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11 alternate and open tunings every guitarist should know
From drop D to DADGAD and beyond, these essential tunings will help you approach your guitar in a different way, and as a result, level up your playing
Kim Thayil gives an update on whether unreleased band material featuring Chris Cornell will see the light of day
The recordings were previously the subject of a protracted legal battl between the remaining band members and Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell
How Gary Lucas made guitar magic with Jeff Buckley, Captain Beefheart and Chris Cornell
The guitar journeyman has suffered his share of torture during a career of spreading the word about underdogs – and while he remains one himself, he’s not giving up on his mission
When Chris Cornell left Audioslave, he turned to Jeff Buckley’s guitar foil to make his mark
When Gary Lucas got the call to play guitar on Chris Cornell’s first post-Audioslave release, he was only supposed to be there for one day. But Cornell had other ideas…
How Steve Vai consoled Pete Thorn after Chris Cornell's death
“Here, I'd lost a close friend and collaborator; and a hero of mine, from the time I was 11 years old or so, took the time to console me,” the newly appointed SatchVai Band guitarist tells GW
Soundgarden’s surviving members reunite for charity set – with the help of Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan
Operating under the ‘Nudedragons’ name for the first time in 14 years, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd performed six songs for the 2024 SMooCH benefit concert
“He started playing bass… He got so into it he started bleeding”: Alex Van Halen reveals his and Eddie’s secret jams with Chris Cornell
Eddie Van Halen and his brother tried out the Soundgarden singer shortly before his death – and at one stage, an Ozzy Osbourne-fronted Van Halen album was also on the cards
Heart's Ann Wilson on how she managed to get Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains to jam together
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson recount how they were embraced by Seattle’s music community after the band experienced a dip in popularity
“Chris Cornell said I created ‘a symphony of chaos’ – it was his favorite thing about the track. It meant even more because he was gone less than a year later”: Meet Ryan Wariner, go-to session guitarist for everyone from Dave Mustaine to Ann Wilson
He may be a Nashville session cat, but Ryan Wariner doesn’t play country. Music City’s resident rock guitar enthusiast reveals how he ended up playing slide with Megadeth, what it takes to perform a last-minute show with Gene Simmons, and why he sought a different path to his father, country legend Steve Wariner
“Andrew Watt pushed us as hard as we could be pushed”: Pearl Jam’s energetic new album is “just about finished” – but Mike McCready is also working on a rock opera about the Seattle music scene
The lead guitarist shares the first details of his ambitious new musical that honors Chris Cornell and other Seattle legends – and why he used Andrew Watt’s gear rather than his own for the rock veterans’ forthcoming record
