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Slash performs onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Slash honored with the Les Paul Spirit Award

By Phil Weller Published

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist has paid tribute to the “groundbreaking” figure behind the award

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Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith perform live on stage at the Wells Fargo Center on September 02, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aerosmith announce two star-studded Hollywood Bowl shows – but is this goodbye?

By Phil Weller Published

The band’s first full shows since their 2023 farewell tour ended prematurely are offering an unforgettable line-up – and we’ve not got long to wait

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Tim Montana
Tim Montana grew up with no electricity and running water. Now he’s collaborating with Jerry Cantrell, Slash and Billy Gibbons

By Jim Beaugez Published

The hard-rocking country riffer didn’t intend Entire State of Tim Montana to feature his childhood heroes – it just sort of happened, he explains

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MXR Slash Signature Talk Box
“To me, it’s right up there with the Cry Baby Wah”: MXR debuts signature talk box for Slash

By Phil Weller Published

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist is best known for his love of wah, but this pedal, he says, can be just as expressive

Guitar Pedals
Joe Bonamassa Martin 00-18 and 00-10E
Joe Bonamassa has a new Martin signature – and he's already played it live with a guitar legend

By Matt Owen Published

Two new models are inspired by Bonamassa’s prized 1937 00-18 Shade-Top

Acoustic Guitars
Slash of Guns N' Roses at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, July 19, 1988. Duff McKagan is visible in the rear
How Slash’s throwaway riff became the most successful Guns N' Roses song ever

By Janelle Borg Published

Sweet Child O’ Mine was a happy accident, and a lucrative one at that

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Slash poses with a Gibson ES-335
Slash on what made him finally change up his sound – and why we’re living through a renaissance for blues guitar

By Andrew Daly Published

With his live album and concert film out now, Slash explains why he's still got the blues and that ain't bad

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Slash, Guthrie Govan, Tim Henson, Steve Vai comp to promote Bear McCreay's 2026 album, The Singularity: Ekleipsis.
Slash, Tim Henson, Guthrie Govan and Steve Vai have been assembled for an unlikely collaboration album

By Phil Weller Published

Composer Bear McCreary is continuing his epic metal saga with the aid of an all-star cast

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Michael Jackson (left) and Slash perform onstage at the 12th Annual MTV Video Music Awards
The surreal beginning to Slash’s musical relationship with Michael Jackson

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The two would go on to become frequent collaborators, with the top-hatted guitar great contributing to every subsequent album Jackson released during his lifetime

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Billy Duffy
Billy Duffy on the one guitar he wish he never sold

By Phil Weller Published

Duffy’s timing could hardly have been worse

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