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“People ask Pete Townshend, ‘Why do you jump about on stage?’ He doesn’t know. Nor me”: Iron Maiden’s gung-ho guitarist
By Paul Elliott published
“I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I get out there,” he says

Alex Lifeson on the disguised guitars and soloing strategies behind Envy Of None’s Stygian Waves
By Jonathan Horsley published
Envy Of None's sophomore album, Stygian Waves, is the sound of Lifeson's post-Rush project stretching out with a sound you can really sink right into

Benson Amps teams up with Jessica Dobson for the awesome and unorthodox Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo
By Jonathan Horsley published
Three years in the making, this pairs a vintage-inspired silicon fuzz circuit with echo and promises gated skronk, wooly fuzz, “gauzy My Bloody Valentine textures” and much more

“After I heard about Chris Cornell’s passing I wrote that lyric”: Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X digs deep on his new album
By Andrew Daly published
“It took me ten years to make this record," he says

Alex Van Halen and and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather are reportedly working on a new Van Halen album
By Jonathan Horsley published
Reports in Dutch newspaper say a new Van Halen album is happening with the Toto guitarist filling in for the late Eddie Van Halen

“No easy task, but it was a joy": Mastodon's Brent Hinds sub Ben Eller thanks fans and bandmates
By Will Simpson published
Will it turn into a full-time gig, though?

“I played lots of guitar on it, and Freddie said, ‘No, no, no!’”: How Brian May fought to be heard on a Queen classic
By Paul Elliott published
May calls it “a massive Queen song”

“Brian May was a huge inspiration for this project”: Teenager constructs guitar from scrap wood
By Will Simpson published
Sam Golder has built his own Red Special
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