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How super-producer Andrew Watt pivoted from Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes to The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop
By Janelle Borg published
Watt started his production career in the pop sphere, before the Prince of Darkness handpicked him to produce his record

Eddie Vedder uses one of Jack White's signature guitars to play a Pearl Jam deep cut
By Phil Weller published
The White Stripes icon has been on a guitar-gifting spree – and the latest recipient has put the electric/acoustic hybrid to good use

Eddie Vedder recalls the time he received his first guitar – and mistook it for a vacuum cleaner
By Phil Weller published
A Christmas to forget quickly became one to remember when a 12-year-old Vedder eventually got the present of his dreams

Eddie Vedder invites his “great, great pal” Bradley Cooper to join Pearl Jam for Neil Young and A Star is Born covers
By Janelle Borg published
Bradley Cooper dueted with Eddie Vedder on the A Star is Born track Maybe It's Time, featuring Vedder on guitar

Mike McCready recalls meeting Eddie Van Halen – and tries his hand at playing Eruption off the cuff
By Phil Weller published
The Pearl Jam guitarist has opened up about his encounter with the guitar legend on Howard Stern, before showing off a few two-hand tapping licks

“Bass players seem to like that feeling of the sound pushing against their legs, but if you stand too close to your amp, you’re never sure what it sounds like”: Mike Watt offers his advice for putting some teeth into your live sound
By Karl Coryat published
The patriarch of punk has influenced a generation of rockers. Here he talks through his live gear setup

Josh Klinghoffer: “I’ve never lost this sense that I’m a beginner, and I think that gives me a more primal approach to the guitar”
By Joe Bosso published
Josh Klinghoffer was a Red Hot Chili Pepper – and now he records with Eddie Vedder and performs with Pearl Jam. What is it about him that all these (hugely successful) acts want?

Pearl Jam break out digital amps and rare Gibson guitars on US tour
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Mike McCready is now rocking Fender Tone Master combos, while Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder have been wielding obscure Gibson models

Eddie Vedder recruits Stewart Copeland to cover The Police’s Message in a Bottle during live show
By Matt Owen published
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench also made an appearance during the star-studded evening at Inglewood, California's YouTube Theater

Chad Smith ditches drums for guitar during Eddie Vedder show – and ticks off every guitar hero trick in the book
By Matt Owen published
The Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer's six-string cameo took place during a cover of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World, and featured some inch-perfect power stances, flawless back-to-back guitar action and a rogue stampede on the wrong pedalboard
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