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STEVE HOWE TRACK BY TRACK

THE YES LEGEND UNCOUPLES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP TO DRIFT THROUGH EVER-SHIFTING LANDSCAPES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, ON HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN NINE YEARS

Right-Hand Man

FUNK RHYTHM MASTER CORY WONG GOES DEEP ON GEAR, PLAYING WITH VULFPECK AND THE FEARLESS FLYERS — AND HIS UNDYING FENDER STRAT LOVE

Swan Dive

CATCHING UP WITH DANCE GAVIN DANCE’S WILL SWAN: “I DON’T WANT TO SOUND LIKE LIAM NEESON HERE, BUT I REALLY DO HAVE A SPECIFIC SET OF SKILLS!”

Kathleen Edwards

AFTER A SIX-YEAR BREAK SERVING UP COFFEE, SANDWICHES AND MUFFINS IN ONTARIO, THIS RESILIENT CANADIAN ALT-ROCKER IS BACK WITH A FRESH NEW RELEASE, THE APTLY TITLED TOTAL FREEDOM

DevilDriver

GUITARISTS NEIL TIEMANN AND MIKE SPREITZER DISCUSS THEIR LESS ”SHREDDY” APPROACH TO THEIR NEW DOUBLE ALBUM — AND WHY YOU NEED A 5150 IN YOUR ARSENAL

L.A. Witch

GUITARIST SADE SANCHEZ EXPLAINS HOW THIS BURGEONING SO-CAL TRIO WENT FROM GETTING FIRED TO THEIR REVERB-DRENCH LATEST, PLAY WITH FIRE

Sweet Sassafras

ERIC JOHNSON ON HIS GENTLE NEW ALBUM, EJ II, HIS NEW FENDER “VIRGINIA” SASSAFRAS STRAT AND SEARCHING FOR THE STILL POINT

Shred-nado

EVH STRIPED SERIES SHARK

Peter Green (1946-2020)

HE TURNED HIS BACK ON FAME, FORTUNE AND SANITY TO BECOME A BLUES-ROCK LEGEND

The Changeling

WITH THE RITUAL BEGINS AT SUNDOWN, ROBBY KRIEGER OPENS THE DOORS TO HIS JAZZ MUSE

Brad Gillis

THE LONGTIME NIGHT RANGER GUITARIST TALKS UPCOMING SOLO ALBUM, THE STORY BEHIND HIS MODIFIED ’62 STRAT — AND ONE PARTICULARLY HAIR-RAISING OZZY OSBOURNE GIG

Joint Effort

MARTIN SC-13E ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC

“A Guitar is Like a Mini Orchestra”

From Jeff Buckley to gods and monsters and beyond, Captain Beefheart Alum Gary Lucas celebrates his diverse career on an impressive new compilation.

Dave Mustaine – "I think people do expect me to be invincible."

Fans were stunned when Dave Mustaine was diagnosed with cancer. Below, we find out how the Megadeth frontman took on his biggest battle yet – and won.

Joe Bonamassa's Tele Vision

JIMMY BRYANT, JAMES BOND AND OL’ BLUE EYES: THE BLUES-ROCK MAESTRO EXPLAINS HOW HE TEAMED UP WITH HELLECASTERS GUITAR WIZ JOHN JORGENSON TO RECORD A PROPER “TELECASTER ALBUM” INSPIRED BY THE LATE, GREAT DANNY GATTON

PLAYING THE PART

TWO COOL KYSER QUICK-CHANGE PARTIAL CAPOS

Rising Sun

DETROIT’S SAMMY BOLLER — WHOSE POPULAR GUITARWORLD.COM LESSONS HAVE MELTED A MIND OR TWO — EXPLAINS WHY 2020 IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR MODERN INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR MUSIC

THE WAVE FILES

After the “soul-crushing” slog of Hemispheres, the planets seemed to align for Rush when it came time to record their next album, 1980’s Permanent Waves.

Sparta

AT THE DRIVE-IN REFUGEE JIM WARD DIVES INTO TRUST THE RIVER, SPARTA’S FIRST ALBUM IN 14 YEARS

OPEN MIKE

LONGTIME TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS “CO-CAPTAIN” MIKE CAMPBELL UNLEASHES WRECKLESS ABANDON, THE DEBUT ALBUM BY HIS VERY PATIENT SIDE PROJECT, THE DIRTY KNOBS

GW LESSON LICKS OF THE BLUES GIANTS GROOVE MASTER

A brief, insightful tribute to GARY CLARK JR.’s multifaceted lead and rhythm-playing approaches and ways in which the guitarist tastefully combines elements of blues, rock, funk and soul

BIG-TIME RUSH FAN

Dream Theater maestro JOHN PETRUCCI geeks out on Permanent Waves, Alex Lifeson’s “How is that even possible?” solos and the undeniable majesty of Rush

Better Off Live

Five times a live version was better than the original studio recording

Spider Bites, Busted Axles and Personal Space

TOURING TIPS FROM FOUR YEAR STRONG GUITARIST/VOCALIST DAN O’CONNOR

KEEPIN' IT COPACETIC

Veruca Salt’s Louise Post and Local H’s Scott Lucas — veterans of the Nineties alternative-rock signing spree — discuss life after major labels

Mythical Creatures

MEET INTRONAUT GUITARIST SACHA DUNABLE, THE MAN BEHIND DUNABLE GUITARS, MAKERS OF THE YETI, THE CYCLOPS AND OTHER OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD AXES

LORDS OF CREATION

TESTAMENT bring the metal to the masses with Titans of Creation, the 13th chapter in their canon of symphonic savagery. Guitar World checks in with guitarists ERIC PETERSON and ALEX SKOLNICK and gets a glimpse inside the making of the legendary group’s latest thrashterpiece.

The Dirt on Dirty Shirley

GEORGE LYNCH DISCUSSES THE FATE OF HIS CLASSIC-ERA GUITARS, HIS NEVER-ENDING LED ZEP LOVE AND DIRTY SHIRLEY, HIS NEW ALBUM (AND PROJECT) WITH CROATIAN-BORN SINGER DINO JELUSIC

GUNS N' ROSES

WHY HAVEN'T THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT? AND LIVE ERA ‘87 - ‘93 CONNECTED WITH GN'R FANS LIKE APPETITE? GW CHECKS IN WITH GUITARIST GILBY CLARKE, VOCALIST ROBERTA FREEMAN, ENGINEER JIM MITCHELL, HANOI ROCKS' MICHAEL MONROE AND THE DAMNED'S BRIAN JAMES.

5 Questions with Death Valley High's Reyka Osburn

SAN FRANCISCO’S DEATH Valley High recently unleashed “Raise Hell,” the first of a planned series of singles to drop throughout 2020. Describing their music as “aggressive, skronk-disco light fantastic, like Saturday Night Fever on Thorazine,” singer/ guitarist Reyka Osburn isn’t really doing justice to the fact that, basically, DVH are a great rock ’n’ roll band.