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Dead Cross

MICHAEL CRAIN AND JUSTIN PEARSON TAKE YOU DEEP INSIDE THE HARDCORE PUNK SUPERGROUP’S LATEST RABID EFFORT, II

Crobot

THE PENNSYLVANIA HARD ROCKERS’ LATEST RECORD IS A CELEBRATION OF STRAIGHT-UP, FAT-FREE RIFFERY

Soccer Mommy

HOP INTO SOPHIE ALLISON’S HONDA ODYSSEY AND LET HER CART YOU OFF TO A BETTER PLACE

Got Their Mojo Working

HOW GA-20’S MATTHEW STUBBS AND PAT FAHERTY CRACK DOWN ON THE SLICK, OVERPRODUCED SOUNDS OF MODERN COMMERCIAL BLUES

C. 1981-1990 MARSHALL JCM800 2203

CATEGORY: AMPLIFIER HEAD

Buzz Bin Fender Paramount PD-220E Dreadnought

WHEN IT COMES to mid-priced acoustics, your choices are boundless. And to make matters more complicated, once you've set your sights on a particular brand or model, along comes one of your trusted guitar-playing buddies to make a strong case for another. Well, let me be that friend for a moment.

The Cort of Public Opinion

CORT G290 FAT II

Rockin’ Role Model

EVH 5150 ICONIC SERIES 40W 1X12 COMBO

Royal Flash

ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN MAJESTY 8-STRING

Thunders Lightning

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF Johnny Thunders, THE NEW YORK DOLLS AND HEARTBREAKERS GUITARIST WHO CRYSTALLIZED THE ESSENCE OF STREET-COOL ROCK 'N' ROLL

Poly Vai

Want Steve Vai to play on your album? Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage (and Steve Vai!) tell you how it’s done. Behold the epic saga of “Ego Death”

Poly Sci

On Remember That You Will Die, instrumental prog-rock's resident devils achieve startling new levels of intricacy and wow-factor mayhem. Below, Polyphia's Tim Henson and Scott LePage talk gear, practicing, their Steve Vai collab - and the album with the feel-good title of the year

WHEN JIMI MET SPOCK

IN 1968, JIMI HENDRIX BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN — ALMOST BURNED IT DOWN, IN FACT — IN CLEVELAND. BUT THE STARS WERE IN ALIGNMENT THAT DAY FOR A MIND-MELD WITH ANOTHER COSMIC AVATAR, LEONARD “MR. SPOCK” NIMOY

Pup

STEFAN BABCOCK AND STEVE SLADKOWSKI REVEL IN THE UNRAVELING OF PUP (THE BAND)

Alexisonfire

DALLAS GREEN AND WADE McNEIL EXPLAIN WHAT’S CHANGED SINCE THE BAND’S LAST ALBUM — FROM 13 YEARS AGO! — INCLUDING THEIR GUITAR DYNAMIC

A Gigaton of Charm

JOSH KLINGHOFFER WAS A RED HOT CHILI PEPPER — AND NOW HE RECORDS WITH EDDIE VEDDER AND PERFORMS WITH PEARL JAM. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM THAT ALL THESE (HUGELY SUCCESSFUL) ACTS WANT?

El Perro

WITH THIS NEW PROJECT, LONGTIME RADIO MOSCOW GUITARIST PARKER GRIGGS DOGGEDLY PURSUES HIS GROOVY, PSYCHEDELIC DREAM

Molly Tuttle

EXPERIENCING A CREATIVE RUT? IT MIGHT BE A SIMPLE CASE

Light Reading

GW CATCHES UP WITH DEVIN TOWNSEND, WHOSE PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE 21ST SOLO ALBUM, LIGHTWORK, WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY LATER THIS MONTH

Leprous

GW CATCHES UP WITH TOR ODDMUND SUHRKE, A PROVEN PROG MASTER (WHO'S ALSO A PROFESSIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST)

Kirk Fletcher

THE NASHVILLE-BASED BLUES MASTER ISN’T AFRAID TO ADD SOME II’S, III’S AND VI’S TO THE TRIED-AND-TRUE I-IV-V

Still a Ball of Fire

U.K. STRAT LEGEND ROBIN TROWER TALKS NEW MUSIC, THE SECRETS TO STELLAR TONE AND WHY HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR AMERICAN FANS

Gore Obsessed, Old-School Death Metal

INTRIGUED? LET BLOODBATH GUITARIST TOMAS ÅKVIK FILL YOU IN

Z-One 4 Rock

REVEREND BILLY CORGAN SIGNATURE Z-ONE

Dark and Stormy

ESP GUITARS LTD DELUXE SN-1000HT FIRE BLAST

Sonic Reaction

LINE 6 CATALYST 100

ROLLING WITH the chaos

JIM ROOT AND MICK THOMSON DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE MAKING OF THE END, SO FAR THE SETBACKS, THE DEPRESSION, THE WILD GEAR EXPERIMENTS, THE WHAMMY-BAR HIJINKS AND MORE

THE problem CHILD

WILLIE ADLER AND MARK MORTON, LAMB OF GOD'S YIN-AND-YANG GUITAR DUO, TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BAND'S "COMBATIVE," "CONFRONTATIONAL" (AND LIVE-IN-THE-STUDIO) NEW ALBUM

WELCOME TO THE machine

"YOU'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST OTHER BANDS....YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST YOUR GUITAR-PLAYING SKILLS FROM A YEAR AGO, OR 10 YEARS AGO" -ROBB FLYNN

A CHUNK OF change

MESHUGGAH'S MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM TAKES YOU INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE SWEDISH DEATH METAL MASTERS' UNRELENTING NEW ALBUM, IMMUTABLE, HIS WEAKNESS FOR SIMON & GARFUNKEL AND THE RETURN OF CO-FOUNDING GUITARIST FREDRIK THORDENDAL