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Evanescence

Evanescence: “Guitarists need to be honest. Use your voice. We don’t need fake – we need humanity and real people”

By Amit Sharma

Jen Majura and Troy McLawhorn wax lyrical on the high-octane gear, influences and themes behind the band's upcoming fifth album, The Bitter Truth

Leslie West

Leslie West talks jamming with Jimi Hendrix and seeing Eddie Van Halen for the first time in this classic 1987 Guitar World interview

By Gene Santoro

The trailblazing Mountain guitarist discusses life on the road in one of the heaviest hard-rock outfits of the time

Shirley Tetteh

How Shirley Tetteh became one of the UK's most exciting new jazz guitarists

By Cheri Amour

The JUCE and Nardeydey wunderkind on growing as a musician in London's jazz scene and dealing with imposter syndrome

Alpha Male Tea Party

Alpha Male Tea Party's Tom Peters: "Throwing a simple major-key riff together wasn't doing it for me any more… I thought, 'How can I use melody differently?'"

By Alex Lynham

The instrumental riff-meister and keen-eared producer details the personal struggle behind making monumental new album, Infinity Stare, and his secret formula for killer guitar tone

Dimebag Darrell

Dimebag Darrell reveals his 12 favorite metal tracks in this classic 1993 Guitar World interview

By Jeff Kitts

The legendary Pantera guitarist shares the top heavy-hitting tunes every guitarist should know

[L-R] Ben Wells and Chris Robertson of Black Stone Cherry

Black Stone Cherry: “You never want two guitarists who are competing with each other. That’s a cocktail for failure”

By Alison Richter

Chris Robertson and Ben Wells detail their guitar synergy, and the gear – formerly used by rock royalty – that drove the band's hard-hitting new album, The Human Condition

Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley: “I’ve always said that country is jazz on the bridge pickup!”

By Amit Sharma

The country music star on his guitar rig essentials, how he came to develop his secret neck pickup-equipped Fender Esquire, and the similarities between metal, jazz and country…

Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith talks fishy tour stories, from falling in front of 20,000 people to being recognized while angling

By John Katic

The Iron Maiden guitarist recalls the conception of his new book, Monsters of River & Rock: My Life as Iron Maiden’s Compulsive Angler

Partner

Partner: “Our genre is post-classic rock – we keep the riffs and forget the rest!”

By Cheri Amour

Queer Canadian pairing Josée Caron and Lucy Niles open up about the sophomore slump, Steely Dan microphones and why even the oldest routes of rock deserve reimagining

Este Haim

Este Haim: “It’s funkier to concentrate on the notes you’re not playing, rather than the notes that you are”

By Amit Sharma

The Haim bassist talks tracking down her first Fender P-Bass, her love of fusion, and the group's multifaceted new album, Women In Music Pt. III

Daron Malakian of System Of A Down

Daron Malakian on how System of a Down ended up recording their first new music in 15 years – and what the future holds for the alt-metal icons

By Amit Sharma

In this GW exclusive, Malakian discusses his surprising guitar heroes, how he wrote Chop Suey!, and why he’s never practiced a day in his life

Declan McKenna

Declan McKenna: “Guitars are just planks of wood, but they help us translate the most difficult aspects of life”

By Matt Parker

We chat with the UK singer-songwriter about the gear and themes behind his enrapturing new album Zeros, and being dubbed the 'voice of a generation'

[L-R] Scott Ian and Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle's Trey Spruance and Scott Ian: “We’ve made the best thrash album of 1986 that nobody ever heard!“

By Amit Sharma

How the genre-defying avant-garde metal veterans came to enlist Anthrax's thrash pioneer to re-record their debut album, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo, 34 years later

MonoNeon

MonoNeon: “Try to transcribe stuff – go out and find things that you can use in your own playing”

By Amit Sharma

The enigmatic four-stringer weighs in on the best solos a funk bassist can learn, playing with Prince and why he can't get enough of the Fender Jazz Bass

Omar Apollo

Omar Apollo: “I got obsessed with it as a kid. I’d go to sleep with my guitar, which would be on my bed as much as I was!”

By Amit Sharma

The R&B wunderkind on his love of Prince, learning guitar from jazz cats and his guest-rich debut album, Apolonio

[L-R] Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley of America

Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell look back at America's remarkable 50-year career

By James Wood

The pair discuss their love of acoustic guitars, working with Beatles producer George Martin, and the band's 50th anniversary box set, Half Century

IDLES

IDLES: "We always dreamed of having such huge setups… we get giddy every time we look at our guitar rigs!"

By Jonny Scaramanga

Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan talk balancing simple guitar lines with tons of gear, injecting hip-hop into guitar music and how their pedalboards got quite so enormous…

Cory Wong

Cory Wong on 10 key tracks from his extraordinary run of funk guitar albums

By Chris Bird

The contemporary funk master has recorded six albums in one year. Here, he outlines his musical journey in 10 tracks...

Zach Myers

Zach Myers: “Brent told an audience of 2,500 people that we were making a double album… it was the first I'd heard about it!”

By James Wood

One half of new duo and Shinedown offshoot Smith & Myers on the pair's mammoth debut album, and what's next for the Billboard chart-topping hard-rockers

Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers: “Bernard Edwards hated my sound with a big fat jazzy guitar… he talked me into buying a Strat!”

By Amit Sharma

The godfather of funk guitar talks his enormous collection, growing up in New York's studio session scene and how Fender's Acoustasonic Stratocaster is stoking his creative fire