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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Andrew Daly

“The tone got me addicted – when it broke I’d say, ‘I can’t play!’” April Wine are hitting arenas again with Triumph – guitarist Brian Greenway discusses his hopes for a new album, and the pedal he couldn't live without

ST CATHARINES, ONTARIO - APRIL 28: Brian Greenway of April Wine performs at Meridian Centre on April 28, 2025 in St Catharines, Ontario. (Photo by Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images).

April Wine enjoyed hit albums with 1978’s First Glance, 1979’s Harder… Faster, and 1981’s The Nature of the Beast – but guitarist Brian Greenway accepts that his band remain under the radar. “The Canadian thing probably had something to do with it,” he says.

“We did the best we could. We broke up in ’84, and by the time we’d gotten back together in 1992, we’d just sort of missed it.”

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