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“I Need to Raise My Own Bar...”

Every guitarist wants to play better – and Joe Satriani is no exception.

“Let's Go As Hard and Fast As We Can!”

Hardcore cult heroes Turnstile are poised to be one of the breakout bands of 2022. Guitarist Pat McCrory discusses their “emotional” return to playing live– and how to experiment without losing your edge...

Johnny Marr - “He Was Ahead of His Time”

How Johnny Marr blazed his own trail, by Dave Keuning of The Killers

Johnny Marr - “It's My Sound. I F*cking Invented It. I Can Use It As Many Times As I Like!”

Johnny Marr is an inspiration to countless guitarists. In a major new interview he discusses his entire career – from The Smiths to his latest solo masterpiece. And also included in this 20-page TG special: how to play like Marr, with three classic Smiths riffs to learn, plus exclusive interviews with the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante, Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield and The Killers’ Dave Keuning on the genius of Johnny...

PERFECT TEN

10 NEW RELEASES YOU NEED TO HEAR

THE FIRST... DALE TANNER OCEAN GROVE

DALE WALKS US ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIS EARLY YEARS.

CROSSROADS

ACROSS THEIR NEW BOOSTER PACK, IN HEARTS WAKE BUILD ON THEIR FINEST ALBUM IN SPECTACULAR STYLE. JAKE TAYLOR DIVES IN…

ANY QUESTION ANSWERED CHRIS CARRABBA

CHRIS WALKS US THROUGH A LIFE AND CAREER NOT JUST COLOURED, BUT DEFINED BY MUSIC.

Bucket List - Taz Johnson - Belmont

Taz walks us through his dream list.

Ghost in the Machine

It kind of goes without saying that Bob Vylan’s new album ‘Bob Vylan presents the Price of Life’ is something worth listening to, in absolutely every sense. Here is its story.

Keep Running

Stand Atlantic are on course to release the best album of their career so far, but it’s arriving at the end of a period where they had to question everything. This is how they combatted their world crumbling around them, and made something truly remarkable.

Living in Chaos

In their latest, quite possibly greatest record, PUP have refined everything they are into one huge, chaotic chunk. Here, they tell the album’s story.

Symphonies of Destruction

LOST SYMPHONY FOUNDER BENNY GOODMAN TELLS US HOW HE ROPED IN GUITAR LEGENDS EN MASSE FOR HIS LATEST INSTRUMENTAL ESCAPADES

QUAD RAPHONIC

SLASH DETAILS THE MAKING OF 4, HIS HIGH ENERGY, LIVE-IN-A LEGENDARY-NASHVILLESTUDIO NEW ALBUM WITH MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS - AND FILLS US IN ON NEW GUNS N' ROSES MUSIC AND MORE

Top Models

TAYLOR AD27E FLAMETOP AND AD22E

ORDER FROM CHAOS

Three albums into their reunion phase, The Nightmare of Being finds Swedish death metalers At the Gates addressing their legacy while pushing off into wild new horizons

Discipline

Robert Fripp's 20 greatest guitar moments

If I Ruled The World - Jordan Stephens

Best known for being one half of hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, musician Jordan Stephens is also an actor and TV presenter. His debut solo album, Let Me Die Inside You is out now

Killing It

Nova Twins' second album Supernova

Appetite for Instruction

TG takes a look at the cat in the hat's greatest riffs with GN'R and more

Everyone's Personality Is in Their Phrasing

He plays heavy with Black Label Society and Ozzy, but Zakk Wylde is inspired by the emotion in blues and "pentatonic insanity" of jazz fusion

Writing a Guitar Solo Is Like Writing Another Song

Joe Newman has led alt-J to worldwide success, but has always focused on songwriting first-guitar playing second. Until now...

Writing a Guitar Part that Ends at an Irrational Point Is Quite a Challenge!

Yard Act are the most talked about new band in the UK. Guitarist Sam Shjipstone and singer James Smith reveal the origins of their unconventional post-punk sound

NEVER SETTLE

IN A YEAR WHERE SO MANY BANDS SEEM TO BE STEPPING THINGS UP ANOTCH, VENOM PRISON HAVE STEPPED UP SEVERAL ALL AT ONCE. HERE, LARISSA STUPAR EXPLAINS HOW THEY CAME TO MAKE THEIR BLISTERING NEW RECORD.

MATTHEW CARLSON A WILL AWAY

MATTHEW GUIDES US THROUGH HIS MUSICAL AND PERSONAL HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.

BEN KOWALEWICZ BILLY TALENT

BEN CHARTS A FASCINATING LIFE AND CAREER THAT'S AS INSPIRING AS IT IS ENDURING.

Closer

Armed with an exceptional new album, Rolo Tomassi find themselves roaring back into focus yet again. James Spence and Chris Cayford take us under the hood as they progress further than ever.

Back Home

Patty Walters and Ronnie Ish chart how they and their band got lost, then found themselves again on new album 'I Went to Hell and Back'.

Graphic Nature

Noise, noise and more noise from southern england.

New Perspective

Knuckle Puck stand at the beginning of a brand new era, armed with a stunning new ep. Joe Taylor details their next steps ...