ALEXI LAIHO

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I remember the first time I heard the

THE BOYS IN THE BUBBLES

It was billed as ‘The World’s First Space

THE ‘LOST’ QUEEN ALBUM REVEALED!

GUITARIST BRIAN MAY DISCOVERS LIVE ALBUM IN HIS ARCHIVES

THE PERFECTION OF A GUITAR PLUGGED STRAIGHT INTO A GLOWING VALVE AMP

The Black Crowes’ classic debut 30 years on

SYLVAIN SYLVAIN

Photos: Getty Images Sylvain Sylvain of the New

LOST HEROES

TG PAYS TRIBUTE TO THREE GUITARISTS WHO LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC

GIBBY STRUM LOVIN’

Epiphone unveils five ‘Inspired by Gibson’ acoustics, and you’ll probably recognise them

ETTING STARTED WITH… LEAD GUITAR

Learn the best scale in the world and an easy technique for effective blues and rock solos

GRETA VAN FLEET

Age Of Machine

TOTO HOLD THE LINE

With over a thousand session credits to his name, Steve Lukather was once the busiest guitarist in rock. He also found time to have few Top 10 hits with Toto…

TOTO HOLD THE LINE

HOLD THE LINE   Words and Music by David Paich  Copyright © 1978 Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Administered by Kobalt Music Group Ltd.  All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd

METALLICA

HOLIER THAN THOU

IGGY POP THE PASSENGER

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK

CHORDS

This track essentially boils down to a two-bar

The Passenger

THE BEST NEW GEARTO PLAY IN 2021!

There was no NAMM show last month, but did it stop a treasure trove of new gear being unveiled? Of course not! And we’re hear to filter out the very best of it for all budgets and varied tonehound tastes. Let’s go!

SOUND CHASER

Progressive rock mastermind and super producer  Steven Wilson explains his abstract approach to guitar on his new album The Future Bites, reveals the secrets of his studio gear, and makes the shocking confession: “I DON’T KNOW THE NAMES OF THE CHORDS I PLAY!”

PROG ROCK KING?

Inside the playing style of Steven Wilson

BRAVE NEW WORLD

Four years and a new singer since their last album, British rockers Lonely The Brave return against the odds with a triumphant album that captures their live sound

Scott Gorham

HE MADE HIS NAME IN THE 70S AS PART OF THIN LIZZY’S FABLED TWIN-GUITAR ATTACK. NOW, HE CARRIES THE SPIRIT OF LIZZY IN BLACK STAR RIDERS. GORHAM’S LICKS AND HARMONIES INSPIRED MAIDEN AND METALLICA, AND HIS TONE IS A ROCK BENCHMARK.  AS HE SAYS: “IF IT DON’T SOUND RIGHT, IT AIN’T RIGHT.”

TIMES LIKE THESE…

To celebrate 25 years as a band, Foo Fighters made “a party record” in the era of no parties. Stranger still, they recorded it in a haunted house. In TG’s 16-page Foos extravaganza, Dave Grohl reveals all about his life as leader of one of the world’s biggest rock bands, and guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett tell the story of the album’s creation. Plus: your guide to playing three all-time classic Foos riffs

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

In a spooky old house – believed to be haunted – the Foo Fighters channeled the spirit of David Bowie on their “weird” new album. Guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett discuss the making of  Medicine At Midnight and the inner workings of the Foos’ three-guitar team

“IT WAS A PUNK ROCK SHOW. I WAS THIRTEEN. IT WAS RAW AND IT WAS LOUD. PEOPLE WERE BEATING THE SH*T OUT OF EACH OTHER, THERE WAS SPIT AND PUKE AND GLASS FLYING EVERYWHERE, AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!”

Raised on classic rock and fired up by punk, Dave Grohl would emerge from the turmoil of Nirvana’s heady rise and tragic end to become the frontman of one of the world’s biggest bands. In this revealing interview, he explains how he has steered the Foo Fighters through good times and bad, and says: “I hope that we can somehow inspire the next generation of musicians...”

FLYING HIGH…

The evolution of Foo Fighters guitar tone in five classic tracks

SONIC HIGHWAYS

Learn the Foo Fighters’ trademark layered guitar style

VIDEO LESSON

Best Of Foo... Three of Grohl & co’s greatest riffs broken down

TUNE-UPS!

Your guide to five essential altered tunings

ROCK RHYTHM LESSON

TG takes a look at the rhythm guitar styles of some of the greatest rock guitarists of the last half-century

RABEA MASSAAD

Rhythm is a drummer

TOSIN ABASI

The metronome is king

EDDIE VAN HALEN

Filling The Gaps

THE GAS STATION

REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR

START ME UP!

Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

BOSS POCKET GT

The pocket-sized amp modeller that unlocks YouTube

Sweet Streams

It doesn’t start and end with YouTube

ALSO TRY...

POSITIVE G RID SPARK Positive Grid has shifted

LANEY CUB-SUPER12

A wolf in cub’s clothing

JACKSON PRO SERIES SIGNATURE JEFF LOOMIS KELLY ASH

The Arch Enemy lead virtuoso unveils his new weapon of mass destruction…

ELECTRO-HARMONIX PITCH FORK +

Worth forkin’ out over the original?

JOANNA CONNOR

First seen by many shredding, sliding and tapping