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“If you were to listen to anything I do, you can see how big the blues influence is”: Slash is getting ready to unveil his blues solo album – one of the most anticipated guitar records of the year

The Guns N’ Roses icon is poised to reveal all about his forthcoming blues album – including the guest singers he's enlisted – which will follow the star-studded formula of his 2010 solo record

Guitar World

Technique, theory, taste and feel are the key ingredients in any guitar solo – work on these elements and you will play better, more expressive leads

There's no messing around with this tab and video lesson: it’s time to workshop some lead guitar ideas and get your solos spotlight-worthy

Guitar World

“I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches”: The first minute of Mark Knopfler’s star-studded charity single has been released – can you guess the guitar heroes from their chops?

The nine-minute extended cut contains contributions from over 50 guitar legends, and features Jeff Beck's final recording

Guitar World

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“WTF?”: Mark Ronson shares Paul McCartney’s F-bomb video reaction to being told that Foreigner aren’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The producer has enlisted Josh Homme, Chad Smith, Jack Black, Dave Grohl and Slash to help get the band inducted this year

MusicRadar

“I couldn’t even walk, but I thought, ‘At least I can play guitar!’ When I picked one up, I just couldn’t. That was the final straw”: Deryck Whibley had to rebuild Sum 41 after nearly dying – so why is he ready to break up the band?

As Sum 41 release their final album, the pop-punk icons’ frontman explains why he knew it was time to call it quits – but not before he bought the ’68 Les Paul featured on the album that inspired him to play in the first place

Guitar World

“I am honoured to be joined by dozens of my favourite artists”: Slash, Corey Taylor, Serj Tankian and more will appear on a new album by composer extraordinaire Bear McCreary

Members of Anthrax, Meshuggah and Soundgarden will also join the Walking Dead/Godzilla/God Of War composer’s all-star lineup

Metal Hammer

The minor pentatonic is the ultimate guitar scale, but it can get stale quickly. Here are 5 ways to get more from it

Plot an escape route from your routine licks with this tab and audio lesson

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“Want to know what love is? Love is putting Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”: producer Mark Ronson recruits Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Josh Homme, Slash and Chad Smith to lobby for his stepdad's band's induction into Rock Hall

Want to see Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? So do some of your favourite rock stars

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"That record just transformed my whole life. Once I heard that, all of a sudden I understood what life was about": Slash reminisces about the band who inspired his journey through rock'n'roll

Guns N' Roses man Slash reveals that he heard the album that changed everything while pursuing a woman twice his age

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“The first time we heard it back in our studio we just stared at each other with our mouths open”: The Dandy Warhols reckon you've never heard Slash play like he does on their new single

Taken from the band’s forthcoming album, Rockmaker, the Dandy Warhols say that they've “never heard Slash play like” he does on I'd Like To Help You with Your Problem

Guitar World

"I’ve never heard him play quite like that" – The Dandy Warhols call in Slash, his wah and some AI for new song and video, I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem

A heavier direction for the Portland band

MusicRadar

“I love Gibson – I always have. Even though people like Slash play Les Pauls, for me they work better in a jazzier sound-world”: Jimmy Page was bowled over by her playing. Now Rosie Frater-Taylor is injecting jazz solos into pop for an all-new sound

Inspired by jazz-go-pop stars like George Benson and Pat Metheny, the Pickup Music tutor and rising star has a unique guitar-meets-vocal vamping style

Guitar World

"I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches, really" – Mark Knopfler announces all-star charity band with over 60 members with Gilmour, Ringo, Jeff Beck, Sting, Clapton and Brian May all onboard

They've recorded a new version of Knopfler's Going Home: Theme From Local Hero

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“Eric came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Jeff Beck’s contribution was spellbinding”: Mark Knopfler enlists Clapton, Townshend, Iommi, Slash and dozens more for all-star charity single

Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes raise funds for teenage cancer charities with an epic version of his Local Hero theme, featuring Jeff Beck’s final recording, and over 50 guitar legends – including David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Brian May

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“It just brings you to tears”: David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Slash and more join forces for epic new recording of Mark Knopfler's Going Home

The new all-star recording of Mark Knopfler's debut solo single will raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America

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"The countless lives he’s touched, healed, helped and saved will continue his spirit and legacy" – musicians praise the life and legacy of MC5 guitarist and activist Wayne Kramer

The co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit band died at the age of 75 on February 2

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Rock world pays tribute to MC5 founder Wayne Kramer, who died this week at the age of 75

Alice Cooper, Slash, Tom Morello and Jack White among the stars paying tribute to late MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer

MusicRadar

"Brother Wayne Kramer was the best man I’ve ever known": Tributes for MC5 co-founder Wayne Kramer, who has died aged 75

Tom Morello says he "basically invented punk rock music", while Jack White calls Kramer "definitely part of the solution"

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“That song, and Perfect Crime, we started writing when we were doing pre-production for Appetite" – Slash tells the story of Guns N' Roses's long-in-the-waiting classic You Could Be Mine

"You Could Be Mine was one of Izzy's riffs"

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"I owe him an apology. I'd like to sit down with him and have a beer": Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt on upsetting a member of Guns N' Roses and the guitar solo that broke the internet

In 2023, Extreme released their first new album in 15 years, Six. Guitarist Nino Bettencourt also found time to play at the Super Bowl with Rihanna and bust his knee playing basketball

Metal Hammer

"If we make this record and it sells, then if nothing else some of our heroes can get some royalties": The stories of the songs that powered Guns N' Roses' strangest and most understood album

Thirty years ago, Guns N’ Roses released The Spaghetti Incident?, an album of covers, and brought a load of mostly obscure, mostly punk-rock tracks to a wider audience

Metal Hammer

Sophie Lloyd: 10 records that changed my life

From Van Halen and Iron Maiden to Disturbed and Bring Me The Horizon, these are the bands that helped Sophie Lloyd become a shred goddess

Louder

24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

Guitar World

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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