Slash and Myles Kennedy came down with Covid-19 while working on new album By Matt Owen published 2 November 21 Two of their co-Conspirators also tested positive for the virus as the band assembled Slash’s fourth solo album, 4
From awe-inspiring 8-string debuts to distorto-boogie: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published 28 October 21 Close out October with high-powered guitar greatness from Sasami, Dream Theater, Spoon, Moon Tooth, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, and more
Guns N' Roses are yet to commence writing new original music, Slash says By Sam Roche published 25 October 21 The legendary rockers recently released reworked Chinese Democracy-era cuts Absurd and Hard Skool, which will appear on their upcoming Hard Skool EP
Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators announce new album, 4, and debut first track The River Is Rising By Matt Parker published 22 October 21 The first ever release on Gibson Records will also be available with a limited-run Slash Les Paul Standard 4 Album Edition guitar
Epiphone Slash Collection Les Paul Standard and J-45 review By Stuart Williams published 22 October 21 The Gibson brand ambassador and top-hatted Guns N' Roses rock icon's signature electric and acoustic guitars made affordable
Slash to release new song with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, The River is Rising, this Friday By Sam Roche published 19 October 21 The track will be the group's first new material since signing to Gibson Records earlier this year
Slash reckons his upcoming album with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators is “the best one we’ve done so far” By Matt Owen published 5 October 21 The as-yet-unnamed album, which is said to be “coming soon”, follows 2018’s Living The Dream and will be released via Gibson Records
Wolfgang Van Halen join Guns N’ Roses onstage for show-stopping Paradise City performance By Matt Owen published 4 October 21 GNR signed off their 2021 US tour’s penultimate show in style by bringing on Van Halen, who had been supporting the band during the three-month stint round the country
Guns N’ Roses announce new four-track EP, Hard Skool By Matt Owen published 28 September 21 It will be the first time in 28 years that original members Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan have all joined forces for a new GNR record
Guns N' Roses drop hard-rocking new single, Hard Skool By Sam Roche published 24 September 21 Like last month's Absurd, the track is an axed take from 2008's Chinese Democracy
Slash teases new Guns N’ Roses song with soundcheck TikTok video By Jackson Maxwell published 21 September 21 Titled Hard School, the song – like the band's recent single, Absurd – dates back to the Chinese Democracy sessions
Myles Kennedy confirms work on a new Slash album has been completed By Matt Owen published 3 September 21 The upcoming offering, which is said to have a “live vibe”, will be released via Gibson’s newly formed record label
Bumblefoot recalls recording guitar parts for the song that became Guns N’ Roses’ new track, Absurd By Matt Owen published 18 August 21 The former GNR man gives his opinion on how the old Chinese Democracy cut, once known as Silkworms, turned out
Explore the immortal legacy of Prince in Australian Guitar #144, out today By Australian Guitar published 15 August 21 This issue celebrates the past, present and future of the guitar's greatest players
Guns N' Roses perform reworked version of rare, unreleased song, Silkworms By Sam Roche published 4 August 21 The track – now called Absurd – originated from the sessions for 2008's Chinese Democracy
James Hetfield reveals he writes riffs when he’s “really happy” and lyrics when he’s emotional By Matt Owen published 29 July 21 The Metallica frontman wrote some of the moodiest riffs of all time while he was happy, apparently
The greatest delay moments of all time: 25 classic guitar tracks elevated by echo By Jonathan Horsley published 27 July 21 The exemplars of echo, the doyens of digital and the analog innovators that made delay pedals a pedalboard perennial for guitar players
Gibson set to launch its own record label with new Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators album By Jackson Maxwell published 26 July 21 The follow-up to 2018's Living the Dream will be released by the guitar giant's new Gibson Records label, in partnership with BMG
Epiphone Slash Collection, Gibson Jerry Cantrell “Wino” Les Paul, new Gibson Custom Shop '58 Korina Flying V announced ahead of Summer NAMM 2021 By Jackson Maxwell published 14 July 21 Details are still a bit scarce, but here's what we know so far about Gibson and Epiphone's plans for the second half of 2021
Slash's best guitar solos ranked By Amit Sharma published 16 June 21 The top-hatted one's greatest leads from Guns N' Roses to Velvet Revolver and beyond