Blur's Graham Coxon: "The Coffee + TV chord shapes are just ridiculous" By Henry Yates published 20 July 23 "That’s another case of me making life very difficult for myself!”
The story of Black Shuck by The Darkness: “You wouldn’t exactly hear Bon Jovi writing about a church in Blythburgh, would you?” By Henry Yates published 7 July 23 To celebrate the 20th birthday of The Darkness's debut album Permission To Land, we dig into the mythology of its opener
"When he felt the spirit, he was untouchable" – the story of Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green By Henry Yates published 15 May 23 Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums and the greatest guitar handover in blues history
The story of Randy Rhoads and Blizzard Of Ozz: "He was the best guy at overdubbing solos and tracking them that I’ve ever seen. I mean, he used to blow me away" By Henry Yates published 19 March 23 Classic interview: Remembering the genius of Randy Rhoads, 41 years after his tragic death
“Sometimes there’s songs that get put aside until it feels right” – the story of The White Stripes' Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground By Henry Yates published 29 November 22 “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground was written before we did our first album”
The story of Black Sabbath's Children Of The Grave: “If you listen to critics too much, you’ll lose your identity. We didn’t listen." By Henry Yates published 7 September 22 US Rock critic Lester Bangs once described the song as “naïve, simplistic, absolute doggerel"
Smoke On The Water at 50: The story of Deep Purple Mk II and the most famous guitar riff of all time By Henry Yates published 25 March 22 Between 1969 and 1973, Deep Purple’s MkII incarnation took on the world then tore itself apart. This is the story of the axe fights, smashed Strats, neo-classical solos and power struggles behind British rock’s most dysfunctional family
The making of Billie Eilish’s No Time To Die Bond theme: “Finneas came up with this chord progression, and we were just immediately like, ‘Oh!’” By Henry Yates published 30 September 21 “We had an intense amount of writer’s block as soon as we were called to action”
Classic interview: Slash on the story of Guns N' Roses's Use Your Illusion I & II By Henry Yates published 30 June 21 Looking back on a double barrel of rock 'n' roll, 30 years on
10 guitar heroes' day jobs before they were famous By Henry Yates, MusicRadar last updated 30 July 20 How Slash and Clapton made ends meet
13 guitar hero Simpsons cameos By Henry Yates, MusicRadar published 21 July 20 From Keef to Kirk and Corgan to Costello
10 reasons why guitar is the best instrument By Henry Yates published 23 June 20 The six-string takes the crown
10 classic guitarist stage moves By Henry Yates, Rob Laing published 6 May 20 From Pete Townshend's windmill to the Hendrix showboater and beyond!
10 types of guitar YouTuber and how to spot them By Henry Yates last updated 16 March 20 As YouTube turns 15 we offer a guide to the menagerie of guitar vloggers you can find on there
On JJ Cale: “He would buy a $100 guitar, then if he messed it up by drilling holes, it was okay. That was the cost of educating himself” By Henry Yates published 24 July 19 Cale's widow and bandmate Christine Lakeland reflects on his career and gear
John Petrucci: “The last thing you want to do is be complacent or just have ‘okay’ guitar parts and uninspired solos” By Henry Yates published 22 May 19 The DT man talks Distance Over Time, six-string evolution and guitar-player camaraderie
Robert Fripp: The Crimson King returns By Henry Yates published 15 April 19 On the countdown to three rare UK dates from his prog giants King Crimson, we look back at the seismic career of a “difficult” genius…
How Takamine acoustics became the hardest-working guitars in music By Jamie Dickson, Henry Yates published 29 March 19 We head to Japan to study the roots of the luthier
Stereophonics’ Richard Jones: “I always had an affinity with the bass” By Henry Yates published 18 March 19 The Welsh bassist on Andy Fraser, ‘filling-in’ and five-strings
Lance Lopez: “Texas guitar playing is the attitude of putting everything behind each note” By Henry Yates published 26 October 18 Championed by Billy Gibbons. Mentored by Johnny Winter. Shattered by addiction. The Texas gunslinger tells his story
Then play on: the story of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan By Henry Yates published 24 October 18 Bernie Marsden, Jeremy Spencer and more reflect on the underrated six-stringer
James Hunter: “I think guitar playing needs to acknowledge what kind of record it’s on. A solo shouldn’t disappear up its own arse” By Henry Yates published 14 September 18 We talk to the UK soul star
Steve Lukather: “I’m a journeyman guitar player. And I’m proud to be that. I’m the guy you call to fix s**t” By Henry Yates published 14 June 18 The session ace looks back on 40 years of Toto
James Valentine and Sterling Ball: “Building a guitar is not like writing a song. You’re creating a three-dimensional tool” By Henry Yates published 7 June 18 The Maroon 5 star and Ernie Ball Music Man head honcho discuss the making of the Valentine signature model
