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THE RISING SON

BACK IN MARCH, EXTREME RELEASED A NEW SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO CALLED \"RISE\" (COMPLETE WITH A FREAKIN' PHENOMENAL NUNO BETTENCOURT GUITAR SOLO). THE GUITAR-PLAYING COMMUNITY HASN'T QUITE BEEN THE SAME SINCE

Ally Venable

BESIDES A NEW STUDIO, NEW BAND AND NEW MINDSET, THIS YOUNG TEXAN’S LATEST ALBUM BENEFITS FROM SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE GUEST APPEARANCES BY BUDDY GUY AND JOE BONAMASSA

The Classless of '23

CLASSLESS ACT GUITARIST DANE PIEPER CHRONICLES THE RISE OF A ROCK 'N' ROLL JUGGERNAUT

Bruce Kulick goes Back to School

IN 1985, THE FUTURE KISS GUITARIST TEAMED UP WITH MICHAEL BOLTON — YES, THAT MICHAEL BOLTON — FOR SOME HARD-ROCKING TUNES, ONE OF WHICH WOUND UP IN RODNEY DANGERFIELD’S (AWESOME) 1986 COMEDY

Jesus Piece

NOT EVEN A STUDIO FLOOD (AND OTHER MYSTERIOUS CHALLENGES) CAN STOP THIS PHILLY METALCORE QUINTET

Ayla Tesler-Mabé

ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT OPPOSED TO COMPROMISING, THE LUDIC (AND EXCALPURNIA) GUITARIST IS LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF HER DEBUT SOLO EXPERIMENT

24 Strings Blazing

INDIAN SLIDE GUITAR MASTER DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA HONORS HIS HERITAGE ON THE SOUND OF THE SOUL

ARIA OF EXPERTISE

GW DIGS THROUGH 60-PLUS YEARS OF ARIA GUITARS HISTORY

20 YEARS GONE

IN THIS EXCERPT FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH ZAKK AND DIME FROM OUR MARCH 2003 ISSUE, THE DUO SCREAM OUT FOR MORE GUITAR SOLOS IN MODERN ROCK AND PREDICT THE RISE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SHREDDERS

TECH TALK

A QUICK ZAKK WYLDE RIG RUNDOWN WITH STEPHEN MURILLO, ZAKK'S GUITAR TECH FOR THE PAST DECADE

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