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How Gary Moore came to join Skid Row at just 15 years old – and why the guitar legend left
By Janelle Borg published
Brush Shiels, bassist with the Irish blues rock band, explains why despite two albums plus prestigious support tours with The Allman Brothers Band and Mountain under their belt – Moore still decided to leave

Plans are in place for a Gary Moore statue to be erected in Belfast
By Janelle Borg published
The announcement comes just weeks after the statue of another iconic guitarist, Rory Gallagher, was unveiled in the city

Sebastian Bach recruits his 11-year-old stepson on guitar for a rendition of Skid Row's Youth Gone Wild
By Janelle Borg published
Bach recruited his young stepson Trace on guitar and his son Paris on drums for a searing run-through of the Skid Row hit

“When 18 and Life played back and I heard Scotti play the first three notes in the solo, I got chills. I called Jon Bon Jovi and said, 'Do you ever get chills listening to your own music?'”: Snake Sabo and Scotti Hill on Skid Row's massive debut album
By Richard Bienstock published
Skid Row's two-guitar tandem discuss building their own pedals, in-the-works Kramers, and what they learned from each other while recording their star-making, self-titled 1989 debut

This shred-heavy documentary finally focuses on the fringes of LA’s hair metal scene – and it hits streaming next month
By Matt Parker published
I Wanna Rock: The ’80s Metal Dream will talk to members of Skid Row, Winger, Twisted Sister, Vixen and The Scream and examine the fortunes and failures of the scene’s ’80s heyday

Skid Row's Scotti Hill names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound
By Andrew Daly published
The hard-rock survivor on what links Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen – and why you should never underestimate the rhythm playing of Keith Richards

10 power ballads that are easy to play on guitar
By Laura B. Whitmore published
Pick up a six-string and maybe even a box of tissues: these epic, heartstring-pulling numbers are surprisingly simple to play

That time Zakk Wylde, Mick Mars, Snake Sabo and more joined forces to cover Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll – in the Soviet Union
By Jackson Maxwell published
The "Russian Woodstock" was a surreal event – filled with killer performances, and on- and off-stage fireworks – that gathered the biggest, wildest acts in hard rock together behind the Iron Curtain

Snake Sabo: “I'm not as good as I used to be. But it inspires me – if I don't feel like I need to get better, then what's the point?”
By Andrew Daly published
The Skid Row guitarist reflects on the acrimonious conditions that led to the band's split in 1996, tapping into harmonized leads on new album The Gang's All Here, and why he's not worried if he's not as dextrous as he used to be
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