Latest articles by Amit Sharma
Walking Papers' Jeff Angell: my guide to the best Seattle guitar albums
Frontman shares his grunge-era faves
Rammstein’s Paul Landers: "I’ve always been the no-amp guy! I have never really bothered with them"
German metal titan on his signature Tech 21 Fly Rig and tone secrets
Fantastic Negrito: "I want the guitar tone that makes it feel like you’re in a club that you may get stabbed in"
Grammy-winning songwriter Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz tells his incredible career, gear and recording story
Slash: "Technique can become the main aspiration, but for me, it’s more about expressing some sort of emotional content"
The guitar legend talks technique, relearning old classics and the future of Guns N' Roses
James Bay – The World Guitar Day interview: "I don’t want to copy. I want to find new ways to make people hear the guitar"
Award-winning and chart-topping British singer/songwriter James Bay explains how playing guitar changed his life...
Tom Morello: "The guitar itself, independent of any lyrics, can be politically revolutionary"
Rage Against The Machine legend Tom Morello explains how we can all use the guitar as a force for good…
Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka: "I think the guitar still has a lot of evolving to do"
If Greta Van Fleet are the new Led Zeppelin, that makes Jake Kiszka today’s answer to Jimmy Page. Here he explains how the guitar helped unleash the magic inside of him and keep demons at bay...
Testament/Dragonlord's Eric Peterson - my top 5 tips for guitarists: "I think of my right hand as the drum within my playing; it's in charge of the beat"
Metal titan talks warm-up secrets, rhythmic mastery and his six-string partnership with Alex Skolnick
Session ace Monte Pittman’s top 5 tips for guitarists: "Versatility is a huge thing for me. If I just did one style, I don’t know if I would have survived this long"
In-demand player on the merits of diversity, the key to faster speed-picking and teaching Madonna to play Pantera
Uriah Heep’s Mick Box: "I try to stay away from the scales and just go with my heart"
Rock stalwart reflects on his fluid guitar approach, the band's 25th album and… wah-wah shoes
Production legend Michael Beinhorn: my 12 career-defining records
Reflections on working with Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson and much, much more...
Alex Skolnick: "Being on a track with Joe Satriani made it feel very real - time to up the game!"
Testament guitar ace on Metal Allegiance's star-studded second album
Code Orange: “We don’t give a s**t about what the typical structure should be; it’s about what we feel is right for our sound”
We speak to the Grammy-nominated hardcore band
The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord: the 10 guitar albums that blew my mind
Prog mage names his faves
Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal’s top tips for guitarists: “Learn things that aren’t guitar solos - learn horn parts, violin pieces or piano parts on your guitar”
From Shrapnel to Guns N’ Roses and now newest project Sons Of Apollo, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal dissects his mad professor-like approach to the fretboard and beyond…
Richie Kotzen: “You should be able to solo in any key, major or minor, if you plan on playing music”
American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Richie Kotzen walks us through his inimitable guitar style…
5 minutes alone - Sevendust's Clint Lowery: "Steve Vai broadened my perspective on what could be done with the guitar"
Sevendust guitarist Clint Lowery talks Vai, a PRS called Bruce Lee and the real key to survival in a band...
Black Stone Cherry: “We don’t even know that many scales. We came up with our identities through trial and error”
Ben Wells and Chris Robertson discuss Family Tree and their guitar-playing evolution
Parkway Drive: “We play songs, not wanky guitar bits to make each other or our audience feel like they’re not good enough!”
Parkway Drive guitarists Jeff Ling and Luke Kilpatrick give us a run-through the crushing tones heard on latest opus Reverence...
Randy Bachman's top 5 tips for guitarists: “The guitar is the most personal instrument of them all; it’s right against your heart and soul”
Sat inside the main meeting room of Gibson’s central London HQ, Randy Bachman has a guitar in his hands and is excitedly showing MusicRadar how he came up with his latest set of ideas
Night Verses' Nick DePirro: "With vocals, I often found myself competing with the registers; now I can go from lead to rhythm and anything in between"
Shred-meets-post-rock guitar ace talks going instrumental on From The Gallery Of Sleep
5 minutes alone - Ihsahn: “Thinking smart can often brush off the edges of what might make you unique”
Norwegian metal visionary Ihsahn on making it and why Jonny Greenwood is a genius…
The Darkness's Frankie Poullain: “I honestly believe irreverence is the key to great rock music… and we just didn’t care”
The bassist on his past, present and beloved Thunderbird bass
