Latest articles by Henry Yates
Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums and the greatest guitar handover in blues history
"You Could Be Mine was one of Izzy's riffs"
"That’s another case of me making life very difficult for myself!”
To celebrate the 20th birthday of The Darkness's debut album Permission To Land, we dig into the mythology of its opener
Classic interview: Remembering the genius of Randy Rhoads, 41 years after his tragic death
“Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground was written before we did our first album”
US Rock critic Lester Bangs once described the song as “naïve, simplistic, absolute doggerel"
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
“We had an intense amount of writer’s block as soon as we were called to action”
Looking back on a double barrel of rock 'n' roll, 30 years on
The show's yellowed-up more than a few legendary guitar heroes over the years
Let's be clear, music is not a competition. But if it were, the guitar would win that competition
From Pete Townshend's windmill to the Hendrix showboater and beyond!
As YouTube turns 15 we offer a guide to the menagerie of guitar vloggers you can find on there
Cale's widow and bandmate Christine Lakeland reflects on his career and gear
The DT man talks Distance Over Time, six-string evolution and guitar-player camaraderie
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…
We head to Japan to study the roots of the luthier
The Welsh bassist on Andy Fraser, ‘filling-in’ and five-strings
Back with a candid new solo album, Texas gunslinger Lance Lopez recounts his rocky road from hell to redemption…
Bernie Marsden, Jeremy Spencer and more reflect on the underrated six-stringer
