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Alter Bridge’s Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti on recording at the studio that Eddie Van Halen built
By Jonathan Horsley published
“It was literally, the minute we walked in the door, it was very Wayne’s World. ‘We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!’”

“For 60 seconds you’re allowed to be free, silly, the biggest rock star in the world”: How the World Air Guitar champion won his title
By Will Simpson published
The championships’ motto is ‘make air, not war’

“All I did was crank it up to 10 and start to rock and roll!”: The 10 greatest Ace Frehley songs from his days with Kiss
By Paul Elliott published
Subjects include boozing, electrocution, rockets and torpedoes

“I hope the fans realised that I’m for real”: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley inspired a generation of rock stars
By Paul Elliott published
"His legacy will live on in the hearts of the KISS Army," says drummer Peter Criss

“My list of voice memos is in the thousands!”: Wolfgang Van Halen on his songwriting process for his new Mammoth album
By Amit Sharma published
"I make this music for myself – it’s what I want to hear!"

How Van Morrison recorded his greatest song
By Neville Marten published
Session guitarists Hugh McCracken and Al Gorgoni recalled their memories and vital contributions

“I realised how hard it was to play these songs”: Alex Lifeson makes a surprise admission
By Will Simpson published
Bedroom guitarists are doubless nodding in agreement

“He tried it when he came in and he said ‘I can’t do it as good as you, Ronnie. You get back on the drums.’”: When Charlie Watts ceded the drums to Ronnie Wood on a Stones track
By Will Simpson published
Guitarist was behind the kit for Dirty Work track

Epiphone raids Joe Bonamassa’s Nerdville archive for another reproduction of a vintage unicorn
By Jonathan Horsley published
The latest Joe Bonamassa x Epiphone signature model is a replica of his 1959 'Black Beauty' dual-pickup Les Paul Custom, with a Bigsby for wobble, Grover Imperials for that upscale touch...

Korn’s Head and Munky unveil new Ibanez 7-strings – and explain how it all comes back to Steve Vai
By Jonathan Horsley published
The K7YIN and K7YANG, one dark, one light, both state-of-the-art extended range S-styles built to the nu-metal kingpins' specifications – and yes, that's a U-Bar on Munky's vibrato
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