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![[L-R] Ray Toro of My Chemical Romance plays a Gibson Les Paul onstage, and Jimi Hendrix plays a white Strat onstage at Woburn Pop Festival 1968.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MxusSYKCzTYKuQSyyQ3KwN-840-80.jpg.webp)
My Chemical Romance's Ray Toro was a Les Paul man, until he got his hands on one of Jimi Hendrix's Strats
A guy named Jimmy gave him a guitar owned by Jimi, and it was a revelatory experience
My Chemical Romance's struggle to follow up The Black Parade
The Black Parade nearly killed the band. But My Chemical Romance found changing directions almost as fatal when it came to making Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Witch Fever’s Alisha Yarwood on superhero stompboxes, dream tours with IDLES, and why ‘That Great Gretsch Sound’ was doom-punk all along
Raw, feminist, fiercely unrelenting, Witch Fever have taken their sound from clubs to arenas. Here, Yarwood talks tonal epiphanies, starting on drums, and finding freedom on bigger stages
Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 MCR fans
When Corgan walked onstage with My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field stadium, he didn’t bring his guitar rig. He plugged into the Laney Supergrace and nothing else
Mikey Way: “I was borderline terrified a lot of the time My Chemical Romance was active. I was learning the bass in front of 20,000 people every night!”
The reunited emo kings’ low-end ranger reveals why he swapped out his signature Fender Mustang for a sparkling new signature Jazz Bass, learning bass in arenas, and how he overcame insecurity about his chops
Fender debuts sparkle-finished Mikey Way Jazz Bass – a glittering signature model that will appeal way beyond its My Chemical Romance associations
Fender has unveiled a stunning new limited-edition signature model for the MCR bassist
Frank Iero and Travis Stever on the tapping, harmonized solos and gear change-ups that fueled post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes' debut
The My Chemical Romance and Coheed and Cambria guitarists talk their newfound chemistry, favorite Klon clones and an all-new Ernie Ball Music Man design that's still under wraps…
L.S. Dunes: “We needed a place to put our hearts and souls, musically, during the pandemic”
L.S. Dunes might comprise members of the most iconic bands in post-hardcore, but you shouldn’t dare call them a “supergroup”. Australian Guitar finds out why
