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Kittie - Guitarists Morgan Lander and Tara Mcleod discuss the canadian metal powerhouse's unexpected rebirth — by fire!

Guitarists Morgan Lander and Tara McLeod explain that making new music was “not on their bingo card” when the band regrouped in 2022 for a few festival appearances, preferring to think of the sets as more of a “final lap” than a new beginning. But drilling into old favorites — whether the nu-flavored teenage slams of 1999’s Spit or the more venomously groove-thrashed tunes of their late-’00s period — revealed that despite not having raged together in years, there was something undeniably special about Kittie’s musical connection. “Playing with these girls is like putting on an old pair of pants,” Lander says. “It’s very comfortable — and it looks good too.”

McKinley James - Why all you really need is a guitar, a drummer and some serious low-end six-string skills

Nashville-based blues rocker McKinley James came flying out of the gate in 2022 with his Dan Auerbachproduced EP, Still Standing By. His momentum screeched to a halt, however, when his keyboardist split, leaving only him and his drummer, Jason Smay (who also happens to be his father). “For a moment, I was like, ‘What are we going to do?” James says. “But then I thought, ‘Well, other bands have succeeded as a duo. Maybe we can, too.”

TC Electronic TC 2290P Dynamic Digital Delay

THE MID EIGHTIES was a golden age for digital delay, thanks to the proliferation of pro- and studio-quality rack effects units from Eventide, Korg, Lexicon, Roland and Yamaha.

Danelectro Doubleneck

WHEN I THINK back to the Seventies, the famously coined “Me” decade, it seems the only surefire way you could leave audiences awestruck was to strap on a doubleneck guitar.

CARLOS ALOMAR

The former David Bowie guitarist talks Young Americans, Station to Station and the Berlin Trilogy, plus recording (and co-writing) \"Fame\" with John Lennon

GEORGE TERRY

It turns out Eric Clapton's Seventies guitarist (and co-writer of \"Lay Down Sally\") also played on ABBA's \"Voulez-Vous.\" Below, he looks back on a decade-plus of E.C., Bee Gees, Diana Ross and more

FRANK MARINO

The Mahogany Rush frontman charts the band's Seventies lows and highs, plus SG's, pickups and how he was definitely not visited by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix

DEWAYNE "BLACKBYRD" MCKNIGHT

The jazz/funk/fusion veteran on his smooth segue from Herbie Hancock sideman to full-on Funkdaledic member -plus his '70s gear and what he learned from Shuggie Otis

PAT TRAVERS

The Canadian-born virtuoso discusses the rise and fall of the Pat Travers Band, witnessing the U.K. punk revolution and the riotous roots of \"Snortin' Whiskey\"

JOE PERRY

The iconic guitarist looks back on Aerosmith in the Seventies, the decade that literally made and temporarily broke apart those Bad Boys from Boston

DAZED and CONFUSED

Providing more hits and misses than a vintage K-Tel Top 40 compilation, the guitar industry during the '70s was anything but boring

BEST 70s SOLOS, RIFFS and FORGOTTEN HEROES

A horde of guitar stars including Warren Haynes, Doug Aldrich, Sophie Lloyd, Frank Marino, Vernon Reid and Mike Campbell (not to mention Blackbyrd McKnight, Jared James Nichols, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse and Charlie Starr) choose the best stuff from the '70s

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!

In the Seventies, the guitar didn’t just come of age — it took over the music world. Welcome to the creation of heavy metal, Southern rock, glam, punk, funk, AOR, prog and a million, billion other genres!

In the Studio with Anthrax

SCOTT IAN AND JONATHAN DONAIS: \"WE WANT THIS NEW RECORD TO PUNCH PEOPLE IN THE FACE\"

Seth Lee Jones

BUILDING AND RESTORING GUITARS HAS CAUSED THE TULSA BLUES-TWANGER TO FIND SOME IMPRESSIVE NEW WAYS TO PLAY

In the Studio with Anthrax

SCOTT IAN AND JONATHAN DONAIS: \"WE WANT THIS NEW RECORD TO PUNCH PEOPLE IN THE FACE\"

TC Electronic TC 2290P Dynamic Digital Delay

THE MID EIGHTIES was a golden age for digital delay, thanks to the proliferation of pro- and studio-quality rack effects units from Eventide, Korg, Lexicon, Roland and Yamaha.

Danelectro Doubleneck

WHEN I THINK back to the Seventies, the famously coined “Me” decade, it seems the only surefire way you could leave audiences awestruck was to strap on a doubleneck guitar.

CARLOS ALOMAR

The former David Bowie guitarist talks Young Americans, Station to Station and the Berlin Trilogy, plus recording (and co-writing) \"Fame\" with John Lennon

GEORGE TERRY

It turns out Eric Clapton's Seventies guitarist (and co-writer of \"Lay Down Sally\") also played on ABBA's \"Voulez-Vous.\" Below, he looks back on a decade-plus of E.C., Bee Gees, Diana Ross and more

FRANK MARINO

The Mahogany Rush frontman charts the band's Seventies lows and highs, plus SG's, pickups and how he was definitely not visited by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix

DEWAYNE "BLACKBYRD" MCKNIGHT

The jazz/funk/fusion veteran on his smooth segue from Herbie Hancock sideman to full-on Funkdaledic member -plus his '70s gear and what he learned from Shuggie Otis

PAT TRAVERS

The Canadian-born virtuoso discusses the rise and fall of the Pat Travers Band, witnessing the U.K. punk revolution and the riotous roots of \"Snortin' Whiskey\"

JOE PERRY

The iconic guitarist looks back on Aerosmith in the Seventies, the decade that literally made and - at least temporarily broke apart those Bad Boys from Boston

DAZED and CONFUSED

Providing more hits and misses than a vintage K-Tel Top 40 compilation, the guitar industry during the '70s was anything but boring

BEST SOLOS, 70S RIFFS and FORGOTTEN HEROES

A horde of guitar stars including Warren Haynes. Doug Aldrich, Sophie Lloyd, Frank Marino. Vernon Reid and Mike Campbell (not to mention Blackbyrd McKnight, Jared James Nichols. Steve Lukather, Steve Morse and Charlie Starr) choose the best stuff from the '70s

Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse

HOW A CORNISH AXMAN AND A NEW ORLEANS CHANTEUSE ARE FORGING A FRESH BLEND OF BLUES

ROCK THIS WAY!

Get a grip on the Aerosmith co-founder’s style and put some swagger in your riffs and swing in your solos

MAN OF ADVENTURE

A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CREATIVE WAYS IN WHICH TREY ANASTASIO DRAWS UPON HIS DIVERSE RANGE OF STYLISTIC INFLUENCES TO TAKE AUDIENCES ONA THRILLING MUSICAL RIDE

A LIVE ONE

AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO TREY ANASTASIO’S LIVE RIG, COURTESY OF HIS TECH, JUSTIN STABLER