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Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and Janick Gers on Senjutsu, track by track
By Amit Sharma published
How complex songs and tricky time changes make for an epic record and a testing time in the studio, and why you don’t need a $3,000 guitar to sound like a pro...

Iron Maiden return with new single, The Writing On The Wall
By Jackson Maxwell published
The band's first new song in six years comes with a beautiful animated video created in collaboration with two former Pixar executives

Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith was in the running to join Def Leppard in 1991, says drummer Rick Allen
By Sam Roche published
The role was ultimately filled by Vivian Campbell, who replaced guitarist Steve Clark after his passing

Jam buddies and neighbors Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen on swapping guitars, blues phrasing and the secret to successful collaboration
By Amit Sharma published
Introduced by tennis star Pat Cash, the Smith/Kotzen friendship and creative alliance has gone from strength to strength. Here, they talk through their self-titled debut

Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen: “The style of the record came from our instincts and how we play together”
By Ellie Robinson published
What do you get when you put two of hard-rock’s biggest shredders in a room and tell them to get their blues on?

Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith swapped signature guitars on their debut Smith/Kotzen album
By Matt Owen published
In a new interview with Guitarist, the rock icons reveal the Fender and Jackson signature-swapping antics that went on in the studio, and dismiss the notion that any guitarist can play bass

Foo Fighters bring the noise in an extra-huge new issue of Australian Guitar, out now!
By Australian Guitar published
Ready to rock? Well, let's roll...

Smith/Kotzen share hard-rocking new single, Running
By Richard Bienstock published
The debut album from the Iron Maiden and Winery Dogs guitarists is out March 23
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