“An Iconic, Genius Guitar Player”
Following the tragic and sudden news that Jeff Beck passed away at the age of 78 on January 10th, many of his peers in the music world have paid tribute to the legendary guitarist. On […]
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9-Year-Old Girl Plays Tool Medley on Guitar Gifted by Adam Jones
Nine-year-old music protege Maya Neelakantan was gifted a signature Gibson Les Paul by Adam Jones and promptly put it to use, recording a 15-song Tool medley. Not unlike Nandi Bushell, Neelakantan has become a YouTube […]
Zayn Malik releases Jimi Hendrix cover for late guitar god’s 80th birthday – Music News
Zayn Malik has released a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s 1971 posthumous tune ‘Angel’ to mark the late guitar legend’s 80th birthday. The former One Direction star, 29, has been praised by the Hendrix estate, who […]
Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson shoves invader off stage with his guitar – Music News
The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson shoved a stage invader back into the crowd with his guitar at their Melbourne concert. The American rockers were performing at the Palais Theatre on Sunday (20.11.22) when the wayward […]
Watch: THE BLACK CROWES’ RICH ROBINSON Slams Stage Invader With Guitar At Melbourne, Australia Concert
THE BLACK CROWES‘ Rich Robinson used his guitar to forcibly remove a stage invader during the band’s concert on Sunday (November 20) in Melbourne, Australia. Shortly after THE BLACK CROWES launched into “Stare It Cold”, […]
Kurt Cobain’s Smashed Guitar from First Nirvana Tour Sells for Nearly $500,000
A 1973 Fender Mustang that was smashed onstage by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana’s first tour in 1989 sold for nearly $500,000 at auction. The winning bid of $486,400 far exceeded the original estimate of $200,000, […]
Lil Wayne learned to play guitar for music video – Music News
Lil Wayne “immersed” himself in the guitar so he could play the instrument in a music video. In an interview for Rolling Stone, the rapper recalled how he decided he needed to learn the guitar […]
Bruce Springsteen Played Guitar for Clarence Clemons As He Died
Bruce Springsteen made his debut appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Monday, where he sat down for a lengthy two-and-a-half-hour career-spanning conversation about his life and music. Springsteen also performed solo acoustic renditions of […]
Zakk Wylde to Launch Online Instructional Guitar Course
Zakk Wylde has announced an online guitar course, “Zakk Wylde Berserker Guitar Camp,” which launches October 14th via Riffhard. If you’ve ever wanted to shred like the imitable Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society guitarist, now is […]
ZAKK WYLDE Launches Instructional Guitar Course ‘Zakk Wylde Berzerker Guitar Camp’
As teased over social media this summer, guitar icon Zakk Wylde is putting on his instructor hat and offering musicians a chance to learn guitar from the man himself. Taking a break from his guitar […]
Sweetwater Guitar Month – Guitars Made By The Loar, & Warwick
Photo Credit: Sweetwater Sweetwater’s Guitar Month celebrates new additions to the massive music store’s amazing guitar line-up. This year some of the new arrivals include guitars made by The Loar, Warwick, Recording King, Larrivee, Sterling […]
Dave Mustaine vows to keep playing guitar until he can’t anymore – Music News
Dave Mustaine won’t hang up his guitar until he physically can’t play anymore. The Megadeth axe-slayer battled throat cancer in 2019, and even when he was going through chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he was still working […]
Kevin Bacon Does Guitar Cover of Beyonce’s ‘Heated,’ Help from Goat
Play video content Twitter / @kevinbacon Kevin Bacon‘s musical farm just dove into the Beyhive, but he’s not getting — instead, the dude’s getting mad props … and one of his animals might be partially […]
Guitar Made From IKEA Furniture Still Sounds Beautiful
You really can get everything at IKEA. Even musical instruments it turns out, if you’re handy enough. A hobbyist in Belgium certainly is, proving you can make a stylish working guitar from pieces of an […]
Dave Grohl’s Monkey Wrench guitar set to go under the hammer – Music News
Dave Grohl’s guitar he used in Foo Fighters’ ‘Monkey Wrench’ music video is expected to fetch £30,000 at auction. The former Nirvana drummer’s Gretsch White Falcon will go under the hammer at Gardiner Houlgate in […]
Dave Mustaine wouldn’t let cancer stop him playing guitar – Music News
Dave Mustaine wasn’t going to let cancer impact his guitar playing after a doctor told him he would lose “80 per cent use of his arm” to a previous hand injury. In 2002, the Megadeth […]
Gibson Wins Again In Guitar Shapes Lawsuit vs. Dean Guitars
Photo Credit: Freebird / CC by 2.0 Gibson has won a permanent injunction against Dean Guitars for its trademarked guitar shapes. Here’s the latest. On May 27, 2022, a Texas federal jury found that Armadillo […]
Top Candidates to Play Guitar and Drums
Shockwaves hit the metal world on Wednesday (July 13th) when it was reported that singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown would be touring as Pantera in 2023. The thought of a Pantera reunion without […]
Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn Mastered Metallica Classic on Guitar: Watch
Editor’s Note: The following article contains some minor spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4. While Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo’s son Tye played “additional guitar tracks” for a key scene in Stranger Things in which the […]
‘Stranger Things’ got Metallica’s help for that guitar solo
“Stranger Things” has had its best season in terms of music. The season four finale featured a 3-minute action-packed scene where Eddie Munson, one of our heroes, plays one of Metallica’s greatest songs in the […]