Dear Guitar Hero

He was two-hand tapping long before it became “the thing to do,” was a member of Genesis, formed GTR with Steve Howe and has been releasing top-notch solo albums for more than 40 years. But what GW readers really wanna know is...

He's the godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly and has one fine-looking signature Gretsch. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is...

He used to pour concrete for his father’s construction company. Now he tours the world with his longtime band, Disturbed. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is...

He’s a co-founder of Sepultura, and his distinctive playing helped put Brazilian thrash metal on the map. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

His inimitable, atmospheric guitar work with the Police helped define the sound of popular music in the Seventies and Eighties, but what GW readers really want to know is...

He co-founded Sixties pop-rock titans the Byrds, inspired a Beatles song and helped invent country rock. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

Best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of Grand Funk Railroad, he’s now fronting Mark Farner’s American Band. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

He made alternative rock history with Pavement and the Jicks, but what do Guitar World readers really want to know about Stephen Malkmus?

On April 15, 2017, just days after completing his final interview with Guitar World, Allan Holdsworth—the great jazz-fusion guitarist—passed away. Revisit that interview today, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.