Jon Schaffer Discusses Iced Earth’s Latest, ‘Incorruptible’
“I just want to give you a head’s up, dude. I’m deep in the country here in Germany, and we’re having cellphone issues, big-time,” says Iced Earth leader Jon Schaffer…
Read more »Top 10 Essential Vintage Rockabilly Guitar Solos
This past January (during the 2017 Winter NAMM Show), I walked out of the Observatory—a concert venue in Santa Ana, California—and grabbed an Uber to my hotel in Anaheim. As soon…
Read more »Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen on Buying Guitars, Making Guitar Picks and Playing Great Solos
When it comes to Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees, few artists seem to be as beloved by fellow inductees as Cheap Trick. A true rock band’s rock band,…
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Neil Young Details Lost 1976 Album, ‘Hitchhiker’
Over the course of his now half-century long career, the always-prolific Neil Young has amassed a series of projects that have never ended up seeing the light of the day….
Read more »Performing Fluid Arpeggios Using Two-Hand Tapping
Hello everyone, and welcome to my new Guitar World instructional column! Over the course of these columns I will demonstrate a handful of the techniques I use when writing for…
Read more »Vernon Reid Talks New Living Colour Album, ‘Shade’
A few songs into Living Colour’s Shade, their first album in eight years, we hear the voice of Houston rapper Scarface vocalizing the familiar, herky-jerky hard rock riff that drives…
Read more »Hear Ronnie Montrose’s "Color Blind," Featuring Sammy Hagar and Steve Lukather
Before his death in 2012 at age 64, Ronnie Montrose began recording an album with bassist Ricky Phillips (Styx, Bad English) and drummer Eric Singer (Kiss, Alice Cooper). The idea…
Read more » Stream Monday’s Interview with Brendon Small Right Here
BackStory Events, Guitar World and Megaforce Records invite you to join us for the live stream of our exclusive interview with Dethklok’s metal mastermind, Brendon Small. The interview will take…
Read more »Hear Motörhead Cover David Bowie’s "Heroes"
Motörhead has released a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes.” Recorded during the sessions for 2015’s Bad Magic, the previously unreleased track is taken from the band’s upcoming covers compilation, Under…
Read more »Former Pantera Bassist Rex Brown is Excited to Show off His Guitar Skills on ‘Smoke on This’
For heavy music fans, the name Rex Brown is synonymous with viciously rhythmic, cowboy-from-hell bass playing. But the Texas-born metal veteran is about to torch sonic expectations with the release…
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