In case you've ever wondered why there aren't any guitar solos on Slipknot's first album, Mick Thomson has explained why the band opted to cut them out. Heavy music changed in a lot of ways ...

A man who for some reason smashed up a guitar with a hammer in Texas may have thought it had been signed by Taylor Swift — but it was not, in fact, an official Swift-certified guitar.

"Any kind of technical guitar playing was mocked and frowned upon." "I actually had some solos in songs, but they all got cut out. Because between Ross and Joey, guitar solos are stupid now." ...

Violinist Graham Preskett played on not one but two Mott the Hoople albums, Mott in 1973 and The Hoople in 1974. He then went ...

Guitar Player will halt publication after almost 58 years, putting out one last issue on Oct. 15, with an interview with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page as the final cover story to hit newsstands.

The Psychedelic Furs. // photo by Nick Spacek The Psychedelic Furs with the Jesus & Mary Chain and Frankie Rose Uptown ...

Today is Eddie Cochran’s birthday. We asked Setzer what made the '50s guitar icon such an innovator. Here's what he told us ...

The exhibition’s highlights include: · “Women at their Toilette” (1937-38), an extraordinarily large collage of cut-and-pasted ... Constructed paper guitars from the Cubist and Surrealist ...

We'll have more news on these models as soon as we can. In the meantime check out the Harley Benton ranges at Thomann. Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars Rob is the Reviews Editor ...

“But I feel like I came out ... cut Akins’ senior year short, landing her at home with her mother, Nicol Akins, who “picked up” on her daughter’s musical appetite. So, on Nia’s 22nd birthday that July ...

That means you can now use your Rock Band 4 guitar to play along with the game ... from Rock Band 3 or earlier, are still out of luck for now. That said, Epic said in the blog post announcing ...

Something came into alignment during the Charleston City Paper’s interview with Matt Calonius and Mitchell Cassaday of the Athens, Georgia–based band KIT.