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“Who knew Billy could play guitar?” Billy Joel rocks a Strat with Axl Rose in surprise cover of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell

By Phil Weller published

The pair also covered Wings’ Live and Let Die as Billy Joel rounded out his US tour with a little help from the Guns N’ Roses frontman’s steely pipes

Michael Schenker performs on stage at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on October 31, 2021 in London, England

“I’d always said to the Scorpions, ‘If any band from England asks me to join, no matter who it is, I’m doing it’”: Michael Schenker celebrates his tenure with UFO with a new reimagined greatest hits record – and it features Slash

By Janelle Borg published

Michael Schenker's new album, My Years with UFO, marks the 50th anniversary of the guitarist's tenure with the British classic rock band

Richard Fortus

“Malcolm Young would shred picks. It's like he would pick them up and they’d turn to dust!”: Richard Fortus breaks down his role as Guns N’ Roses’ rhythm machine – and explains the overlooked details that separate good players from great ones

By Amit Sharma published

GNR's resident Gretsch signature artist discusses his chemistry with Slash – and how it echoes that of Izzy Stradlin's – and pinpoints his approach to staying in the pocket

Justin Smolian of Dirty Honey performs at St. Andrews Hall on February 10, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.

“I remember thinking, ‘What would Paul McCartney do?’” How Justin Smolian channeled his inner Beatle with Dirty Honey

By Nick Wells published

Dirty Honey's Justin Smolian opens up on touring with Guns N' Roses, and why Paul McCartney is still a bass playing genius

Slash performs onstage with Guns N' Roses

Guns N’ Roses announce massive 2023 world tour

By Matt Owen published

Slash and co will visit the Middle East, Europe and North America over a sprawling 38-date schedule, which is set to kick off in June

Izzy Stradlin (left) and Slash of Guns N' Roses perform at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on July 19, 1988

Guns N' Roses' Slash and Izzy Stradlin: "We wanted the necessary studio polish, but with the live, raw feeling intact"

By Joe Bosso published

In this 1989 GW interview, Slash n' Stradlin reflect on the tough circumstances and jam sessions that helped form Guns N' Roses' blockbuster debut, Appetite for Destruction

Brian May

Brian May recalls his “odd” experience recording on-off contributions for Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy

By Matt Owen published

The Queen guitarist had originally recorded guitar parts for Catcher in the Rye, but his tracks were ultimately cut from the final mix

[L-R] DJ Ashba and Axl Rose

DJ Ashba says he submitted “8 to 10” new Guns N' Roses songs to Axl Rose during his tenure, but they never materialized

By Sam Roche published

“A lot of them were too Appetite-sounding,” the guitarist says, adding, “as a fan, that's what I'd want to hear”

Axl Rose and Slash performing live with Guns N' Roses

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

By Matt Owen published

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

[L-R] Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses drop hard-rocking new single, Hard Skool

By Sam Roche published

Like last month's Absurd, the track is an axed take from 2008's Chinese Democracy

[L-R] Jerry Cantrell and Axl Rose

Jerry Cantrell remembers watching Axl Rose throw his Alice in Chains demo tape away

By Sam Roche published

Despite the experience, Guns N' Roses remained a major influence on the early sound of Alice in Chains, Cantrell explains

Axl Rose borrowed Dave Grohl's "throne" after breaking his foot

Axl Rose had Slash pick out a guitar for Dave Grohl as a thank you for lending the singer his onstage “throne”

By Richard Bienstock published

The guitar, a vintage ES-335, “was the nicest I have ever played in my life,” Grohl says

Axl Rose and Richard Fortus of Guns N' Roses perform at BankAtlantic Center on October 24, 2011 in Sunrise, Florida

Richard Fortus dishes on the many guitarists who have passed through Guns N’ Roses’ ranks

By Richard Bienstock published

"It was a difficult dynamic to make three guitars work,” he says of playing alongside Buckethead and Robin Finck

Guns N' Roses Announce Fall U.S. Tour Dates

By Jackson Maxwell published

The 'Not in This Lifetime' tour ain't finished yet.

Hear Axl Rose's First New Song in 10 Years, "Rock the Rock"

By Guitar World Staff published

Featuring Slash and Duff McKagan? Nope. Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig? You bet!

Hear a Previously Unreleased, Piano-Only 1986 Demo of Guns N' Roses' "November Rain"

By Guitar World Staff published

Watch Foo Fighters Play "It's So Easy" with Guns N' Roses

By Jackson Maxwell published

Watch Guns N' Roses Play "Shadow of Your Love" For the First Time in 31 Years

By Guitar World Staff published

Watch Guns N' Roses Perform Velvet Revolver's "Slither" Live in Berlin

By Guitar World Staff published

Watch Guns N' Roses' Previously Unreleased "It's So Easy" Music Video

By Guitar World Staff published