Latest articles by Joel McIver
The story of trailblazing guitarist Duane Eddy's Peter Gunn theme
The late King Of Twang remembered his signature song with us back in 2011
"CBS dumped us and we couldn’t get the record out for ages": Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King on the making of Slayer's Angel Of Death – and the fallout that followed
In 2011 Slayer's guitarists reflected on their classic and the blowback from its subject matter
10 all-time classic bass guitar tones - and how to recreate them
Delving into some of the best low-end tones of all time
10 timeless bass guitar tones and how to recreate them
The secrets behind some of the best lowend tones of all time
Slash tells the story of the Guns N' Roses classic Sweet Child O' Mine: “The saving grace for me was the solo section”
“One of the things that always bugged me about Sweet Child… was that it was an uptempo ballad, which didn’t fit what Guns N’ Roses was all about as far as I was concerned"
Bill Wurtz: “Bass is a hypnosis tool. If it’s done properly it makes you like the song better without knowing why”
The keys to the YouTuber's musical success
The 10 best bassists in the world right now, as decided by you
2021’s low-frequency heroes revealed, as voted for by you
Bootsy Collins on James Brown and the state of bass: “He told me one time, ‘Son, y’all the greatest band in the world, but you just can’t play’. Haha! And the bad thing about it was that he was serious!"
Celebrating the day Funk bassist extraordinaire's 70th birthday with a look back at our 2018 interview
5 reasons Rush's Geddy Lee is the greatest bassist of all time
There are way more than five reasons he's the bass GOAT, clearly, but here's our top 5
The greatest bassists of the 21st century, ranked by you!
GOAT Hunt: These are the 10 electric bass players that you chose as the best between the year 2000 and, well, now
The greatest bassists 1980-'99, ranked by you
GOAT Hunt: Your end of the century lords of the lowend revealed
The greatest pre-1980 bassists, ranked by you
GOAT Hunt: From classic soul to rock’n’roll, these are the 10 electric bass players that you chose as the best before the '80s
The 10 best bassists in the world right now
Best of 2020: 2020's lords of the low end revealed, as voted for by you
Tony Butler: “Being a bass player has been the greatest asset of my life”
With a new solo album, My Time, sometime Big Country bassist Tony Butler is flying high, musically and personally
Interpol's drum setup in pictures
Sam Fogarino talks Ludwig kit, playing live and click tracks
10 of the best acoustic bass guitars
Go unplugged with these big-bottomed electros and acoustics
Tool's Justin Chancellor: “We wouldn’t be satisfied with something that wasn’t taken as far as we could take it”
The bassist on the long wait for Fear Inoculum
Dougie Payne: “There’s something so elegant about the simplicity of the four-string bass. They’re just beautiful instruments”
The bassist with Scottish rockers Travis on his relationship with the bass and the gig that transformed his band
Al Cisneros (Sleep/OM): “When I’m stoned it’s readily apparent whether a rhythm has a shelf-life or not”
The Sleep bass man on his new signature Rickenbacker, roots and reggae
