Latest articles by Amit Sharma
“My dad would say the best solos are the ones you can hum and sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen on the art of soloing
“I think there was one moment on this album where I used the whammy bar"
“Sometimes it sounds like Liam thinks he’s in The Beatles, too!”: Wolfgang Van Halen talks Oasis and killer guitar tones
"Noel is one of my favourite songwriters"
“Some might say a guitar at this kind of price point has no business resonating so well”: Harley Benton ST-80 FR MN review
Harley Benton pays homage to the golden age of shred with this single-pickup and Floyd Rose-equipped firecracker
“My list of voice memos is in the thousands!”: Wolfgang Van Halen on his songwriting process for his new Mammoth album
"I make this music for myself – it’s what I want to hear!"
“I think every serious fan of hard rock music would love Stargazer”: How Ritchie Blackmore created his magnum opus
The legendary track that inspired Metallica, Opeth, Dream Theater and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson
“Some riffs have that swing. You hear it in the first Van Halen album”: Wolfgang Van Halen's new song echoes classic VH
"It’s very much the kind of idea that mixes heaviness with funkiness”
“It was my least-favourite song on the record. It felt throwaway”: How Sheryl Crow created her breakthrough hit
“It’s this light pop ditty, but it’s about somebody down and out"
“Usually I’ve done the demos on my laptop, which can be a bit creatively stifling”: Wolfgang Van Halen on his new album
“Some of these songs couldn’t have existed on a prior album,' he says
“It took five years to finish the song and define what it was about”: How My Chemical Romance created a classic anthem
In its earliest form it sounded like the Frank Sinatra hit My Way
“The first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page created a groundbreaking song
It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams
“I said, ‘It’s really beautiful – why would you say it’s not for the Chili Peppers?’": The making of a '90s classic
One of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded
How a Mike Inez bassline kick-started Ozzy classic No More Tears – but he wasn't there to record it
Ozzy's top-tier guitarists get all the glory but on No More Tears you've got to give the bass player his dues. Make that bass players, plural
“We were doing that riff and cracking up laughing the whole time”: Zakk Wylde on how a “joke” riff won Ozzy Osbourne his first ever Grammy
The No More Tears sessions found the Ozzy camp in high spirits and ready to lay down a record that would take the Prince of Darkness' solo career to new heights
“He’d be like, ‘We’re gonna write a song on stage, everybody!’”: How Creed wrote their breakthrough hit during a gig
Higher cemented their stature as stadium-conquering heavyweights
“He really didn’t like it the first time we played it”: The controversial Radiohead hit embraced by Prince
"It was written during “a pretty strange period in my life” said Thom Yorke
“It’s as comfortable as a guitar can”: Kramer Volante HSGT Triburst review
Meet the new line-up of fast and furious high-performance machines from Kramer
"I’m not a blues player - but this song called for a bluesy touch”: Steve Vai’s greatest song is 30 years old today
Tender Surrender is Vai at his most poetic
“I saw something coming at me, then it blew up!”: Steve Vai's on-stage calamities with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake
“You can call this The Tale Of Two Davids!” Vai says
“I played the same parts Edward played - but it never sounded like him”: Steve Vai reveals his favourite Van Halen song
And he ain't talkin' 'bout Jump!
“I said, ‘I’m going to make my guitar talk!’”: When Steve Vai was in direct competition with Eddie Van Halen
“Jesus, that was hard! But I got it”: Guitar hero Steve Vai reveals the difficulties of playing King Crimson music
“I’m a fan and want to play the exact notes,” Vai says
“Joe is on fire! What better inspiration can you get?”: Steve Vai's “crazy" new music with Joe Satriani
“I’ve never done anything like this,” Vai says
“Proof you can fit guitar solos into perfect two-minute pop songs”: Towa Bird stars in the top five guitar albums of 2025
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