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Glenn Hughes

Glenn Hughes: “People talk about my vocals, but I’ve never, ever felt this good about playing bass“

By Joel McIver

The ‘Voice Of Rock’ and Deep Purple icon speaks candidly about his bass playing over the decades, why he should have never left Trapeze, and how the Dead Daisies reignited his four-string fire

Pale Waves

Pale Waves' Heather Baron-Gracie: "This album is a journey through my emotional growth as a person across the past year"

By Matt Doria

With album #2, the goth-pop hellions in Pale Waves set their sights on world domination. As for how they’ll achieve it? Well, they’ve got two of the most inescapable drawcards in their clutch: nostalgia, and existential crises.

Yungblud

Yungblud: “Why, by some f***ing miracle, have I gotten this far? Because of my fanbase and my community – they know I’m telling the truth to them, and I ain’t gonna leave them behind”

By Matt Doria

Love ‘im or hate ‘im, there’s no stopping Yungblud’s punk revolution, equal parts thrashy and theatrical. He’s already taken over England – next up, the world.

Maddy Jane

Spotlight: Maddy Jane

By Matt Doria

The new single, "You're Not Mine", is out now via Sony.

Bring Me The Horizon

Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia: “I wanted to go as Slayer as I possibly could...”

By Matt Doria

Bring Me The Horizon continue to reinvent the core foundations of heavy music with another kaleidoscopic onslaught of beats and breakdowns.

Passenger

Passenger: “It’s just the sensible thing to do to be a good guy and give back a little bit”

By Matt Doria

Modern-day folk lord Passenger doesn’t quite understand the concept of a ‘break’, having just released his eighth album in eight years. On this one, he plunges right into the deepest, most emo depths of his heart.

Jarryd James

Spotlight: Jarryd James

By Matt Doria

The new album, P.M., is out now via Universal.

Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan: "I’m a firm believer that the distortion signatures of a guitar need to be organic"

By Matt Doria

To leap forward into a bold and brave new chapter of their musical narrative, The Smashing Pumpkins go all the way back to square one.

The Struts

The Struts' Adam Slack: “I’ve always listened to old records, where you can hear the skin touching the strings. I found it cooler the sloppier it is“

By Jonny Scaramanga

The guitarist from Britain's fastest-rising rock band talks open tunings, Les Pauls and how Phil Collen stole his solo

Brothers Osborne

Brothers Osborne: “We try to stay true to the music we hear in our heads. That’s how you establish your own identity“

By Joe Bosso

Turning up the heat on new album Skeletons, TJ and John Osborne explain how it's all about getting lost in the licks

GA-20

GA-20's Matthew Stubbs: ”By 16, I really had the blinders on for that early electric blues sound”

By Andy Aledort

The Boston-based retro blues-wailers are the product of swampy influences, impressive pedigree and total dedication

Tony Iommi

Tony Iommi: "In them days, you had to MAKE your sound – you couldn’t buy a gadget that made whatever sound you wanted"

By Matt Doria

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's classic Paranoid album, we swung way back to its inception with the man, myth and maniac himself, Tony Iommi

The Lemon Twigs

The Lemon Twigs: "This record kind of comes at you and either hits you positively or negatively"

By Matt Doria

After two enormous, game-changing concept albums, The Lemon Twigs dial things back a notch for their ambitiously lowkey third album

Deftones

Deftones: "The bass is a very forward-charging instrument, and it has to be for me to enjoy playing it"

By Matt Doria

Nine albums down, the alt-metal assassins in Deftones continue to reinvent themselves – and the sound that made them one of the world’s most enticing musical outfits to begin with

Misha Mansoor

Misha Mansoor: "There’s something very raw about those original demos – it’s kind of nostalgic for me"

By Matt Doria

Periphery may be off-season, but Misha Mansoor is keeping busy – like, “ten Bulb albums in five months, with even more in the making” kind of busy

Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor: "I wanted this album to be stacked with the best songs that I have, because you don’t get a second chance to make that first impression"

By Matt Doria

He brought nu-metal to the masses in Slipknot and got grungy with Stone Sour – now, Corey Taylor is putting his pedal to the metal with a solo album of searing ‘70s rock ’n’ roll

Ian King

Broadway and West End bassist Ian King: “Hamilton is an intense gig – I’m playing four instruments in the show!“

By Bass Player Staff

King has played Hamilton, Mamma Mia!... You name it, he's played it, and this is the story of his journey to the stage

Lewis Del Mar

Spotlight: Danny Miller of Lewis Del Mar

By Matt Doria

The new album, August, is out now via Fader

Sevendust

Sevendust: "We want to keep the energy alive, so the first thing we think about is what kind of songs will get people moving"

By Matt Doria

They conquered the ‘90s, noughts and tens, and now Sevendust are kicking off their roaring ‘20s with an album set to redefine the very core of their signature style

AC/DC's Angus Young

Angus Young: “I’ve always said if I do anything music-wise, I can only do it the AC/DC way“

By Richard Bienstock

In this exclusive Guitar World interview, the AC/DC guitar icon details his approach to soloing, riff-writing with Malcolm, and how their sound lives on in Power Up