Steve Lukather Reacts to People Criticizing Toto, Recalls One Important Thing Jimmy Page Told Him
“Music is music, people are people, like what you like, don’t like what you don’t like.”
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“Music is music, people are people, like what you like, don’t like what you don’t like.”
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Read More“Because in Megadeth, after a while, you make so many records the real challenge was to not repeat yourself.”
Read More“It’s horrible seeing people judge your character like that, especially when it’s so far away from who you are and what you are.”
Read More“So, as a teacher, it was important just to give them the information but not to influence them in any way – to let them interpret it the way they want. And that’s what Kirk did.”
Read More“These kids have no idea. They’re used to these little Mickey Mouse sounds.”
Read More“He would have moments that would be surpassing – because he was Jimi Hendrix.”
Read More“Musicians still – last time I checked – needed to pay their bills, and they’re only going up.”
Read MoreSo, what was John 5’s approach to session work when he was young? He did everything at half the price!
Read More“Even I started to be a little concerned about this certain sameness of the procedure that I would take to make records,” producer Tom Werman recalled.
Read More“There’s something about the Ibanez that I am really used to, and I prefer the evenness of it that’s not there on the Gibson.”
Read MoreBOSS has a new pedal in their 200 Series, and it’s way more exciting than we expected
Read MoreIt seems like everyone expected him to do a blues-oriented album. But Mick Mars’ first solo single was completely different. Here’s why.
Read MoreSlash is no longer a Marshall artist.
Read More“The fact that they’re not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is criminal.”
Read MoreRik Emmett recalls Van Halen’s subpar performance, calling it “not necessarily one of their better moments”
Read More“I heard the Scissor Sisters’ version, the disco thing. So I said, ‘Okay, yeah, I can play that, I guess.'”
Read More“With the Fractals, it’s identical across the board”
Read MoreA certain producer told Mick Mars that his guitar “sounds too much like a guitar”
Read MoreDave Friedman, the man behind Friedman amps, also discusses the tonewood and its impact on the sound of electric guitars
Read More“We went so far, and then more, to make sure that we’re serving the music,” recalls Kirk Hammett about Metallica’s early days.
Read More“You don’t read Rolling Stone because you want to be educated about music,” said Uli Jon Roth.
Read MoreIs glam metal making a comeback?Here’s what Dokken axeman Jon Levin has to say about that
Read More“Don’t follow the rulebook, and never listen to the people online, because they don’t know anything.”
Read More“It’s all just completely fabulous stuff that people write because they want to ascribe some sort of magic to the process.”
Read More“I’m not a traditional blues player by any standard – my avenue, my gateway to the blues was through London, not Mississippi or Chicago.”
Read MoreMick Mars looks back on his friendship with Eddie Van Halen
Read More“He would party and do what he wanted, have a good time, and then come in and try to grind it out.”
Read More“Eddie was a fabulous guitarist, as is Alex”
Read More“You don’t need a giant Marshall full-stack.”
Read MoreMachine Head’s Robb Flynn recalls how the band hung out with Ian Gillan back in the late 1990s
Read More“I didn’t like the way that solo was. It was too intense.”
Read MoreStarting his YouTube channel some years ago, Marty Schwartz has become so popular among beginners who are just starting out
Read MoreDave Kilminster prefers T-style guitar over Strats and LPs. Here’s why
Read More“I was like, ‘Oh no, it’s a bolt-on neck.'”
Read MoreBOSS has announced BP-1W, a booster/preamp pedal inspired by vintage CE-1 and RE-201 units
Read More“For a band like Metallica, it just makes sense,” explains Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian.
Read More“People are literally terrified of Guthrie,” Rick Beato points out. And yet, he’s not on Rolling Stone’s “250 Greatest Guitarists” list
Read MoreIs Telecaster metal enough?
Read MoreFirewind guitarist Gus G., also known for his work in Ozzy Osbourne’s backing band, revealed that he has a pretty
Read MoreBilly Duffy, the guitarist and founding member of legendary rock band The Cult, discussed his guitar preferences and how it
Read MoreAccording to Devin Townsend, modern metal guitar players have a tone that’s a bit too “clangy” for his taste. While
Read MoreRock guitar legend Peter Frampton looked back on how he first heard the talk box effect and how he began
Read MoreLegendary Swedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen looked back on hearing Van Halen for the first time around the time when
Read More“It’s what they could get at the time.”
Read More“It sounds like the guitar is falling down the stairs”
Read MoreBeing the leader and frontman of Machine Head, Robb Flynn is in charge of the band’s creative output. Although the
Read MoreWhile we, guitar players, often enjoy some form of improvisation, not everyone around us would share that sentiment. At least
Read More“And he goes, ‘Luckily, my head turns down, so I can see the [guitar] neck.'”
Read More“He was very, very friendly.”
Read More“Forget about the genre, forget about whether or not you should perceive music as colors or shapes or modes and numbers. It doesn’t matter. The intent is the important thing.”
Read MoreKnown for his prolific session and touring work over the years, guitar master Tim Pierce explained what, in his opinion,
Read MoreWhy did Metallica choose Fractal Audio’s Axe-Fx over other digital amp modelers?
Read MoreIn case you’re getting into blues music and are trying to figure out the best solo, coming up and practicing
Read MoreHaving an incredibly prolific career, Peter Frampton still finds his work with David Bowie to be the highlight of his
Read MoreFor Devin Townsend, artificial intelligence isn’t something to be feared but rather accepted. The former Strapping Young Lad leader, also
Read More“All that stuff really concerns me genuinely.”
Read MoreThe Police guitarist Andy Summers reflected on the widely accepted take that vintage guitars are usually better than modern stuff.
Read MoreNow that he doesn’t have a band, maybe Kerry King can do something with Steven Wilson?
Read MoreAlthough he’s almost synonymous with the legendary prog rock band, guitarist Martin Barre recalled that he didn’t exactly leave the
Read MoreLet’s go back to February 2017 and find out what really happened here…
Read MoreSteve Hackett also shares a few details about the gear he used on Genesis’ 1972 album “Foxtrot”
Read More“I love the guy, and I want him to get whatever he’s going through worked out.”
Read MoreGeorge Lynch explains how he comes up with new guitar solos
Read MoreMetallica’s tech, Chad Zaemisch, gives us a behind-the-scenes look into the band’s guitar setup
Read MoreGuitarist Caleb Quaye, well-known for his work with Elton John — as well as other pop and rock legends like Mick
Read MoreAccording to German guitar virtuoso and former member of the Scorpions, Uli Jon Roth, George Harrison was a crucial member
Read MoreMastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher said that ne never actually learned any scales. Speaking to Guitar Summit in a recent interview,
Read MoreLearning all music note-for-note isn’t what you should be doing, claims Joe Bonamassa. Of course, as he said in his
Read MoreAs Dee Snider explains,bands like Van Halen and Motley Crue, “started imitating the Twisted Sister style of storytelling” in their music videos.
Read MoreNeal Schon was inspired by Lindsey Buckingham’s work when he wrote this Journey classic
Read More“The lighter touch of the guitar is something that, I guess, goes back to the idea of the romantic troubadour trying to win the affections of his chosen lady and the sort of bleeding quality of that.”
Read MoreAccording to modern blues virtuoso Joe Bonamassa, getting a good old conventional record deal these days isn’t exactly the best
Read More“I’m always focusing on praising and respecting the career that I built from him and with him.”
Read MoreThey’re like, ‘Thank you so much for doing this for us,’ and all that.”
Read MoreAccording to engineer Donn Landee, Van Halen weren’t exactly happy with the sound of their debut record when it was
Read More“I loved my Jacksons, but I also knew that there was something that Gibson had that Jackson didn’t.”
Read MoreAs rock guitar legend Peter Frampton explains, there’s one important thing he learned from B.B. King that he’s doing for
Read MoreBeing one of the biggest vintage guitar collectors on the planet, Joe Bonamassa has a lot to say on the
Read MoreMarty Friedman looks back on his work with Jason Becker
Read MoreThe downpicking technique is something that helped define thrash metal as a genre and Exodus axeman Gary Holt is one
Read MoreWould you define Johnny Marr as an “indie rock” musician?
Read MoreNow officially a member of Mötley Crüe, guitarist John 5 shared some details about the band’s upcoming new material. In
Read MoreAccording to bass legend John Illsley, there’s one thing that’s essential to good songwriting. Illsley, famously a member of Dire
Read MoreLegendary guitar virtuoso and a former member of Megadeth, Marty Friedman, discussed his long relationship with Jackson Guitars and how
Read More“I’ve always thought he was a really talented guitarist.”
Read MoreAccording to Pearl Jam axeman Mike McCready, there’s one digital modeling amp that, when compared “back-to-back” with a tube-driven amp,
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Frank Zappa was an incredibly demanding musician. And one of the people who always managed to
Read MoreFor Mark Agnesi, Gibson’s Director of Brand Experience and well-known former trader at Norman’s Rare Guitars, stories about rich people
Read MoreAnd Steve Hackett was impressed with Brian May’s work from the moment he heard it
Read MoreBest-known for his band White Lion, Vito Bratta recalled getting the offer to join Kiss but ultimately refused to join
Read More“Sometimes, I would just go and disappear and go into my room on my own and just play for a couple of hours, not even plugged in”
Read More“So you really have to decide: When are you going to be yourself? Who are you as an artist?”
Read MoreRobin Trower, blues rock guitar legend, looked back on his early career days and explained how he ended up abandoning
Read MoreGuitar blues legend Buddy Guy looked back on his career and recalled how he ended up using Fender Stratocaster guitars
Read More“My wife is very spiritual, and she leans over and says, ‘I think Lemmy was an angel.’ I said, ‘What?'”
Read MoreBOSS releases new noise gate pedal NS-1X! Here’s what we know about it
Read MoreAlthough “a lot of the process was a blast,” Jason Becker explains that doing “Triumphant Hearts” was incredibly challenging.
Read More“You can have a lot of ability on an instrument and be able to play anything, but if you show up and what you’re playing seems beneath you, or too easy for you, that can be a problem.”
Read MoreAndy Taylor, guitar player and one of the main writers for new wave stars Duran Duran, explained how he had
Read MoreAlthough usually remembered as one of the “shredder” guys, Paul Gilbert openly said that attempting to play the virtuosic fast
Read MoreWhile recently appearing on the “That Rocks!” podcast, John 5 discussed his work in Mötley Crüe, playing Mick Mars’ solos,
Read MoreInitially, Scott Ian thought that Lars Ulrich wasn’t serious about doing the Big Four shows…
Read MoreWhile appearing in an interview with Philip Conrad, session guitar legend Tim Pierce discussed some of the most important things
Read MoreJohnny Marr and John Frusciante – this has to be one of the best combos of all time
Read MoreHere’s an interesting piece of guitar history…
Read More“I would do shows, I made records, but I barely picked up the guitar. It was a sort of weird head trip that I went through.”
Read More“Just don’t sell me a ‘No More Tour’ shirt. Just don’t sell me a premium ticket.”
Read More“And there’s Cliff banging his head like he’s playing for 10,000 people in an arena”
Read More“I mean I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan once, and he was OK.”
Read MorePlaying guitar and being a musician is way more dangerous than you might think…
Read MoreGetting a pro-tier tone at home isn’t impossible these days
Read MoreMatthew kiichichaos Heafy has a pretty unusual guitar strap
Read MoreKing Crimson mastermind and guitar player Robert Fripp recently reflected on doing a variety of rock and metal covers with
Read MoreAccording to ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, there are a few simple yet important things that rock musicians today are lacking.
Read MoreKnown for his numerous collaborations, session guitarist Tim Pierce pointed out some of the most important things young musicians should
Read More“It’s kind of an assembly line process of getting this stuff recorded.”
Read MoreIn the wake of the new film “Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar” and the new album “Dethklok IV,” metal musician
Read MoreWhile recently appearing in an interview for the “Monsters, Madness and Magic” podcast, Devin Townsend looked back at how he
Read MoreWhile they’re mostly famous for their guitar pedals, Universal Audio Inc. have just stepped up their game in yet another
Read MoreImagine how wild it must have been for people to hear Yngwie Malmsteen play back in the early 1980s
Read MoreTurns out that the tone is actually in your hands
Read MoreFormerly known as the lead guitar player for Megadeth, Chris Broderick joined the Swedish metal band In Flames, sometime in
Read MoreGuitarist Roland Grapow looks back on being a member of Helloween
Read MoreWhile recently speaking on the “Classic Album Review” show, Jethro Tull leader and frontman Ian Anderson weighed in on Roger
Read More“Obviously, there’s no money in making records anymore. Hard product is not much of a market anymore.”
Read MoreBrendon Small recalls what he learned from the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell
Read MoreGus G explains his decision to switch from ESP to Jackson
Read MoreAccording to Trivium frontman Matt Heafy, there’s one major misconception about metal and metal music fans. Heafy reflected on this
Read More“I do understand the function of partnerships and so on, because it’s great for a lot of other people, and God bless them for that. For me, this is the way I do it.”
Read More“We should be 13 albums in at this point. But life is what it is, and whatever it was meant to be is meant to be because it happened.”
Read MoreAlthough also making a variety of different products, Universal Audio Inc. are best known for their guitar pedals. Branded as
Read MoreGuitarist Kevin Wasserman, popularly known as Noodles in The Offspring, looked back on the band’s long career and said that,
Read MoreDevin Townsend and Steve Vai – one of the best combos the music world has ever witnessed!
Read MoreTestament axeman Alex Skolnick looked back on the one-time gig playing with Ozzy Osbourne. During his recent interview with Ultimate
Read More“It was kind of hard to digest everything, and process everything at that time, and I was still very, very young”
Read MoreIt’s been a few months and everyone is still talking about Nuno Bettencourt’s solo in “Rise”
Read MoreBassist Leland Sklar, who’s well-known as one of the most prolific session bassists of all time, shared a few interesting
Read MoreWhat’s your favorite Whitesnake/David Coverdale album and why is it “Slip of the Tongue”?
Read MoreAnthrax bassist Frank Bello looked back on some of the fun times the band had back in the early 1990s
Read MoreAlthough the name Steve Hunter usually won’t ring any bells among rock fans, he’s worked as a backing and session
Read MoreWhile looking back at his career, Glenn Hughes recalled talking to Eddie Van Halen and finding out that he was
Read MoreLeland Sklar, session bassist who has a pretty extensive body of work, recently sat down with Rick Beato for an
Read More“I was like, ‘Dude why can’t you get over that?'”
Read MoreWhat’s the best lineup of Whitesnake?And yes, there’s been A LOT of Whitesnake lineups…
Read MoreRudy Sarzo, who was famously a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s band back in the early 1980s, recalled how the famous
Read MoreSteve Howe, progressive rock guitar legend and the classic member of Yes, reflected on how he and his bandmates approach
Read MoreCountry music star Jason Isbell went into more detail about what any guitar player should do when purchasing a new
Read MoreAre you making this mistake?
Read MoreReflecting on his time being a new guitar player for Mötley Crüe, John 5 explained why he prefers to do
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: John Petrucci explains why “nobody could probably even really tell” the difference between digital and real amps
Read More“If anybody was difficult, it was me. I was a bit of a primadonna.”
Read MoreWhile appearing in an interview with Mike Brunn, Black Sabbath bassist and founding member Geezer Butler revealed that Tony Iommi
Read MoreMastodon axeman Bill Kelliher recalled a very unconventional way he achieved the distortion effect while he was still in the
Read MoreGov’t Mule frontman and leader, Warren Haynes, reflected on the modern tendency for songs to get shorter and shorter where
Read MoreWhile recently hanging out with Winger leader Kip Winger in his podcast, legendary electric guitar virtuoso Steve Vai reflected on
Read MoreProducer Steve Lillywhite, who has worked with some of the biggest names in rock music, recently explained why he doesn’t
Read More“We never saw it coming that Mick wasn’t going to be able to tour and was going to have to quit the band.”
Read MoreWhile chatting with Guitar World, Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka went into more detail about the band’s new album
Read MoreBass legend Guy Pratt looks back on recording his parts on Michael Jackson’s 1995 album “HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I”
Read More“If you would have said that I would have been successful for 40 years straight, I would have said ‘No,I don’t believe it.'”
Read MoreMetallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett looked back on the band’s early days, particularly the band’s first two albums. Since this
Read MoreWolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halen and the current leader of Mammoth WVH, singled out his all-time favorite
Read MoreDid you know that Stevie Ray Vaughan was considered for the role of Jack Butler in the 1986 film “Crossroads”?
Read MoreSome new videos have emerged on YouTube, showing Kirk Hammett playing the intro to Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” at the
Read MoreThis $99 Squier Strat ended up on a Justin Bieber song and it sounds amazing
Read MoreWant to start making your own guitar pickups? There’s a lot of things that you can learn from Jason Lollar
Read MoreWhile appearing on a recent episode of the “Dipped in Tone” podcast, Gov’t Mule frontman and leader Warren Haynes reflected
Read MoreAccording to Qeens of the Stone Age frontman and leader Josh Homme, big bands deciding not to play their most
Read MoreLabels were taking a huge cut so Steve Vai started his own record label
Read More“Frank would write the setlist five minutes before we went on the stage, and it was different every single night.”
Read More“I’ve played Eddie Van Halen’s guitars, Jeff Beck’s guitars, and I sound like me.”
Read More“Part of me was just thinking, ‘Is this a test or a joke?'”
Read MoreWhile discussing her work on the new solo album “The Call of the Void,” Nita Strauss reflected on her playing
Read MoreMegadeth frontman Dave Mustaine shared a few simple ingredients for a successful thrash metal song. Starting his career in the
Read MoreAllen Abbassi, the director of product for Fender, explained why the company prefers “medium-to-low” output with their guitar pickups. Abbassi
Read More“I wonder if it would have been worse if all the bands at that time were all prog metal. [Laughs]”
Read MorePlaying guitar in the current incarnation of Pantera, Zakk Wylde recently recalled talking to the band’s original guitar player Dimebag
Read MoreSimon McBride is using Engl Amps with Deep Purple but one of them is modified. Here’s why
Read MoreHere’s a story of how Greta Van Fleet Jake Kiszka got his vintage Gibson guitar
Read MoreDid… Did Dave Mustaine just praise Kirk?
Read MoreWere Van Halen really better than Black Sabbath when they opened for them back in 1978?
Read MoreBass legend Guy Pratt looks back on working with Madonna
Read MoreWell, it turns out Dave Mustaine wasn’t the biggest fan of improvising guitar solos
Read MoreNonetheless, Steve Vai was always up to the task!
Read MoreGuitar maestro Eric Johnson explained how the real magic of music lies in actual musical ideas, what you play on
Read MoreNuno Bettencourt of Extreme pointed out that the technological advantages that young guitar players have today might not always work
Read MoreDream Theater axeman John Petrucci recently sat down with us here at Killer Guitar Rigs to discuss his newly launched
Read MoreGuitarist Nita Strauss, best known for her work with Alice Cooper, explained how there’s not really any noticeable difference between
Read MoreChris Spedding, who’s one of the best-known guitar players in rockabilly, as well as a very prolific session musician, recently
Read MoreGuitar legend Nuno Bettencourt spoke up on his work with Rihanna, explaining how the gig ended up being way more
Read MoreSteve Vai recalls how he loved Strats but “wasn’t crazy about the sound, and the single-coil pickups weren’t rock and roll for me.” So he came up with his own guitar design
Read MoreLegendary Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler praised Tony Iommi’s “uncanny ability” to come up with some of the best riffs
Read MoreThere’ll never be a musician like Frank Zappa ever again
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: John Petrucci has launched Tonemission and here are some details behind it!
Read MoreGuitar master Greg Howe explained why he never really got into the music of a generation that he was a
Read MoreAlthough Epiphone is well-known as a cheaper alternative to Gibson, the brand goes a long way back to the time
Read MoreBlack Sabbath bassist and founding member Geezer Butler reflected on the band’s drastic change of style halfway through their original
Read MoreBassist Gene Simmons looked back on the time when Rush were opening for Kiss back in the 1970s and how
Read MoreNita Strauss, known for her work as a touring guitarist for Alice Cooper and Demi Lovato, discussed the use of
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