Steve Vai’s new rhythm guitarist Dante Frisiello reckons he almost got fired following his first appearance in the role, after he suffered a major signal outage at the worst possible moment. If you’re ...

Chris Dreja had a shot at being one of the founding members of Led Zeppelin, but he had a different creative pursuit in mind.

While Queen would go on to become one of history's most enduring live powerhouses (who can forget their Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium?), Brian May recently revealed that he initially felt ...

Plenty of stellar rock guitarists through the years have been honored posthumously. Some, though, remain underrated. And I happen to think that’s the case for Don Wilson, the rhythm guitarist of the ...

Last week, Myers sought to have some fun and start conversations centered around guitar players, opening the floor by stating that all guitar debates start with a declaration that late AC/DC legend ...

Steve Cropper, who died Wednesday at 84, is not a household name, but the music he made is some of the most familiar in American pop. The twanging guitar line that opens Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man”—that’s ...

There are many ways to play the guitar, and certainly many Legendary Guitarists, such as Chet Atkins, Joni Mitchell, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among countless others. While these are all stylistically ...

“Do you have what it takes to fill this spot?” was written on a piece of tape there on the floor of North Hollywood’s Third Encore Studios. The tape was in the spot in Guns N’ Roses’ backline where ...

George Tickner, the original rhythm guitarist and a co-founder of Journey, has died. He was 76. Bandmate and friend Neal Schon announced the news Wednesday. Tickner’s cause of death was not ...

Bandmember Neal Schon posted on social media: "George…thank you for the music" Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Variety ...