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“If you’ve never heard this record but you can appreciate shredder music, oh my God it’s going to f**k you up”: Mutoid Man’s Stephen Brodsky reveals 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The Cave In, Converge and Mutoid Man guitarist on “sinister” fusion virtuosos, the genius of Jim Martin’s guitar tone and how Adam Jones taught him everything sounds better in drop B

Guitar World

Guitar tour of the year? Mammoth WVH and Nita Strauss to hit the road together this fall

Wolfgang Van Halen's band will join forces with Strauss for a North American tour in November and December

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The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far

Featuring every kind of guitar hero – from old-school to cutting‑edge. And not one but two Van Halens…

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Greg Howe: “I realized that I wasn't going to push pure technique any further than Paul Gilbert or Jason Becker. So, I thought, 'OK, what am I going to do after that?'”

The master guitarist reveals how he's moving forward after the tragic death of his fiancé and manager, how he blended John Scofield and George Benson with Van Halen, and the solo album he hopes people have forgotten

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50 guitar chord shapes guitarists need to know

Increase your fretboard vocabulary now!

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Brian May + Friends’ Star Fleet Project mini-album is the sound of two guitar giants having the time of their lives

Album review: Queen guitarist Brian May’s long-lost 1983 Star Fleet Project collaboration with Eddie Van Halen gets lovingly dusted down

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“All the excesses of rock’n’roll stardom – the sex, the drugs, the parties – were open to us”: Extreme’s Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt on the highs, the lows and the hedonism

Extreme’s career has taken in one huge hit, millions of album sales, a split, a reunion and a big dollop of over-indulgent rock star living. Frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt look back on where it all went right, and where it all went wrong.

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With Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen onboard, is the Barbie soundtrack this year’s must-hear guitar collaboration?

The guitar heroes reportedly both drop in on the soundtrack to accompany Ryan Gosling’s Ken on his signature tune, I’m Just Ken

Guitar World

Listen to Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen play on Ryan Gosling's '80s-style power ballad I'm Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack

Guns N' Roses legend Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen serve up dazzling guitar work on I'm Just Ken, a power ballad sung by Ryan Gosling in the forthcoming Barbie film

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10 brilliant but overlooked albums turning 40 this year

1983 was the year heavy metal truly took off in America, but some of rock and metal's biggest bands released albums that fell by the wayside

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A Star is re-born: EVH’s limited edition offset is inspired by Eddie Van Halen’s mad Charvel and Danelectro combo

The single pickup Star reprises Ed’s 1980 fan favorite, The Star, as seen on that year’s World Invasion tour

Guitar World

Slash teams up with Ryan Gosling for Barbie soundtrack power ballad I’m Just Ken – and Wolfgang Van Halen is on it too

Because you can’t spell Kenergy without GNR...

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Roger Waters said he “couldn’t care less” about Van Halen, forgetting that he once appeared on a song with Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen played guitar on a Roger Waters song back in 1990

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Wolfgang Van Halen loves him some Meshuggah to help him get to sleep

Wolfgang Van Halen's ideal bedtime soundtrack? Why, a little Meshuggah of course

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Listen to Van Halen blaze through a cover of Queen’s Now I’m Here… in 1975

Proof that Eddie Van Halen and Dave Lee Roth were huge fans of Queen before either band became megastars

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt on why Instagram players make his jaw drop, how Eddie Van Halen inspired Extreme's new album – and why he apologized to Brian May for one of its leads

The Extreme virtuoso talks wowing everyone from Steve Lukather to Mateus Asato with his awe-inspiring Rise solo, the state of modern guitar playing, and the gear secrets – and mistakes – behind one of the year's biggest rock guitar albums

Guitar World

Wolfgang Van Halen explains the technique quirk he inherited from Eddie Van Halen

It's all over his most recent single, Take a Bow, but Wolfgang's approach to tapping is unlike many others – and he has his father to thank for that

Guitar World

Wolfgang Van Halen gives tap-heavy new single Take a Bow its live debut (and obviously nails the solo)

Fan footage shows the Mammoth WVH leader shredding up a storm during the song’s first live outing in Lisbon, Portugal

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Classic Rock tracks of the week: eight new songs you need to hear right now

The Struts, Sweet and Greta Van Fleet are among the best new rock songs this week – Vote for your favourite

Guitar World

EVH pays homage to Eddie Van Halen’s Japanese guitar history with the MIJ Series Signature Wolfgang

The latest version of Van Halen's specifically spec'd signature sits between the US-made and Mexican-made Wolfgangs, but shares more similarities with the former

Guitar World

Wolfgang Van Halen dusts off the Frankenstein and Eddie’s original Marshall amp rig on epic new Mammoth WVH single

Take a Bow showcases some stunning solo work – two-hand tapping included – performed with the setup Eddie Van Halen used on the earliest Van Halen records

Guitar World

“A little tribute to Ed”: Neal Schon channels his inner Eddie Van Halen in jaw-dropping shred clip

Erupt-Schon! The Journey guitarist took Van Halen out on their first tour, now he’s issued a playing tribute to the departed guitar icon

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Brian May salutes the genius of Eddie Van Halen: “It was like watching Hendrix for the first time”

Queen guitarist Brian May looks back on working with “incredible” Eddie Van Halen on the Star Fleet Project mini album

Guitar World

The tiny Frankenstrat from Van Halen's Hot for Teacher video just showed up on Pawn Stars

Given that the full-size Kramer Eddie Van Halen used in the same video recently sold for an astonishing $4 million, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised...

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Wolfgang Van Halen doubles down on his backing track stance: “You should be able to play your s**t”

The Mammoth WVH frontman thinks bands shouldn't over-rely on backing tracks during live shows, but says certain exceptions can be made

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