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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Joe Bosso

“We don’t want to use guitar solos as a crutch. You know – ‘after the bridge, solo!’ When I do play a solo, I want it to stand out”: Following mega-tours with Muse and Royal Blood, sister act The Warning are riff rock’s next big success story

The Warning's Daniela and Ale Villarreal Velez onstage with a purple PRS guitar and blue bass respectively.

10 years ago, 14-year-old guitarist-singer Daniela Villarreal Vélez and her two younger sisters, Paulina (drums) and Alejandra (bass), shot a video of them covering Metallica’s Enter Sandman.

Nobody expected anything to come from it, but within weeks, this little hobby band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, racked up millions of views across the globe. They drew raves from Metallica and were soon appearing on American TV shows.

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