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How a Thai teenager blew away America's Got Talent audience covering a '90s rock classic
By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published
Nene Royal's rendition of the Cranberries' Zombie stunned a packed-out AGT arena in Pasadena, California

Carlos Santana on Miles and McLaughlin, Hendrix and SRV, and his quest for eternal melody
By Jonathan Horsley Published
“I wanted my guitar to sound like a female – like the voice of my favourite singers”

"He knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Eno and how he influenced his "limited" guitar style
By Will Groves Published
Classic interview - U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview

Courtney Barnett pays tribute to "incredible" musicianship of Chili Pepper collaborator
By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published
The Australian singer opens up about her experiences working with the "incredible" Flea

“I spent hours in the studio on this one song. I probably spent $10,000 trying to get it to work”
By Paul Elliott Published
“Kirk knew exactly what he liked – he was into Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Schenker”

“Metallica are killing us!”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare
By Paul Elliott Published
The Monsters Of Rock tour in 1988 was a disaster for Dokken

How Eric Clapton’s mission to spread the blues gospel was the making of the first guitar ‘god’
By Jonathan Horsley Published
The discovery of Freddie King was the Eureka! moment in the origin story of Slowhand's ascent as the British blues scene's greatest player

Did George Harrison contribute to more Beatles songs than he is given credit for?
By Neil Crossley Published
"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"
![Kirk Hammett plays his Mummy ESP signature guitar [left]; Neal Schon plays a Les Paul on a stage lit up in purple.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zLwrLewdapgJA4vxYgYjSK-320-80.jpg)
Kirk Hammett felt so guilty after buying Neal Schon's Les Paul on the cheap he offered to return it
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Some might have thought that this was the bargain of a lifetime, a Factory Black '57 Les Paul with P-90s, and it was. And that was the problem

Jackson and Brandon Ellis unveil a top-tier 27-fret Kelly that's designed especially for metal solos
By Jonathan Horsley Published
The Cannibal Corpse touring guitarist's Kelly is finished in Gold Crackle and comes loaded with his Dyad Parallel Axis humbucker and a Gotoh double-locking vibrato
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