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After 50 years of pioneering heavy metal, Accept are in the mood to celebrate. "I wouldn't even have thought we would last five years, to be honest, let alone fifty"

Accept's Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 features guest appearances from Rob Halford, Kirk Hammett, Billy Corgan and more

Metal Hammer · Aug 26

“Dave had a beat-up, noisy cassette of Steve Vai. We listened together in some garage with the tape player on the fender of a car. I said to Dave, ‘That’s the guy’”: How David Lee Roth put Van Halen behind him with one of rock's greatest supergroups

In late 1985, Diamond Dave's Hollywood dreams were dashed – but with some help from Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bissonette, he firmly established himself as a superstar in his own right

Guitar World · Jul 13

“I don't have enough breath, and you don't have enough tape, for me to explain that even remotely”: How Dimebag Darrell pushed Pantera bassist Rex Brown to his limit

Rex Brown looks back on the sonic arms race inside Pantera – and the Ampeg rig that tipped the balance in his favor

Guitar World · Jul 9

Original Kiss drummer Peter Criss announces first solo album in 18 years

The Catman's new album includes contributions from John 5, Billy Sheehan, Paul Shaffer and more

Metal Hammer · Apr 25, 2025

“A distinctive brightness that no other strings have been able to capture”: How Rotosound revolutionized the bass world with its Swing Bass 66 strings – and shaped the sound of rock music in the process

The story of how Rotosound founder James How worked with one of the brightest minds in bass history to produce a string that has stood the test of time – and defined music history as we know it

Guitar World · Mar 31, 2025

"It couldn't get any better than that, and it didn't": David Lee Roth teaches a lesson in how not to conduct a solo career in five albums

David Lee Roth's precipitous post-Van Halen tail-off is documented on The Warner Recordings 1985-1994

Louder · Feb 21, 2025

“He had a rig that was an amp for every string for output" Billy Sheehan discusses bassists’ strange set ups

Billy Sheehan discusses bassists' strange set ups

MusicRadar · Aug 20, 2024

“The three-finger thing is actually easy. It’s like learning the patterns on a video game until you conquer it”: Billy Sheehan explains his three-finger plucking technique

After almost 60 years of playing bass, Billy Sheehan is still learning – and still flooring listeners

Guitar World · Jun 15, 2024

"There was almost a Mafiosi-style meeting about me joining them": Richie Kotzen looks back on life in Poison, Mr Big, the Winery Dogs and more

Richie Kotzen has just arrived in Europe for a lengthy tour, with UK dates in July

Metal Hammer · Jun 7, 2024

“An improvement in both dynamics and string-to-string balance”: DiMarzio and Billy Sheehan have reinvented the P-Bass pickup with a new patent

The new DiMarzio design reimagines P-Bass pickup covers, promising improvements in both playability and performance

Guitar World · Jun 6, 2024