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Scot Holiday of Rival Sons leans back into a solo. Tony Iommi performs with Black Sabbath under dark purple lights
Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on what it’s like to open a Black Sabbath show

By Andrew Daly Published

Supporting Sabbath throughout The End Tour, Rival Sons got a better view of metal's godfathers than anyone – and will pay tribute to them at their final show. What will they play? Holiday's sworn to secrecy

Guitarists
Guns N' Roses perform onstage
Guns N’ Roses are hitting the road in 2025 – and they’re bringing punk and hip-hop legends with them

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Having last played live in 2023, Guns N’ Roses will play stadiums around the world – incorporating a number of countries the band have never played in before

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Eric Clapton and Scott Holiday
“Eric Clapton played with a stately authority. It’s missing in guitar today. It seems every great player has to play very fast. It can be distasteful, honestly”: Scott Holiday says Slowhand’s slow hand is still the gold standard for expressive playing

By Ellie Rogers Published

Clapton remains an ever-present force in the Rival Sons star’s own sound – here’s why Holiday views his hero as one of the most influential guitarists of all time

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Scott Holiday
Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday: “I don’t need to play all the notes at a very high speed. I can appreciate that in players, but I’m looking for texture and color”

By Henry Yates Published

As the Californian rockers return with Darkfighter, Holiday invites us into his guitar room to talk mad-scientist fuzz pedals, his adventurous new doubleneck, and why he mods no more

Guitarists
Scott Holiday playing guitar live on stage
Run out of ideas? Try Scott Holiday's 'mind eraser' songwriting method

By Matt Owen Published

Sometimes it's the simplest fixes that yield the greatest results

Musical Tips & Advice
Scott Holiday
Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on his greatest gear hits and misses: “You can basically install a pair of EMG active pickups into a cardboard box and get the same sound”

By Henry Yates Published

Holiday is no fan of active pickups, and his life in gear involves a flaming Line 6 amp, a foolish trade that said goodbye to some PAFs, and the epiphany that TV Jones Filter'Trons are all you ever need

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Taj Mahal performs onstage during the Experience Hendrix concert at City National Grove of Anaheim on October 9, 2019 in Anaheim, California
From evocative standards to the missing link between Dokken and Nine Inch Nails: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell Published

On tap this week are new projects from George Lynch, Graham Coxon and Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite, plus fresh tunes from Last in Line, Taj Mahal, Ana Popovic, Babymetal and more

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Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan (left) and Scott Holiday perform at The Warfield on November 11, 2021 in San Francisco, California
From Blink-182's powerchord-fueled return to eerie psychedelic soul: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Sam Roche, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Owen, Jackson Maxwell Published

We're spoiled for choice this week, with spicy new songs from Rival Sons, Architects, The Arcs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gojira, Wunderhorse, Wild Pink & Yasmin Williams, Dry Cleaning, and more

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Stonefield, Dirty Honey and Thunderpussy
The new wave of classic rock: 15 guitar bands you need to know about

By Brad Angle Published

Meet the next generation of rock players putting their own spin on a retro sound

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Watch Rival Sons Perform “Too Bad” on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’

By Richard Bienstock Published

The band kicks off a co-headlining tour with Stone Temple Pilots in September.

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