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The Meters guitar legend Leo Nocentelli’s remarkable unreleased '70s solo album Another Side to finally see the light of day

By Matt Parker

The tapes survived 50 years of storage, Hurricane Katrina and a 2,000 mile trip to California from New Orleans, before being found at a swap-meet

Want to record in a world-class studio for free? Fender’s new Player Plus initiative could pay for your band’s sessions

By Matt Parker

Guitar-maker pledges to fund 260 hours of time in professional recording facilities, including LA’s EastWest and RAK London

Guitar Center Black Friday 2021: What to expect

By Guitar World Staff

Everything you need to know about Guitar Center's Black Friday deals

Richie Faulkner in a “stable” condition after undergoing major emergency heart surgery

By Matt Owen

Judas Priest postponed the remainder of their US tour after Faulkner was hospitalized following major medical heart condition issues

David Gilmour flexes his fretless bass skills in newly shared Yet Another Movie demo

By Matt Owen

The stripped-down, dreamy demo arrives in anticipation of Pink Floyd's upcoming A Momentary Lapse Of Reason reissue

IDLES perform at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2019 in Glastonbury, England

IDLES announce new album Crawler, take soulful left turn on new single, The Beachland Ballroom

By Jackson Maxwell

The follow-up to 2020's UK chart-topping Ultra Mono is set for a November 12 release

Pigtronix's new Echolution 3 delay pedal

Pigtronix takes its delay game to the next level with slimmed-down, powerful Echolution 3 pedal

By Jackson Maxwell

The company's new Echolution unit boasts delay times ranging from 100ms to 5 seconds, and a feast of celestial tonal options

Converge recruit Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm and Stephen Brodsky for new collaborative album, Bloodmoon: I

By Matt Owen

Hear the album’s eerie lead single, Blood Moon, now

Pigtronix aims to offer a buffet of tone-boosting capabilities with its new Gamma Drive pedal

By Jackson Maxwell

Boasting a simple control layout and housed in a 'board-friendly chassis, the Gamma Drive is said to be perfect for everything from subtle clean boosts to aggressive distortion

Mike McCready joins Brandi Carlile for faithful cover of Soundgarden’s Searching With My Good Eye Closed

By Matt Owen

Matt Cameron also joined the fray for the performance, which took place during Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival

Fender's newly launched California Mini acoustic range

Fender launches new small-scale California series Sonoran Mini, Redondo Mini acoustic guitars

By Sam Roche

Mahogany builds, walnut fingerboards and Strat-style headstocks feature on the downsized, travel-friendly models

Fender Japan debuts limited-edition Thinline Telecaster models with literal 'F'-holes

By Matt Owen

The eye-catching offerings – which feature the company's iconic spaghetti logo for an f-hole – continue Fender Japan's distinctive run of electrics

Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen is a definitive new biography based on 50+ hours of interviews with the man himself

By Matt Parker

The book, due October 5, also includes chapters on EVH’s guitar builds and personal stories from the guitarist detailing oddities from his gear collection

Travis Haley – aka ex-Steel Panther bassist Lexxi Foxx – forms new band, Hollywood Gods N' Monsters

By Sam Roche

“Think of us as a bigass American jukebox, where all the records in it have melted together,” explains Haley's new bandmate Diggity Dave

Axl Rose and Slash performing live with Guns N' Roses

Guns N’ Roses announce new four-track EP, Hard Skool

By Matt Owen

It will be the first time in 28 years that original members Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan have all joined forces for a new GNR record

Judas Priest postpone remainder of US tour as guitarist Richie Faulkner is hospitalized for “major medical heart condition issues”

By Sam Roche

The band's 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour was scheduled to run until November 5

Kirk Hammett joins Judas Priest onstage at Louder Than Life for performance of Fleetwood Mac's The Green Manalishi

By Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell

For the performance, the Metallica guitarist wielded his 1959 Gibson Les Paul, Greeny – once owned by late Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green

Legendary music photographer Ross Halfin has announced a huge new Ritchie Blackmore book, limited to just 400 copies

By Matt Parker

Running to more than 300 pages, the book collects together hundreds of unpublished images from the guitarist’s time with Rainbow in the early 1980s

Jack White performs surprise set atop Damien Hirst’s balcony at Third Man Records store grand opening

By Matt Owen

The London streets were raucously serenaded by a cherry-picked set of tracks from White's formidable repertoire, conjured up via his awe-inspiring pedalboard

Johnny Ramone's iconic 1965 Mosrite Ventures II guitar sells at auction for $937,500

By Sam Roche

The battered offset was used by the guitarist on every single Ramones album, as well as at almost 2,000 of the band's shows between 1977 and 1996