Guitar World

Guitar World is the world’s leading guitar magazine. Professionals and beginners alike turn to Guitar World for top-flight coverage of their favorite artists, from rock titans like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Metallica's Kirk Hammett to contemporary stars like the White Stripes' Jack White and Tool's Adam Jones. Every issue of Guitar World magazine offers broad-ranging interviews that cover technique, instruments and lifestyles as well as Guitar World’s famously thorough lessons and transcriptions.

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Satch Unchained • JOE SATRIANI ON HIS NEW RIG, CHANNELING EDDIE VAN HALEN AND THE NEW G3 LIVE ALBUM

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Zeal & Ardor • FRONTMAN MANUEL GAGNEUX ON THE AVANT-GARDE METAL BAND’S NEW ALBUM AND HIS UNORTHODOX PLAYING

Tracking Down Tremonti • WHETHER HE’S PLOTTING WITH CREED, ALTER BRIDGE OR HIS EPONYMOUS SOLO PROJECT, MARK TREMONTI IS ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING INTERESTING. TODAY IT’S ALL ABOUT GEAR, HIS IN-THE-WORKS PEDAL COMPANY AND LATEST ALBUM, THE END WILL SHOW US HOW

LOST CLASSICS: Echo & the Bunnymen • WILL SERGEANT TAKES US INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE U.K. POST-PUNKS’ CLASSIC 1984 ALBUM, OCEAN RAIN

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: Orianthi • THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST TO THE FORMER ALICE COOPER GUITARIST

The Chameleons • THE U.K. QUARTET, A MAJOR INFLUENCE OF SHOEGAZE AND NINETIES ALTERNATIVE ROCK, RETURN TO THE STAGE AND STUDIO

Cymande • AFTER BEING SAMPLED BY DJS FOR DECADES — AND THEN STARRING IN AN EYE-OPENING 2022 DOCUMENTARY — THE BRITISH FUNK LEGENDS ARE BACK ON THE RADAR, NEW ALBUM AND ALL

Sergeant Thunderhoof • WATCH OUT THAT THESE U.K. ROCKERS’ THUNDEROUS RIFFS (AND CUSTOM CABINETS) DON’T SWEEP YOU BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES

INQUIRER ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW • THE FORMER ERIC CLAPTON, ROGER WATERS AND GEORGE HARRISON SIDEMAN ON THE “WELCOME TO THE MACHINE” STRUM HE WISHES HE COULD TAKE BACK

Black and White Sequel • SUPER-DUO ADRIAN SMITH AND RICHIE KOTZEN — BETTER KNOWN AS SMITH/KOTZEN — RETURN WITH BLACK LIGHT/ WHITE NOISE, A MASTERCLASS IN MODERN ROCK

ELECTROHARMONIX • From the blistering fuzz of Jack White to the atmospheric echoes of David Gilmour and revolutionary tones of Jimi Hendrix, it’s hard to overstate the influence of Mike Matthews and EHX

DEZ DICKERSON • The former member of Prince’s Revolution reflects on time spent with his fellow Minneapolis musical prodigy and explains why he has no regrets about going his own way

Spirit of ’77 GUITAR WORLD MAY 2025 • Granting a rare interview to promote Talking Heads’ newly reissued debut album, new wave pioneer Jerry Harrison lives up to the name of his iconic band, holding forth on everything from the thrills of the CBGB scene to the perils of mimicking your heroes

NORMAN’S CONQUEST • Just in time for a new Netflix doc, GW sits down with Norman Harris — iconic owner of Tarzana, California’s Norman’s Rare Guitars — to discuss 50 years of sales and the birth of the vintage guitar market

REQUIEM FOR Geordie Walker • THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TRUE LIGHTBRINGER, KILLING JOKE’S ONE AND ONLY GUITARIST

THIS FIRE STILL BURNS • Killswitch Engage guitarists Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel fill us in on everything that’s been going on with the band since 2019’s Atonement and the struggles and scrambles that went into their ripping new album, This Consequence

Dead Forever (and Then Some) • Two years after their Final Tour, Dead & Company are rolling back to Sphere in Las Vegas for another mind-blowing...