<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:44:51 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “There was a lot of interference and push to be commercial. We went along for the ride – and got left in the middle of nowhere”: The thrash metal bands who deserved to make it – but didn’t ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-thrash-bands-that-didn-t-make-it TbRyYDihofLtPqhXPZxET3 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:44:51 +0000 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:50:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Alex and I looked at each other and went, ‘Wow, I think we have a drummer… Now what do we do?’” Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the inside story behind the Rush reunion ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rush-geddy-lee-alex-lifeson-reunion GhG8uzp9gWr8Y6sB8pnzz Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:44:46 +0000 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:50:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That is the most ‘Seattle’ riff I’ve ever heard in my life”: The recording of Nirvana's Bleach – and the band's “ultimate grunge song” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/krist-novoselic-on-recording-nirvanas-ultimate-grunge-song BV2DHQevAjR4EGsLdkonr4 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:31:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A full circle moment after all these years of making music side-by-side”: Billy Idol and Steve Stevens inducted into Guitar Center’s Hollywood Rockwalk ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/billy-idol-and-steve-stevens-guitar-center-rockwalk 6FzpNsY4RbmqgjUaB39wKB Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:32:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The bar made no profit from it, especially since producing costumes like these is not exactly cheap”: It turns out the fake Russian Angine de Poitrine isn’t actually a real band. Here’s what actually happened ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/fake-angine-de-poitrine-band-explained 8FGqxryRRAKdUYNGKJR9AH Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:15:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just don't like chords – I don't like playing them. Music is much more interesting when everybody plays a harmonic line that creates a wider picture”: How Death Cab for Cutie found their second act – by embracing the weird, and guitars from their past ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/death-cab-for-cutie-i-built-you-a-tower 6bu7ck9UqeTWy27FFHryKY Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:42:02 +0000 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:06:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “She was a complete stranger. She was a bit intimidated at first because she’d heard of the band, but she wasn’t a Rush fan”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee on Anika Nilles’ rollercoaster audition for Rush's Fifty Something tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rush-on-anika-nilles-rollercoaster-audition d3nBXQanikvuW7PY6As9DK Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:42:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was just playing, warming up for the show, and Glenn comes busting in… ‘What the hell’s that?’ ‘I don’t know, it’s just this lick I warm up with.’ He said, ‘No, that‘s an Eagles song, dude!’” The making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-making-of-the-eagles-hotel-california tKHC2vHDsTZvjDKqP3R8uS Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:06:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Extreme and Red Hot Chili Peppers classics among first tracks confirmed for Guitar Hero's spiritual successor, Stage Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/extreme-red-hot-chili-peppers-classics-first-tracks-guitar-hero-successor-stage-tour 9PBLLCM2aasRBDeELo5TDn Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:29:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They don’t even say it’s not a real band. And they have a one-neck guitar”: A fake Angine de Poitrine has been passing themselves off as the real deal in Russia ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/fake-angine-de-poitrine mM5F99uFA6PTcdjRjyC5Eh Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:29:37 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:38:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rush play first show in 11 years, armed with double-neck guitars and deep cuts ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rush-begin-fifty-something-tour hgsbDcTNXiJAzNjqsr2XHn Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:07:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even the most cynical guitar techs were impressed”: The wireless system that finally convinced Radiohead to ditch their guitar cables for good ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/radiohead-goes-wireless 5FziA93gWwxV4fM2Zu7VeT Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:28:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He called and said, ‘I don’t like what’s going on with Ritchie Blackmore. I’m looking for an escape’”: That time Ronnie James Dio offered to front ’70s glam-rock outfit The Sweet ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/that-time-dio-offered-to-front-the-sweet tsauCmmyCjyquYTgV7cVSc Wed, 27 May 2026 14:21:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were heavily in debt. Either we go home, and I go work for my dad as a plumbing assistant, or we just say screw everybody”: Alex Lifeson on the Rush “protest record” that saved the band – and won them their independence ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/alex-lifeson-on-the-rush-protest-record-that-saved-the-band qKBSYfUxDRByL6m6ja2SVk Wed, 27 May 2026 10:21:23 +0000 Wed, 27 May 2026 15:38:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I might even refer to him in my mind, as if we’re still writing together”: Paul McCartney explains how John Lennon is still inspiring his songwriting six decades on ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/paul-mccartney-john-lennon-songwriting-inspiration ZLo8caThWtjzYmFsycH658 Tue, 26 May 2026 15:27:59 +0000 Tue, 26 May 2026 15:33:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If this isn’t a 10 out of 10 announcement, I don’t know what is”: The Smashing Pumpkins reunite with Siamese Dream producer for the first time in 32 years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/smashing-pumpkins-reunite-with-producer-butch-vig-after-three-decades yGDqBm9bRcT23sARzBED9W Thu, 21 May 2026 14:34:38 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 15:54:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve never even been on a yacht... I don’t even know what ‘yacht rock’ is supposed to mean. It just seems absurd to me”: The Doobie Brothers on their many imitators, their many hits, and the making of Long Train Runnin’ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-doobie-brothers-walk-this-road HnfrddFHfMXY3Zbm8ig7rP Thu, 21 May 2026 09:36:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I am not comfortable playing with the band under the current circumstances”: Rhea Thompson sets the record straight on her Tailgunner departure amidst allegations against band’s bassist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/rhea-thompson-leaves-tailgunner-and-thomas-hewson-steps-back-following-allegations cmhKzV3duGqK3XuqnoMNcN Wed, 20 May 2026 15:19:27 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2026 11:28:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He fired a shotgun out of a window. We said to our tour manager, ‘You need to take that gun off him! If we go in there, he might shoot us’”: The moment glam-rock icons The Sweet knew they had to part ways with their singer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/andy-scott-on-brian-connolly-exit-from-the-sweet XsKbhF9FKNAZX6yjaz4gLC Wed, 20 May 2026 12:13:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Many drummers reached out to me in the aftermath of Neil’s passing. That was most distasteful to me”: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the drummers that tried to force a Rush reunion on them ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/geddy-lee-on-drummers-trying-to-force-a-rush-reunion wt8siS9HAS7KKYPDsDvMh5 Tue, 19 May 2026 10:34:33 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 11:16:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi takes “temporary break” from the band's upcoming world tour – and his replacement has been announced ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-strokes-guitarist-nick-valensi-takes-temporary-break-from-the-bands-world-tour gdwbCRVQk9tu6aTdK7toY5 Fri, 15 May 2026 18:38:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were spent, burnt, totally out of it... We started to see The Black Parade as the enemy – one we wanted to kill”: My Chemical Romance's struggle to follow up their biggest success ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/my-chemical-romance-ray-toro-frank-iero-danger-days P4eLrWF9hLX3wAGNdCUPRR Wed, 13 May 2026 15:48:15 +0000 Thu, 14 May 2026 13:16:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We did call him because we owed him that. He was important for the band”: Alex Van Halen says they tried to recruit Michael Anthony for Van Halen’s David Lee Roth reunion ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/alex-van-halen-on-why-michael-anthony-was-excluded-from-the-van-halen-reunion T9ywLLfAdE6NwSuYSWFNxm Wed, 13 May 2026 13:26:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I carry it in a sleeping bag – it looks like a dead body”: Angine de Poitrine’s strange choice of gig bag causes problems at airports ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/angine-de-poitrine-gig-bag-airport-problems 8S3EyeqJfQfPpNVS8oopDL Fri, 08 May 2026 10:56:23 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 10:58:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A momentous union of two storied and unstoppable forces”: DragonForce announce Alissa White-Gluz as their new vocalist in shock move ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/drragonforce-announce-alissa-white-gluz-as-new-vocalist a8JmfWW35nhacSM4duvL2o Wed, 06 May 2026 14:09:52 +0000 Wed, 06 May 2026 16:08:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Coverdale wanted my solos to be a certain way. He had to kind of approve my solos”: Reb Beach on why crafting guitar solos with Whitesnake was more challenging than Winger ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/reb-beach-crafting-guitar-solos-for-whitesnake-and-winger 88pS3FNVjXSndNKWdaHhAQ Mon, 04 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![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