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Monday, August 25, 2014

By Jonah Bayer: A lot of things from the eighties look really stupid now: Zubaz pants, Miami Vice, and The Noid to name a few. However, regardless of how ridiculous a lot of the metal acts of that...

Monday, August 25, 2014

Rock n’ roll photographer Gene Kirkland photographed the biggest names in rock and metal throughout the 80s and 90s (and still shoots to this day). Twelve months ago he unearthed a stash of shots that had been unseen...

Friday, March 14, 2014

As Led Zeppelin once promised, the song remains the same – but this time they're throwing in a few extras. This summer, the group is reissuing their first three albums as deluxe editions packed with previously unreleased goodies....

Friday, March 14, 2014

Coldplay perform at the iTunes Festival during SXSW in Austin Texas. iTunes Festival at SXSW Austin, Texas, a reinvigorated Coldplay invaded an already crowded South by Southwest calendar with new music as headliners of the city's inaugural iTunes...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Steve Vai to release new solo album "The Story of Light: Real Illusions: ...of a.." August 14 on Favored Nations Records, with guest vocalists including Aimee Mann and Beverly McClellan. 12 Original recordings continue a conceptual narrative arc...

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Joe, Steve Vai & Steve Morse will be taking G3 to Europe in July and they have a special VIP Package that includes a meeting & greet with all three guitarists (including a photo), autograph, tour merch, exclusive...

Friday, May 25, 2012

When Axl Rose bailed on Guns N’ Roses’ Hall of Fame induction, Slash knew the group would never reunite. But with a brand-new group and a killer new album Apocalyptic Love rock’s hardest-working guitarist has no reason to...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Guitar designer Dean Zelinsky -- the founder of Dean Guitars, who has designed models for Billy Gibbons, Dimebag Darrell and Leslie West -- has started a new company, Dean Zelinsky Private Label Guitars. So far, the brand offers...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

To commemorate their April 14 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Red Hot Chili Peppers will release a digital-only EP, We Salute You, May 1 via Warner Bros. The EP features covers of six songs...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Prog rock legends Rush debuted the lead single for their new album, Clockwork Angels, yesterday, the nearly seven-and-a-half-minute "Headlong Flight." This morning, they released an official lyric video for the track, which you can watch below. "'Headlong Flight'...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

In a new interview with Esquire, Eddie Van Halen opens up about the band's new album, A Different Kind of Truth, and reminisces about his long and storied career.One of the cooler stories from the piece features Ed...

Saturday, March 31, 2012

When Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth showed up at Guitar World HQ for  interview, it was already past 5 p.m. on a press-packed day. In spite of that, he showed up good spirits, and with the same youthful energy that...

Friday, March 30, 2012

As his band finishes work on its first album in eight years, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tells Rolling Stone he has considered quitting many times over the years. His decision has always been the same: "Nothing excites me...

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Earlier this week featured this emotive version of "Street of Dreams," the Chinese Democracy cut that's been a live staple for the band (as "The Blues") for ten years. iClips will host a broadcast of the band's December...