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’90s alt-rock giants unite and blink-182 make a surprisingly heavy return: this week’s essential guitar tracks
By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Parker, Jackson Maxwell published
Tasty new guitar tracks that need to be on your radar from Johnny Marr, Yasmin Williams, Art of Anarchy, The Vaccines, Bleachers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Chelsea Wolfe and more

Johnny Marr’s new book documents the guitars he’s loved, lost and given away, including Nile Rodgers’ Strat, Bert Jansch’s acoustic and a Les Paul used by Ed O’Brien
By Matt Parker published
The Smiths icon says his new tone tome ‘Marr’s Guitars’ has “been a long time coming and is a labour of love”

The 100 greatest guitarists of all time
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
A comprehensive rundown of the best guitarists of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players – and the top guitarists around today...

22 guitar heroes who shaped the sound of '80s indie and alternative rock
By Andrew Daly last updated
The '80s proved to be a pivotal and eclectic time for the electric guitar – one defined by its role in coaxing new sounds from the instrument. From The Smiths and The Cure to Pixies and R.E.M., here are some of the era’s biggest guitar stars

From psychedelic blues explosions to electrifying all-star collaborations: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche published
The days are getting shorter, unlike our list of top-notch new guitar-led tunes. Hear the best of the best from Maya Delilah, Yo La Tengo, Matt Heafy, Johnny Marr & Noel Gallagher, David Knudson and more
![[L-R] Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qGFfKPXJJNPVUc2eZtEjdm.jpg)
Noel Gallagher teams up with Johnny Marr on new High Flying Birds single, Pretty Boy
By Sam Roche published
The Mancunian indie rock legends link up on the first track from Gallagher's new album, which arrives next year

Fender partners with Johnny Marr for limited-edition Fever Dream Yellow version of his Jaguar signature model
By Sam Roche published
The highly anticipated six-string is named after the guitarist's latest solo album, Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4

Watch Johnny Marr play Rory Gallagher’s iconic 1961 Fender Stratocaster
By Matt Owen published
Marr – who described Gallagher’s 1971 album Deuce as “a complete turning point” for him as a player – ran the instantly recognizable instrument through Rory’s Fender Bassman amp

Watch Johnny Marr perform classic Smiths tracks onstage with The Killers
By Matt Parker published
The British indie guitar hero has been performing There Is A Light That Never Goes Out and other hits from his old band

Johnny Marr: “If there’s a room full of guitar players, I’m the last to leave, man. I’m just as hooked as everybody else, and I have been since I was 5 or 6”
By Joe Bosso last updated
The British guitar legend on his enduring love affair with the instrument, choosing projects and chasing tones, and why there is something noble about the idea of a guitar hero
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