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DIMEBAG'S CHAMPION

GRADY CHAMPION, DIME’S FRIEND AND GUITAR TECH, TALKS ABOUT THE PANTERA CELEBRATION SHOWS — AND HIS ROLE IN THE MAELSTROM

FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

THE INIMITABLE ZAKK WYLDE DISCUSSES HIS THOUGHTS, HIS APPROACH AND HIS GEAR AS HE HONORS HIS MUCH-MISSED FRIEND WITH REVERENCE AND RESPECT

PANTERA GOES WYLDE

Celebrated Texas metallers PANTERA are back for a gangbuster world tour - with Black Label Society's ZAKK WYLDE filling in for the late 'n' legendary DIMEBAG DARRELL Is it a reunion or a tribute? Who cares! If you ask Zakk, it's simply a celebration of the music, spirit and legacy of his fallen brother. Behold the fiery return of the Cowboys from Hell!

AMERICANA'S GUITAR GODFATHER

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZAL YANOVSKY OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL

HOT FUZZ

10 recent-vintage fuzz pedals - in pretty much every price range that'll help you nail everything from George Harrison's buzz-saw \"What Is Life\" tone to stoner metal bliss à la Electric Wizard and Fu Manchu

NEIL GIRALDO

Pat Benatar's right-hand man (and husband) on how he wound up with Jeff Beck's pickups, his approach to singable guitar solos - and why being listed among the generally unsung greats ain't so bad after all

Τοm Verlaine 1949-2023

The cult hero who reconfigured guitar music and inspired generations of alternative rock bands

MASTER OF DOWNSTROKES

IN THIS 2009 INTERVIEW (MAKING ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN GW), JAMES HETFIELD GIVES YOU THE LOWDOWN ON HOW HE DEVELOPED HIS JAW-DROPPING RIFFING CHOPS

DIARY OF A BASS MAN

EIGHTY SEASONS (AKA 20 YEARS) INTO HIS CAREER WITH METALLICA, BASSIST ROBERT TRUJILLO TALKS US THROUGH THE WRITING AND RECORDING PROCESS FOR 72 SEASONS, REVEALING HOW CERTAIN MOMENTS REMIND HIM OF SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, BLACK SABBATH AND... CHEECH & CHONG?

LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL

PAUL GILBERT takes us on a deep dive through his latest album - a 12-track celebration of metal great Ronnie James Dio, who roped in guitar greats Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore and Vivian Campbell across various eras of his storied career

The DEATH WISH TWO

After teaming up for a fiery EP late last year, celebrated blueser Samantha Fish and Texas troublemaker Jesse Dayton have returned with their first long-player, Death Wish Blues

CHRIS HOLMES

The often-overlooked former W.A.S.P. guitarist looks back on his early years, the height of fame and - oh, yes that infamous scene in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

Gimme 10 Songs

GARY ROSSINGTON dissects some of LYNYRD SKYNYRD's greatest songs - and Warren Zevon's \"Werewolves of London\"!

FREE BIRD

A personal tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's ultimate survivor, GARY ROSSINGTON - 1951-2023

David Lindley (1944-2023)

HONORING ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST DISTINCT SLIDE PLAYERS MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS OF ALL TIME AND

H.C. McEntire

THE INDIE-ROCK VETERAN EXPLORES NEW GROUND ON HER LATEST ALBUM, EVERY ACRE

Jim "Kimo" West

MEET WEIRD AL YANKOVIC'S LONG-SERVING GUITARIST

Back on the Prowl

SATCHEL STEEL PANTHER'S RESIDENT SHREDDER - DISCUSSES EVERYTHING FROM PAUL GILBERT'S PICKING METHOD, SUPER-EXPENSIVE STRATS, WHY HE DOESN'T USE AMPS IN THE STUDIO AND LET US NOT FORGET! - THE BAND'S NEW ALBUM, ON THE PROWL

MY PEDALBOARD GEORGE LYNCH

WHAT THE DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, T&N, SWEET & LYNCH AND END MACHINE GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Hermanos Gutiérrez

THIS SWISS DUO LEARNED TO TRUST THEIR INSTINCTS ON THEIR LATEST ALBUM OF HIGH-DESERT INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR JOURNEYS

Malina Moye

THE UNCOMPROMISING STRAT-LOVING SOUTHPAW RETURNS WITH DIRTY, A LONG-PLAYER THAT REPRESENTS THE CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF HER SOUND

Manic Progression

QUICKSAND GUITARIST WALTER SCHREIFELS REFLECTS ON A LIFE IN HARDCORE

Jared James Nichols

FOR HIS INTENSE NEW ALBUM, THE PENTATONIC ROCKER DIGS DEEPER INTO HIS PERSONAL EMOTIONS

Gabriel Akhmad Marin

MEET A FUSION WIZARD WHO'S CHANNELING THE SOUNDS OF EASTERN EUROPE AND WESTERN ASIA THROUGH HIS FRETLESS AND MIDI BOARD

Will to Live

OBITUARY'S KEN ANDREWS AND TREVOR PERES TAKE GW THROUGH THE DEATH METAL INSTITUTION'S VITAL AND EVEN BLUESY - 11TH ALBUM, DYING OF EVERYTHING

Proof of Concept

ABASI CONCEPTS ĒMI 7 MASTER SERIES

Tensile Strength

CORT KX700 EVERTUNE

Super Freak

FENDER '48 DUAL PROFESSIONAL JB EDITION

THE PEDALS THEY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Pedals have provided some of the most thrilling guitar tones in history, from \"Purple Haze\" to \"Comfortably Numb.\" To celebrate decades of stellar sounds, we asked 60-plus guitar greats to choose their ultimate stompboxes

AMERICAN DREAM

In the Seventies, four British bands achieved wild success pretty much everywhere - except the U.S. Below, SLADE'S NODDY HOLDER & JIM LEA, STATUS QUO'S FRANCIS ROSSI, the SWEET'S ANDY SCOTT and DR. FEELGOOD'S WILKO JOHNSON (in one of his final interviews) explain what did - and didn't — happen