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Sonic Youth are now alternate tunings icons – but the band opted for them out of necessity
By Phil Weller published
The noise-rock icon is famous for his love of weird tunings, but that fixation only happened with a little help from one of the NY art-rock scene’s biggest innovators

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo is selling his first-ever electric guitar on the band's relaunched Reverb store
By Janelle Borg published
This is the third time the iconic experimental rockers have linked up with the online gear marketplace to sell a collection of their own gear to fans

From Veruca Salt to Smashing Pumpkins and now Garbage, Nicole Fiorentino thrives on challenge
By Andrew Daly published
Traditionally a tube amp user, the Reverend Decision fan is hitting the Helix-powered stage with Shirley Manson and co., with in-ear monitors and no pedals – and delivering her own bass take on the band's classics

Former Smashing Pumpkins bassist Nicole Fiorentino on how she landed her role in Garbage – with no audition
By Janelle Borg published
Fiorentino continues the trend of former Pumpkins bassists delivering the low-end for both bands

Soccer Mommy on the power of alternate tunings in pushing her songwriting capabilities
By Janelle Borg published
The singer-songwriter discusses how opting for left-field tunings forces guitarists to learn a whole new vocabulary, which ultimately improves their playing

Gwen Stefani on the only No Doubt song she's ever written on guitar
By Janelle Borg published
The Stefani-penned Simple Kind of Life proved to be the standout track of No Doubt's fourth album, Return of Saturn
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