial Drift ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-bush-can-make-you-whacky-especially-if-youre-running-from-a-few-coppers-who-are-shooting-at-you-william-crighton-on-bush-psychedelia-collaborating-with-the-late-rob-hirst-and-his-new-lp-colonial-drift jpnVRuHYvGgeQe39AjChQc Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:07:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were no frets left on it. I’d never seen anything as horrible!” How a new recruit turned Swedish adventure rockers Hällas into a band of gearheads ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/hallas-panorama C8UVyb6micmSSFSFT3j9S3 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:16:28 +0000 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:18:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The moment we started playing with it, we just laughed”: Viral duo Angine de Poitrine have become one of the most talked-about bands on the planet – and microtonal guitar has been the key to their unlikely success ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/angine-de-poitrine-microtonal-guitar DNiuk6vkiDVo6EwgNrtq5Q Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:39:40 +0000 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:02:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I try to avoid rehearsals at all costs now. It’s the only way I can survive”: I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/drummer-versus-guitarists yHtDNRtdctPEiHu6tKtvuV Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:33:15 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:35:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I threw my guitar off mid strum, dove into the crowd and began strangling him to the ground”: Billy Corgan on the first time he met future Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/billy-corgan-the-first-time-he-met-melissa-auf-der-maur 6wYrMkE9Ft2KXKCuQG2t6i Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:17:07 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:19:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We played it at CBGB’s. The label guy said, ‘That’s a single.’ We said, ‘Oh, no... That’s not going on the album. That’s a joke song!’” It was nothing more than a throwaway jam – then they were playing it at the Grammys in tuxedos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-story-of-rollins-band-liar vRLKc9abq9NxqGUWLqiE6B Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/cream-chronicled-nettie-baker-interview 6MCzxU8nizTqC3dbcyAqse Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:50:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Finish it up as a great instrumental nod to Eddie”: Michael Anthony has his own thoughts on how the “new” Van Halen album should be completed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/michael-anthony-how-new-van-halen-record-should-be-finished kGuDB7zzVySkUgM6U2CiSH Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:09:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Was this an attempt to challenge Metallica’s success with the Black Album?” A guide to every Megadeth album – and guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/a-guide-to-every-megadeth-album-and-guitarist Bpvq9cgFcBRX3S2avTMYxK Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:03:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We played at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert with the Foo Fighters. After we finished our set, everyone was encouraging us to go back on tour”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee look back on the moment that sparked the idea for a Rush reunion ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/alex-lifeson-and-geddy-lee-on-the-moment-that-sparked-the-idea-for-a-reunion-tour GuRkNPECZtPuEr6AupPfaU Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:12:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Charlie Watts said, ‘We wonder what happened to them fantastic girls. We never heard of them again in England’”: They were one of the world's first “all-female” rock bands – then they disappeared. But the Rolling Stones and the Beatles never forgot them ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-rolling-stones-on-the-liverbirds oaKLxvvzLV3Vm8qiGJyinW Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:37:37 +0000 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:59:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Have I held Frankenstein? Was it a total, Excalibur-level experience? I don't even know how to articulate that, but I got emotional”: Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti on recording at Eddie Van Halen's legendary 5150 Studios ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/alter-bridge-on-recording-at-5150-holding-frankenstein XwqcHa6WVsekf3CCCeQPo9 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:06:24 +0000 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:04:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I tried to talk him out of it... He was too good a writer to have that be his calling card”: The band's guitarist felt the song was beneath its writer, but it became one of the biggest singalong guitar-pop hits of the 2000s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/fountains-of-wayne-the-story-of-stacys-mom KJkV7QzyFzpRFC54dX734E Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:45:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:21:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Tony said, ‘Hey, you’re singing flat.’ My dad got really pissed off”: Jack Osbourne says a heated moment during soundcheck before Black Sabbath’s farewell show revealed everything about Tony Iommi and Ozzy’s relationship ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/jack-osbourne-on-tony-iommi-and-ozzy-osbourne-relationship-black-sabbath rNm9Z58RcVaHNVhRq9a2sm Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:42:54 +0000 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:47:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “By the time we met the Beatles, they were thrilled to meet us. They liked us in part because we were women who could play”: The pioneering ’70s band beloved by the Beatles – who recorded with Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s sonic architect ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-beatles-were-fans-of-the-pioneering-70s-band-fanny oFgcHBhAxCEpNA2wNz2LE7 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:57:24 +0000 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:33:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “At the end of the show, Jimmy goes, ‘The way you mix rock and Indian music is something I’ve never seen before’”: Meet the psych-rockers merging Hendrix with 600-year-old Hindustani classical music tradition – who count Jimmy Page among their fans ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/karma-sheen-sameer-khan-interview sU8RZ5eXhXL7HrxKDd2DQU Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:20:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As soon as they started to jam, all three felt the magic. They instinctively knew they were on to something”: Their first single was so bad, the label pulled 10,000 copies. Yet they went on to be one of the most influential supergroups in music history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-history-of-cream tHT2DxZbSz2QCFiyeMTLcM Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s a weapon. He came back with that over a couple of nights. He really tortured himself”: How Guthrie Govan ended up on prog masters Karnivool’s latest album – which was in the works for 13 years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/guthrie-govan-karnivool-in-verses-album QEjWFCo5HovHuK4XDKUNBS Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:19:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Doors are immediately opened for us, but once you’re in the room they don’t necessarily give you the benefit of the doubt”: Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons on the realities of making it in the music industry as the sons of two Kiss legends ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/stanley-simmons-on-following-in-their-fathers-footsteps UBeXTsJ6TqxWZKuySbbTsG Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:18:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Anyone who thinks he's sloppy is out of their minds”: Rolling Stones producer Don Was on why Keith Richards shouldn't be underestimated as both a rhythm and lead guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rolling-stones-producer-don-on-keith-richards-guitar-playing RA9GF4FnKLQkHMRNFZz6Nc Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:47:55 +0000 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:42:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He took offense to that and we hung up, and I don't remember speaking to him since then”: Ahead of Megadeth's final album, Dave Mustaine sets the record straight on why he and James Hetfield don’t talk anymore ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/dave-mustaine-on-why-he-and-james-hetfield-do-not-talk-anymore TWn52ToDvANdiin8n6jRtc Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:27:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Johnny Marr got hit with a pint straight away. After the show we said, ‘That guitar is too fancy for touring with us!’” Stolen offsets, iconic bandmates and Coco Chanel’s advice – how the Cribs learned to be the best versions of themselves ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-cribs-selling-a-vibe aJMx7WYbKYjHG35VimnHz Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:28:59 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:53:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why Sting just paid $800,000 to his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/sting-pays-his-former-police-bandmates-following-royalties-dispute 5DtR4P5Gue2rREdqnacqmD Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:44:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It got nicked after a show in Leeds and went missing for years. Then I was reading an interview online and there, in the background, was the Mustang on the wall”: The story of the stolen Fender offset that unites three iconic indie rock bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-story-of-the-stolen-fender-that-unites-the-cribs-matt-healy-and-beabadoobee KMhEMDJQ8qvYsWNTQzGvFm Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:48:31 +0000 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:07:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The rest of the world didn't know that the world's greatest guitarist was playing a weekend gig at this place in Chelmsford”: The Aristocrats' Bryan Beller recalls the moment he met Guthrie Govan and formed a new kind of supergroup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/when-bryan-beller-met-guthrie-govan iPc9N924bSD5CKyWEGfUPg Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:40:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They stole our name, which means Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were listening to our records. But the main reason people know us is Gary Moore, and that doesn’t bother me at all”: The tale of the original Irish Skid Row ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-original-irish-skid-row EzaJiVt3UKccg26e84Q5uR Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I opened my guitar case and nearly fainted – I thought there was a human hand in there”: Motörhead and Girlschool were leading the charge for British heavy metal in the ’80s – guitarist Kim McAuliffe reveals what touring with Lemmy was really like ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/girlschool-kim-mcauliffe-on-touring-with-motorhead 6Z2ctG62VweKmZLxzRkaHa Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:13:08 +0000 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:09:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I saw these guys play two years ago, and thought, ‘I’d love to be in a band like that.’ Be careful what you pray for”: Joe Walsh joins The War on Drugs as their surprise guitar hero guest for annual benefit show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/joe-walsh-joins-the-war-on-drugs-onstage-2025 QzKS3ibs6bJanzzLpSXEDZ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:44:59 +0000 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:12:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I hope your reaction is, ‘I have never heard Van Halen like this’“: New compilation album of old Van Halen rehearsals with Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang has reportedly been released – and it doesn’t feature a singer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/van-halen-the-5150-sessions-vinyl TMSVFpJQoQD9bzBQEynyRQ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:45:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everything that allowed us to function as a band is gone”: Danish prog-metal band suffers devastating loss after all their gear is destroyed in a fire ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/vola-suffer-devastating-loss-after-equipment-destroyed-by-fire z8Ev2pb3MY3diMQs4epHPX Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:23:25 +0000 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:23:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Gear is a nightmare. When you play every night, the failure rate goes through the roof”: Award-winning UK indie stars English Teacher on the dangers of self-relic'ing, and why they love Fender offsets “for the same reason any alternative band does” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/english-teacher-this-could-be-a-remix-album SnMw6cacfdb8zmg3tFUFZa Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:29:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Keith said he didn’t think he could commit”: The Rolling Stones reportedly cancel plans for 2026 tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rolling-stones-cancel-2026-tour-plans rwBHwiaZFFJh8mGbrwzjVL Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:25:49 +0000 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:46:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s still a ton happening behind the scenes”: Tommy Thayer says there is still more in store for Kiss ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/tommy-thayer-on-the-future-of-kiss 5AubHK8SknwCBqrFSipAqn Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:31:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Keith said, ‘Are you sure you want to be the meat in this sandwich?’ I walked out convinced I’d never see them again”: How John Mayer and Bob Dylan producer Don Was first ended up working with the Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-rolling-stones-and-don-was 4rP5mSdj3TUCqzdT2LhFqU Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000