Latest articles by Rob Laing
"I've been tweaking them like crazy" Slash says of his ongoing battles with the "necessary evil" of using in-ears
"I was essential because I spent more time with Jon than even his wife, and was more honest"
"I thought, 'I’m never going to meet Noel Gallagher in a million years'" – then Travis ended up supporting Oasis
Rain features some of the greatest individual performances by the four Beatles while sounding like it was beamed from the future
Vigil Of War guitarist joins the Chicago band after an open audition process that attracted 10,000 applications
Nashville stringers Tom Bukovac and Guthrie Trapp together on record at last – "We kept a lot of first takes"
As the guitarist and songwriter goes public with his art, he reveals he's also looking to go back and rework some of the band's songs that Lizzy didn't do justice to in the studio
"It's turned out to be quite soulful," the legendary songwriter reflects
"I have Marshalls, Fenders, Voxes, Oranges, Supros – all different kinds of amps. But since the day we got this amp I've not plugged into anything else," he said of his favourite Dumble modded amp
This Silver Sky ain't crying
When it comes to pounds and ounces with guitars, opinions and perspectives can differ wildly
"You could be the greatest guitar player in the world but a ten-year-old could learn to play that in an hour", he says of the "magic" melodic moments he loves to discover in songwriting
Via some riff editing from Lars Ulrich
Before she became a six-time Brit Award winner in 2024, the British singer wrote for artists including Beyoncé and Rihanna
He's formed a power trio with two old friends
There's a strong showing from British acts according to a new survey
Watt produced the band's new album Dark Matter
Amps, mics and the pedal on Heart-Shaped Box that nearly caused a rift between Cobain and Krist Novoselic – "He really thought Kurt was trying to sabotage the song"
The late guitar great believed his superior work was Oh Well Pt. 2 – an instrumental Fleetwood Mac never played live but the Pink Floyd legend honored decades later
Solder on
"Acoustic tunes tend to be quite down"
From the record-breaking Competition Stripe to the In Utero Sky-Stangs and new Orang-Stang revelations
The hugely respected Nashville session player is a wise man
