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Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age plays a red/orange Gretsch onstage, and is framed by a triangle of yellow-green stagelights.

“It was the most bizarre musical experience”: QOTSA’s Troy Van Leeuwen on playing Paris's Catacombs

By Jonathan Horsley published

Alive in the Catacombs presents a set of stripped-down QOTSA classics on acoustic for a unique concert film/EP

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Fender Chris Shiflett Cleaver Telecaster Deluxe

Meet the guitarist who’s worked his dad’s ashes into his Telecaster

By Will Simpson published

"This way he will still be with me at all the shows and this has given me a sense of closure," he says

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[Left] Richie Faulkner plays his custom Les Paul Custom while Rob Halford looks on; [right] Late-stage Ozzy-era Sabbath the first time around, with Ozzy cheering on guitarist Tony Iommi

Judas Priest salute the OG metal gods with a cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs

By Jonathan Horsley published

Also, is that Pelham Blue Les Paul Custom a new signature model for Richie Faulkner?

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Phil Collins and Daryl Stuermer

“It was confusing to me": Guitarist Daryl Stuermer on recording Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight

By Ben Rogerson published

“And then he put on this drum fill, which changed everything,” he says of the song's production

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Steven Wilson performs live onstage with his custom shop Fender Telecaster. The stage is illuminated in green stage lights.

Steven Wilson reveals the $20 plugin he used on all the guitars on his new space rock epic

By Jonathan Horsley published

And it turns out it is the same affordable plugin Finneas used on Billie Eilish’s Barbie track, What Was I Made For?

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Laney Black Country Customs Tony Iommi TI100: Long-time Laney user Tony Iommi is pictured with his new signature amp, which is limited to 50 units worldwide to mark Black Sabbath's final show at Villa Park.

Laney celebrates Black Sabbath's final show with a limited edition reissue of Tony Iommi's TI100 amp

By Jonathan Horsley published

Originally launched in 2012, the TI100 is a dual-channel 100-watt tube head with footswitchable boosts, lots of gain, lots of crosses. This is an exacting replica, signed by the man himself

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Whitesnake in 1990

“We needed the right person to join the family”: How Steve Vai put the sizzle into the last big hair metal album

By Andrew Daly published

And he wasn't even supposed to be on the record in the first place

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“I won’t miss being in a sh** band with horrible humans”: Mastodon guitarist slams his ex-bandmates

By Will Simpson published

Brent Hinds left metal band in March

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Mick Ralphs in 1971

“Bowie gave them the song but Mick wrote the intro — the lick of all licks”: Joe Elliott's tribute to Mick Ralphs

By Paul Elliott published

"He should be remembered for his contribution to some of the greatest rock music ever made"

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Strandberg Boden Standard NX 6 Plini Edition Mirage

Strandberg launches limited edition Plini Boden Standard with glow-in-the-dark Mirage graphic finish

By Jonathan Horsley published

Introduced at NAMM, now available to buy, Plini's limited edition twist on the headless electric looks even better in the dark

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