“All we want is to inspire women to pick up guitars”: Haim on their recent Grammys nomination
Danielle Haim reflects on breaking barriers in the rock categories and what that recognition means for women with guitars in their hands.
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“The only thing that calms him down is to go eat a pig somewhere”: Rush’s Geddy Lee explains the secret of his enduring relationship with “emotional” Alex Lifeson
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“He can really explode – a real Serbian.”
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Dave Mustaine claims Megadeth would have been less successful if not for the motivating factor of Metallica “trying to hold me back”
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“For a long time, it very much was me against the world.”
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“It was the most coveted guitar chair in rock. I adored Edward’s playing, so I understood that people would be skeptical”: How Steve Vai lived his ultimate guitar rockstar fantasy on David Lee Roth’s Eat ’Em and Smile
Working with David Lee Roth was like “being strapped to a rocket made of charisma and fueled by tequila” – and the music was pretty fun, too
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“It was like, ‘Congratulations, you just bought Leo Fender’s company. Now you gotta learn how to make guitars’”: The origins of Ernie Ball Music Man – and how it all started with a bass
The StingRay was worked on by Sterling Ball, Leo Fender and others, initially under the Music Man brand name
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“It had to be shiny and sparkling”: Inside Björn Ulvaeus’s wacky Eurovision 1974 star guitar
Stockholm luthier Göran Malmberg reveals how the ultimate glam-rock prop came together in just six weeks.
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Guitar Hero creators return with Stage Tour, a new rhythm game built for your inner ’90s rock god
The team behind the original Guitar Hero is bringing guitars, drums, mics – and all the nostalgia – back to consoles and PC later this year.
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“People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all
Nettie Baker’s new book Cream Chronicled debunks a few myths about one of rock’s most influential power trios
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“It didn’t sound like a big guitar song, so I wound up playing keyboards. Eddie Van Halen played keyboards on Jump, so I figured I could too”: How Billy Idol seized upon the success of Rebel Yell – and Linn Drums – to take his sound to new frontiers
Steve Stevens remembers the early days of true international stardom, when he and Billy Idol utilized their creative freedom and exciting new tech to make a very different kind of record
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“The only way this thing goes out is if I’m 100% satisfied”: What Cory Wong told Neural DSP when offered his own signature Archetype plugin
The guitarist also reveals how many iterations of the plugin were made before he stamped his approval…
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Yamaha Pacifica SC Professional review – the ultimate in solidbody sophistication?
The Yamaha single-cutaway design is back, and this Japanese-built Pacifica is about as high-class as factory-built guitars get
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The time Joe Perry snapped the headstock of one of his favourite guitars: “Steven wanted to throw it into the audience – I had to wrestle him for it!”
The Aerosmith guitarist recalls the chaotic moment his beloved ‘56 Gibson Junior went airborne, and how he saved it from certain destruction.
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“If you play blues right all the time, you’re wrong”: Buddy Guy and his Sinners co-star play Tiny Desk concert
Merging classics with cuts from the record-breaking film, Guy and Miles Caton deliver a supremely soulful set
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“I wanted to take old garbage octaves from our past and make my version”: JHS Pedals’ first-ever octaver is imperfect and unpredictable – and that’s the whole point
The all-analog stompbox draws from octaves of old for a purposefully imperfect pedal that puts up a fight
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“We’re raising the bar on what we believe a rhythm game can be”: Guitar Hero producers have announced a new game – and it’s got the backing of Gibson
Stage Tour has been tipped as the spiritual successor to Guitar Hero