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“I was approached to audition for Megadeth and Machine Head, but I'm not sure I'm made for being a hired gun”: Gus G explains why he turned down the opportunity to audition for two of the biggest metal bands in the game
The Firewind titan was approached by Megadeth and Machine Head in 2015 and 2019 respectively as a potential replacement for Chris Broderick and Phil Demmel
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The 20 best guitar albums of 2021
Records that stoked creative fires and set the guitar world alight this year, as voted for by you
Gus G on his first-ever all-instrumental solo record: “I wanted to avoid making a boring album that’s 45 minutes of ‘widdly widdly’!”
The Firewind guitarist on his forthcoming solo effort Quantum Leap, what sets his signature Jackson guitars apart, and how he entered (and exited) his gig with Ozzy Osbourne
Gus G offers a bountiful supply of silky guitar melodies with blues-style ballad, Enigma of Life
The track is the fourth from the Firewind guitarist's upcoming solo album, Quantum Leap
Gus G to release new solo album, Quantum Leap, in October
“It was about time that I stepped up and did a full-on instrumental guitar album,” the former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist says
From radical, guitar-heavy remixes to moving country-blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Dip your toes into some fantastic new songs from Machine Head, TORRES, KennyHoopla, Eric Bibb, Amythyst Kiah and many more
Gus G drops hard-riffing, solo-loaded new single, Fierce
The virtuoso describes his latest track as “a fast song – there's a lot of shredding”
Gus G announces his own pickup company, Blackfire Pickups
The brand's two initial offerings, the passive Immortal and active Proteus set, are aimed chiefly at rock and metal players
