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Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell drops new atmospheric solo single, Afterglow

Jerry Cantrell has shared another track from his star-studded forthcoming album, I Want Blood, which is set to feature appearances from members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Faith No More

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“She jumped up on Man in the Box and killed it”: Carmen Vandenberg joins Jerry Cantrell to put her own twist on the iconic Alice in Chains solo

Vandenberg wielded a Duesenberg Julia, while the Alice In Chains guitarist opted for his trusty 'Blue Dress' G&L at the North Carolina concert

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“I was determined to avoid hailing him as the future of shred, but I simply cannot do it”: July 2024 Guitar World editor's picks

From an eight-string chug-a-thon with blues licks to make Eric Johnson blush, to a baritone turn from the hottest guitar player on the planet right now, this month was soundtracked by some top-tier guitar action

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The 16 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Jerry Cantrell, Powerwolf and Ad Infinitum are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“This record is a serious piece of work… I think it’s some of my best songwriting and playing”: Jerry Cantrell taps Guns N’ Roses and Metallica bassists for new solo album I Want Blood

The Alice in Chains leader has signaled his return to heavy riffs with first single Vilified

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Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell announces new album I Want Blood, featuring members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Faith No More, shares new single Vilified

Jerry Cantrell's shares details of his new solo record I Want Blood, and unveils the new single Vilified

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“The absence of the Rampage left a void in the guitar world”: G&L launches the long-awaited Rampage 24 – which gives Jerry Cantrell’s workhorse grunge machine a 21st century overhaul

The new Rampage era gets underway with a model that introduces new hardware and ergonomics to the template. Is it enough to appease hardened Rampage fans?

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“It was more than a guitar, it was a statement. The Rampage became an icon of Seattle’s grunge rock sound”: The G&L Rampage – the guitar beloved by Jerry Cantrell – is officially making a return

The rebooted Rampage 24, due later this year, will revive one of grunge's most influential instruments

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“You kept asking for more and the time has finally come”: Grunge’s favourite S-style is making a comeback as G&L Guitars announces the return of the Jerry Cantrell-approved Rampage

“Get ready for the next era of the rampage,” says G&L supremo David McLaren, as the Fullerton-based brand bows to public demand to resurrect the classic electric

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“I’ve written most Erra records with a Line 6 Spider. I’m not precious about any gear – the first priority is writing good songs”: Dirty fret choices and weird bends are more important to Jesse Cash than geeking out on gear

New album Cure sees the progressive metalcore outfit working with a producer for the first time to hone their Earth-shattering riffs – it also showcases Cash’s love of Jerry Cantrell’s bending technique, and why he believes string skipping can bypass the need for theory

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“We found the damn thing!” Jerry Cantrell’s original G&L Rampage wasn’t stolen after all – it had just been misplaced

The 'Blue Dress' G&L, which has been used by the Alice in Chains icon on almost everything he's ever recorded, is one of the most important guitars in grunge

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“I was worried to death that this thing was gone”: Jerry Cantrell’s ‘Blue Dress’ G&L Rampage has been found safe and well

False alarm! The iconic S-style was lost in transit. And there is more good news – the Alice In Chains guitarist is working on new music

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"Carlos Santana told me I was like a shaman on stage and he wanted to do a band with me": Gavin Rossdale's stories of Keanu Reeves, David Bowie, Bono and more

He's been bitten by Shirley Manson, sung on stage with Alice In Chains, spent 15 hours a day for months with Tom Jones, and is pals with Robert Downey Jr. He’s Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, and these are his stories

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“We’re offering a reward to anyone who can help us locate the guitar”: Jerry Cantrell’s original G&L Rampage – one of grunge’s most important guitars – has been stolen

The 1984 'Blue Dress' Rampage has been used on almost everything the Alice in Chains guitarist has ever recorded

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“We’re offering a reward to anyone who can help us locate the guitar”: Jerry Cantrell’s G&L ‘Blue Dress’ Rampage has been stolen

The 1985 Rampage has been on every one of Cantrell’s recordings, and was taken from the Alice In Chains’ guitarist’s car over the weekend

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“This happened to us and Layne’s family. If we can be OK with it, why can’t you?”: how Alice In Chains silenced the doubters and rose from tragedy with epic comeback album Black Gives Way To Blue

The story of Alice In Chains’ comeback album Black Gives Way To Blue

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"We were hanging out with our acoustic guitars, and we wrote four songs in two or three hours": Duff McKagan and Jerry Cantrell are thinking of making an album together

The Guns N' Roses and Alice In Chains men have contributed to each other's solo releases in the past and are now considering taking the relationship further

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“My best advice to all guitarists is to sit down and write the things you practice”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale talks tone tips, meat and potatoes rock, and reveals how a fan gave her an original Klon Centaur

The Gibson Ambassador and Kramer signature artist checks in to share six-string wisdom, the secret of keeping it simple, and why she made a guitar that looks like it came from the '80s

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“That was when I knew we had really accomplished something”: Alice In Chains on the transformative success of their Jar Of Flies EP as it turns 30

The grunge trailblazer's had their first Number One with the 1994 EP

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"I'd seen Led Zeppelin, loved it, but you can't touch them: they fly away on a jet plane that says 'Led Zeppelin' on it. The Clash pulled up in a station wagon": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the gig that changed his life forever

In October 1979, 15-year-old Michael 'Duff' McKagan attended a punk rock show in Seattle which turned his world upside down

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“One slide was closed down – somebody broke their nose on it”: MTV once took Alice In Chains to the deadliest waterpark in America

In 1993, Headbangers Ball host Riki Rachtman treated Alice In Chains to a day in New Jersey’s Action Park. He had no idea the waterpark claimed six lives in 10 years.

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News of the (guitar) world: the biggest, baddest, weirdest and saddest guitar news of 2023

We track the year’s biggest six-string stories – from landmark gear developments to devastating departures and 2023’s most headline-grabbing players

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Watch ten rock stars from the 90s in their earlier bands

Warning: contains Tom Morello playing with a Michael Bolton lookalike

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This cover of Alice In Chains' It Ain't Like That performed by Jerry Cantrell and Nickelback in 2002 packs more meat than a butcher's shop

Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell joined Nickelback on the road in 2002, and joined the Canadian rockers onstage for their mega-beefy Facelift-era cover

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"He called Chad Smith 'drummer'. Like, 'Drummer, can you hit that on the up beat?' And this is Chad Smith!" Duff McKagan on what it’s like being in a band with punk rock don, Iggy Pop

The Guns N' Roses bassist has played on two Iggy Pop records, and now the former Stooges man has returned the favour

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