Machine Gun Kelly aims to inspire kids to pick up the guitar with his new album

Machine Gun Kelly performs at O2 Academy Brixton on September 23, 2017 in London, England.
(Image credit: Burak Cingi/Redferns)

When it comes to the next savior of guitar, it’s unlikely rap star Machine Gun Kelly would be the first name to spring to mind - yet those are the kind of ambitions MGK holds for his next album, the Travis Barker-featuring Tickets to My Downfall.

In a new episode of New Music Daily on Apple Music, MGK told Zane Lowe, “I hope that this album inspires some kids to go and pick a guitar up, because it really is uncommon for a 15-year-old to have been to a concert where anyone’s playing an instrument. It is weird.

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Michael Astley-Brown
Editor-in-Chief, GuitarWorld.com

Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade's experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.