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DESERT TRACKS

Point your car east, drive 150 miles or so out of Los Angeles and, soon enough, with a little help navigating the nothingness from the locals, you might just stumble across Rancho De La Luna. It is here that JOSH HOMME has assembled possibly his most ambitious, weirdest DESERT SESSIONS project ever – and reconnected with his true self…

#MeToo is symptomatic of a culture of women feeling repressed but the music INDUSTRY WAS ALWAYS SEXIST

KIM GORDON SONIC YOUTH

TV Tones

In the last two instalments of Mod Squad we’ve installed new active and plug-in passive humbuckers. In this issue, Dave Burrluck is looking for a different voice…

Gibson Super 400CES

We take a close look at a stunning collection of Super 400CES electric archtops from Gibson’s golden era and trace the evolution of these superlative guitars with jazzbox expert and author Dr Thomas A Van Hoos

Mary Spender

She’s one of the most dynamic, expressive young British singer-songwriters working today – and also just happens to have an army of fans for her YouTube musings on guitar culture. We find out how Mary crafts her sound and hear her advice on making it big online

True Blues

Blues is the first language of rock ’n’ roll. But a century on from its first golden era in the 1920s, is it still possible to play blues guitar that’s distinctive, powerful and original? We joined some of the world’s finest exponents of 21st century blues to hear their advice on how to play the music with authenticity and flair – on your own terms – on the modern stage

Sound Shaper

A new audio interface featuring a valve preamp and cab simulations specifically aimed at guitarists

The Doors: The Soft Parade

Jim Morrison was disintegrating, the studio bills were out of control and guitarist Robby Krieger hated the band’s new string-laden sound. But from the wreckage of The Soft Parade sessions came an album that lit The Doors’ fire once again…

Brave New World…

Despite a huge crossover in their fan bases, EVANESCENCE and WITHIN TEMPTATION hadn’t even met until last year. Now, though, the pair are gearing up for the epic joint WORLDS COLLIDE TOUR!

'I'm At An Age Where I Indulge My Influences And Let My Freak Flag Fly. I Don't Really Give A Damn Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan is not a man given to sitting around idly letting life pass him by. When Kerrang! catches up with him, his sublime new album Somebody’s Knocking is still a few weeks away from release, and yet he’s just pulled an allnighter working on another record.

Out Of This World…

BABYMETAL power up as they head for the stars on their most OTT album to date…

Loose Cannons

KNOCKED LOOSE and friends send Tokyo Bay loco at Japan’s BLOODAXE FESTIVAL…

Bow Before Your Papa

Their Kerrang! Award-winning fourth album PREQUELLE took GHOST from cult concern to global superstars. But the arena-filling congregation of fans is growing restless for clues as to what’s next for Cardinal Copia, Papa Nihil and the ministry. Let TOBIAS FORGE, then, take you behind the mask and into the making of – and future plans for – a band like no other…

Living Forever?

Brit grime-metaller SCARLXRD returns sooner than expected. Yep, he’s still really aggro…

The Party's Not Over…

THE MENZINGERS contemplate life, punk and death as they continue to get older and wiser…

Action Men…

DON BROCO easily charm the Big Apple as they take on America

The Real Thing

MUSE continue to challenge reality as they bring Simulation Theory back to the capital…

A Life Less Ordinary

There are rock stars and then there are people in bands who play rock music. SPIELBERGS are the latter, yet the Oslo trio have produced one of 2019’s brightest debut albums in THIS IS NOT THE END, mining universal truths from everyday ordinariness…

New Noise - Goodbye June

Memphis-based family outfit paying tribute with the power of the riff…

Scream For Me, Download!

Ready for festival season 2020 yet? Good, because DOWNLOAD have just announced their first names for next year’s line-up – including huge headliners IRON MAIDEN, KISS and SYSTEM OF A DOWN…

Slum Dunk's Top Dons

Having marked themselves as an arena band in 2019, DON BROCO will be able to add another achievement to their name: SLAM DUNK headliners! And there’s even more on the line-up to get excited about…

Leader Of The Opposition

The journey of creating and touring fifth album THE SPARK has, over the course of the past few years, shaped ROU REYNOLDS into one of rock’s most vital voices. Those experiences and life lessons changed him forever. What follows next? It may just be ENTER SHIKARI’s defining moment…

Napalm Death, Thirty Years of Raising Hell With Barney Greenway

"Napalm Death Play Really Fucking Nasty, Horrible Music… But Lyrically It’s All About Love, Peace and Humanity".

Vince Gill

Bluegrass maestro and parttime Eagle reflects on his love for the Ryman Auditorium and how golf has kept him sane…

Raising The Tone - Stringing Along

In the first of a series on strings and their influence on tone, editor Jamie meets blues-rock heavyweight Philip sayce

The Mexican Connection

American instruments with a Mexican twist: the story of Fender’s journey from Fullerton, California to Baja California

True Colours

A pair of acoustic guitars at contrasting price points from a builder based in the Czech Republic – how will they fare in today’s highly competitive marketplace?

Pickup Lines - Custom P-90s

In the third part of our focus on P-90s, we meet with Lindy Fralin to find out how his classic pickup design can be tweaked to meet the needs of today’s discerning guitarist

Out Of This World

This new design from Supro – with collaborative input from Keeley Electronics and amp legend Bruce Zinky – could well end your quest for the perfect tone

No Solder

It’s 50 years since man landed on the moon, but when it comes to the electrics in your guitar,we’re still in the dark ages, reckons Dave burrluck