Steve Cropper, Celebrated Booker T. & the MG’s Guitarist, Has Passed Away

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Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.’s, has passed away. He was 84 years old and the cause of death is not known as of press time. Cropper’s passing […]

How Bad Religion guitarist Brian Baker’s iPhone photos became a visual punk rock diary

A pile of guitars on a wood pallet.

On the shelf The Road, by Brian Baker128 pages, $37.27 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As a guitarist, Brian […]

WHITESNAKE Guitarist JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 Announces New Album ‘From The Fade’

WHITESNAKE Guitarist JOEL HOEKSTRA'S 13 Announces New Album 'From The Fade'

Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, REVOLUTION SAINTS) will release the fourth album of his solo project JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13, “From The Fade”, on February 27, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. Once again, guitarist and composer […]

FATES WARNING Guitarist JIM MATHEOS To Release New TUESDAY THE SKY Album ‘Indoor Enthusiast’

FATES WARNING Guitarist JIM MATHEOS To Release New TUESDAY THE SKY Album 'Indoor Enthusiast'

“Indoor Enthusiast”, the outstanding third record from TUESDAY THE SKY, the instrumental-driven project from guitarist Jim Matheos, arrives this Friday, October 24 via Metal Blade Records. TUESDAY THE SKY has been described as a “beautifully […]

Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74 : NPR

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley performing in 1975.

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley performing in 1975. Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images Ace Frehley, a founding member of KISS who played fiery lead guitar during the band’s 1970s heyday, has […]

SAXON Guitarist DOUG SCARRATT Announces Debut Album From Side Project VENGER, ‘Times Of Legend’

SAXON Guitarist DOUG SCARRATT Announces Debut Album From Side Project VENGER, 'Times Of Legend'

British heavy metal band VENGER, founded by SAXON guitarist Doug Scarratt and by James Fogarty (of OLD FOREST, formerly of IN THE WOODS),will release its debut studio album, “Times Of Legend”, on January 9, 2026 […]

Oasis guitarist Paul Arthurs steps away from reunion tour to focus on prostate cancer treatment

Oasis guitarist Paul Arthurs steps away from reunion tour to focus on prostate cancer treatment

Oasis guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs will skip upcoming concerts in the band’s reunion tour to undergo prostate cancer treatment. “Early this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer,” Arthurs wrote in an Instagram statement on […]

Cradle of Filth Guitarist Ashok to Quit Band After Tour Due to “Low Pay” and “Stress”

Cradle of Filth Guitarist Ashok to Quit Band After Tour Due to "Low Pay" and "Stress"

Cradle of Filth guitarist Marek “Ashok” Šmerda has confirmed that he will quit the band after its current Latin American tour, citing “low pay” and “stress,” among other reasons. His exit from the veteran metal […]

Meet Ty Myers, Gen Z blues guitarist turned TikTok country heartthrob

Meet Ty Myers, Gen Z blues guitarist turned TikTok country heartthrob

Among the half-dozen tattoos Ty Myers has accumulated in his 18 years on earth, “probably the dumbest,” he says, is the armadillo he picked out from a set of ready-mades at a festival in Oklahoma. […]

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia has childhood street named for him in San Francisco

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia has childhood street named for him in San Francisco

A few hundred people gathered Friday to name a tiny San Francisco street after legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday and as part of a citywide celebration […]