Guns N' Roses are yet to commence writing new original music, Slash says By Sam Roche published 25 October 21 The legendary rockers recently released reworked Chinese Democracy-era cuts Absurd and Hard Skool, which will appear on their upcoming Hard Skool EP
Wolfgang Van Halen join Guns N’ Roses onstage for show-stopping Paradise City performance By Matt Owen published 4 October 21 GNR signed off their 2021 US tour’s penultimate show in style by bringing on Van Halen, who had been supporting the band during the three-month stint round the country
The 30 greatest rock guitar albums of 1991 By Greg Prato, Guitar World Staff published 30 September 21 1991 saw the release of a remarkable number of albums that went on to change the guitar landscape. To mark their 30-year anniversary, we count down the very best
Guns N’ Roses announce new four-track EP, Hard Skool By Matt Owen published 28 September 21 It will be the first time in 28 years that original members Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan have all joined forces for a new GNR record
Guns N' Roses drop hard-rocking new single, Hard Skool By Sam Roche published 24 September 21 Like last month's Absurd, the track is an axed take from 2008's Chinese Democracy
Slash teases new Guns N’ Roses song with soundcheck TikTok video By Jackson Maxwell published 21 September 21 Titled Hard School, the song – like the band's recent single, Absurd – dates back to the Chinese Democracy sessions
Richard Fortus: "Gretsch were in rehearsals with us, winding pickups on the spot while I was trying them out" By Rod Brakes published 17 September 21 The Guns N’ Roses guitarist on how he developed the hybrid PAF/Filter’Tron pickups for his signature Gretsch Falcon
Watch the pro-shot version of Guns N’ Roses and Dave Grohl’s plug-pulling Paradise City performance By Matt Owen published 16 September 21 The new release lets us hear how the energetic end to the song was meant to sound, complete with Slash's closing solo, though still features the crowd’s show-carrying vocals when the sound abruptly stopped
Jerry Cantrell remembers watching Axl Rose throw his Alice in Chains demo tape away By Sam Roche published 14 September 21 Despite the experience, Guns N' Roses remained a major influence on the early sound of Alice in Chains, Cantrell explains
Watch the moment a festival pulls the plug on Guns N’ Roses and Dave Grohl – and they carry on regardless By Matt Parker published 6 September 21 BottleRock Music Festival muted the PA before the band's set had finished, not that anyone onstage seemed to mind…
Bumblefoot recalls recording guitar parts for the song that became Guns N’ Roses’ new track, Absurd By Matt Owen published 18 August 21 The former GNR man gives his opinion on how the old Chinese Democracy cut, once known as Silkworms, turned out
Night Ranger enlists Gilby Clarke to fill in for Keri Kelli during recent gig By Matt Owen published 11 August 21 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
Guns N' Roses release hard-riffing new single, Absurd By Sam Roche published 6 August 21 Previously known as Silkworms, the energetic track debuted at the band's August 3 show at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Guns N' Roses perform reworked version of rare, unreleased song, Silkworms By Sam Roche published 4 August 21 The track – now called Absurd – originated from the sessions for 2008's Chinese Democracy
Guns N' Roses cover The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog at their first show in 16 months By Sam Roche published 3 August 21 The rock giants took to the stage at the Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania over the weekend, delivering a string of hits from their expansive catalogue
Gretsch teams up with Richard Fortus for two elegantly crafted signature Falcon Center Block models By Matt Owen published 8 July 21 The Guns N' Roses guitarist has spec'd out two stunning new signature six-strings, arriving in the form of Bigsby-equipped and V-Stoptail-styled Falcons
Slash's best guitar solos ranked By Amit Sharma published 16 June 21 The top-hatted one's greatest leads from Guns N' Roses to Velvet Revolver and beyond
Guns N' Roses announce US tour with Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH By Sam Roche published 1 June 21 The run marks a pretty grand touring debut for WVH's new project
Slash has been recording demos for the new Guns N’ Roses album using AmpliTube By Michael Astley-Brown published 28 May 21 The top-hatted one details his digital-first approach to writing
Slash drooled while recording his Appetite for Destruction guitar solos, apparently By Guitar World Staff published 25 May 21 “He's so focused when he plays, he doesn't realize he's drooling – or doesn't care,” says engineer Micajah Ryan, who worked on the landmark Guns N' Roses album