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Simon McBride announced as Deep Purple's new permanent guitarist
"Simon’s playing is up there with the greats," the classic rock titans said in a statement welcoming him permanently into the fold
Push your skills to the limit with 5 Steve Morse licks
Alternate picking, string skipping through the arpeggios... This dip into the former Deep Purple guitarist's playing is bootcamp for your shred chops
The 30 greatest rock guitar albums of 1972
In '72, Alice Cooper and Bowie grew ever more theatrical while the riffs of Iommi, Blackmore and co got bigger. 50 years on, we celebrate the best from a banner year for rock
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
Steve Morse announces his departure from Deep Purple after 28 years with the band
The band pay a warm tribute to Morse as the guitarist leaves to look after his wife, who is battling cancer
Legendary producer Ken Scott says Steve Morse is the best guitarist he has ever worked with
Scott has worked with Jeff Beck, the Beatles, Mick Ronson, Pink Floyd and more, but he reveals why Deep Purple and Dixie Dregs guitarist is the greatest of them all
Watch Deep Purple perform with stand-in guitarist Simon McBride for the first time
The Irish blues-rocker is temporarily filling in for Steve Morse, who has put his Deep Purple duties on pause to take care of his ill wife
Simon McBride on joining Deep Purple: “Steve Morse is an amazing guitarist, so I know I’ve got big boots to fill…”
The Northern Irish blues-rocker talks taking on one of rock's biggest gigs, shaking up his tones on new album The Fighter, and the one thing every guitarist needs to consider when writing guitar solos
Ritchie Blackmore: "It's much easier to flow across the strings on a Gibson. Fenders have more tension, so you have to fight them a little bit"
In this classic 1991 GW interview, the Deep Purple guitar hero chats about his whammy bar violence, his switch from Gibsons to Strats, and why he thinks Smoke on the Water has endured as a rock classic
