Fender just unveiled the stealthiest Strat ever made – and it costs $12,500
Designed in collaboration with Saint Laurent, only 10 examples have been built, and they’re joined by an equally sleek ’65 Deluxe Reverb and custom guitar picks
Read more » Steve Lacy on how Jack White and Scott Pilgrim inspired his fuzz-equipped Strat, creating Fender’s first “pink sunburst” and why he loves affordable multi-FX pedals
The superstar guitarist/producer has worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Thundercat, and topped the charts with “nerdy chords” – now he has a radical new signature Stratocaster, but as he reveals, the ideas that didn’t make the cut were even more off-the-wall
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ALBUM REVIEW: Distortions From Cosmogony – The Arcane Order
We look to Scandinavia as one of the most notorious and prolific hotbeds for extreme metal music. As a result, when guitarists Flemming C Lund and Kasper Kirkegaard (also of…
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DEE SNIDER Rules Out TWISTED SISTER Reunion Tour: 'That Part Of My Life Is Done'
Nearly five months after TWISTED SISTER’s one-off onstage reunion at the Metal Hall Of Fame in Agoura Hills, California, Dee Snider was asked in a new interview with 94.5 KATS about the possibility of more live performances from him and his bandmates. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET…
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MITCH MALLOY Opens Up About His Exit From GREAT WHITE: 'It Wasn't Really Fun Anymore'
Mitch Malloy has opened up about his departure from GREAT WHITE, explaining that being in the band “wasn’t really fun anymore.”
Malloy’s exit from GREAT WHITE was announced in February 2022. He had been in GREAT WHITE for nearly four years, having joined the group in 2018 following the dismissal of…
MARK TREMONTI Says Second Volume Of 'Tremonti Sings Sinatra' Could Become Reality
In May 2022, Mark Tremonti — guitarist/singer-songwriter/founding member of the rock bands CREED, ALTER BRIDGE and TREMONTI — released a collection of Sinatra covers to support NDSS (National Down Syndrome Society). “Tremonti Sings Sinatra” was made available as part of a new charity initiative crea…
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Watch TESTAMENT Perform At Finland's ROCKFEST
Fan-filmed video of TESTAMENT’s June 9 performance at the Rockfest festival in Hyvinkää, Finland can be seen below.
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick sat out some of the band’s spring/summer 2023 European tour dates in order to tend to a family emergency. He was replaced at the shows by former MACHI…
JOHN CORABI On MICK MARS's Lawsuit Against MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'This Is Playing Out Exactly How I Thought It Would'
In a new interview with Ruben Mosqueda of We Go To 11, ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi, who joined the band in 1992 as the replacement for original singer Vince Neil, was asked he has been in contact with Mick Mars since CRÜE’s founding guitarist filed a lawsuit against his bandmates a little ov…
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ASKING ALEXANDRIA Reveals Title Of Eighth Studio Album
British rockers ASKING ALEXANDRIA have set “Where Do We Go From Here?” as the title of their eighth full-length studio album, due this fall via Better Noise Music.
The name of the follow-up to 2021’s “See What’s On The Inside” was revealed by ASKING ALEXANDRIA vocalist Danny Worsnop in an interview…
KIKO LOUREIRO Shares Video Recap Of MEGADETH's 'Crush The World' 2023 Canadian Tour
Kiko Loureiro has shared a 15-minute video recap of MEGADETH’s recently completed “Crush The World” tour.
The trek kicked off in British Columbia, with shows in Abbotsford and Kelowna on April 28 and 29, respectively, before making stops in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ottawa, Q…