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From left: Gilby Clarke plays a Gibson SG onstage, Orianthi plays her purple PRS signature model, Nita Strauss players her white Ibanez S-style, and Alice Cooper performs onstage. Clarke will now be touring guitarist for Alice Cooper for the rock icon's upcoming dates before Strauss returns to the fold later in the year.

Gilby Clarke to replace Orianthi (who was replacing Nita Strauss) on upcoming Alice Cooper dates

By Jonathan Horsley published

Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin… the former Guns N' Roses guitarist has been drafted in for the Godfather of Shock tour after Orianthi suffered an injury

Guitarists
Kathy Valentine

Kathy Valentine switched from guitar to bass for The Go-Go’s – until her solo skills were called upon again

By Andrew Daly published

The Hall of Famer on not being allowed to contribute as much as she wanted, why the band may not return, and working with Ace Frehley and Gilby Clark

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's performs onstage during The Wild Honey Foundation, Lenny Kaye & Rhino Present, A 50th Anniversary All-Star Celebration Of The Nuggets Compilation Album at Alex Theatre on May 19, 2023 in Glendale, California

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine recalls recruiting Ace Frehley and Gilby Clarke for her solo album

By Janelle Borg published

Valentine approached Frehley to play on her record at her birthday party – not expecting him to actually show up at the studio

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Gilby Clarke is selling his Guns N’ Roses, Slash’s Snakepit and Heart gear on Reverb

By Phil Weller published

Clarke is clearing out his inventory, with everything from a guitar that featured in Slash’s Snakepit videos to amps and pedals all up for grabs

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Gilby Clarke and Slash onstage in 2013

“If you’ve ever seen Slash give that look to whoever when they hit a bad note… You get that look once, man. You don’t want it twice”: Gilby Clarke survived a baptism by fire in Guns N’ Roses – but one day the pay checks stopped coming

By Andrew Daly published

The guitarist played with GN'R during their chaotic Use Your Illusion era. Now he discusses his heart-stopping audition, the early-’90s Guns album that never was and why he was never actually fired from the band

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Slash and Gilby Clarke

“Slash says, ‘You got the gig. Learn the whole catalog.’ I was like, ‘Don’t you have a set of songs?’ Slash goes, ‘There’s no setlist. Axl just calls ’em out’”: How Gilby Clarke got the Guns N’ Roses gig – and learned the band’s back catalog in a week

By Matt Owen published

Clarke was formally announced as Izzy Stradlin's replacement in the early ’90s – but not before undergoing an audition process that saw him learn his test tracks in the car last minute

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Gilby Clarke onstage with Porno For Pyros

Watch Gilby Clarke step onstage with Porno For Pyros for a blistering rendition of Bad S**t

By Matt Parker published

The ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist put in a fiery appearance at the reunited band’s recent L.A. show

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Joe Bonamassa (left) and Billy Gibbons

Watch Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa cover Jimi Hendrix at Gibbons' 72nd birthday jam in Los Angeles

By Jackson Maxwell published

Gilby Clarke was also on hand for the concert, which took place at the Troubadour

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Gilby Clarke: "I’m a big believer in doubling guitar parts with a different amp and guitar. It’s not just a bigger sound – it gives so much more separation"

By Mark McStea published

The former Guns N' Roses guitarist unleashes some straight ahead rock 'n' roll on his first solo album in 20 years

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Gilby Clarke and Brad Gillis

Night Ranger enlists Gilby Clarke to fill in for Keri Kelli during recent gig

By Matt Owen published

The former Guns N’ Roses axeman stepped up in place of Kelli, who missed out due to a knee injury, at the band’s South Dakota concert

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