Katy Perry thinks guitar-noodling boyfriend John Mayer is a ‘genius’ - Do You?  Katy Perry thinks her guitar-wailing, sunglasses indoors-wearing baby-lipped boyfriend John Mayer is, and this is a quote, “literally a genius”. The Roar singer and slightly more popular,...

  Oscar's Guitar Shop - Tony MacAlpine Interview...  This was just emailed to me this morning by a fellow guitar-nut, and although it is several months old now, (from before the summer yet), it's such a good interview - especially if you are a MacAlpine fan - that...

Metallica were in New York City last weekend... They performed at the Apollo Theater Saturday night, at Yankee Stadium Sunday, and were on Howard Stern's radio show last Monday. The guys at Stern's SiriusXM satellite radio show must work incredibly fast because they've already...

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has been talking to Huffington Post about the legacy of the band's infamous lawsuit against Napster. As Ulrich concedes, the band wasn’t quite prepared for what they got themselves into... "We weren't quite prepared for the sh-tstorm that we...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer chats with the guitar legend... September 25, 2013, When Chad Smith walked into the San Jose Repertory Theater in San Jose, California, last month to participate in the 2013 DRUM! Night, he was looking forward to entertaining the sold-out...

Metallica have told of the time they were banned from playing "Master of Puppets" and other popular songs because of one line of lyrics in the song. In an interview on the Howard Stern show this week, Kirk Hammett described how the government screened their material ahead...

Motorhead fan Taylor Mathes was banned from wearing the sweatshirt of his favorite band in school due to the school officials labeling that renowned Motorhead Snagletooth logo as being too, "gang-related." Young Taylor decided to share his run-in with the authorities with...

Following the launch of Rocksmith in 2011, an instructional tool-meets-rhythm game that followed the wave of Guitar Hero and Rockband games of the era... the development team at Ubisoft San Francisco "weren't surprised" by the negative reaction from critics, creative director...

As the September 24 release date of Megadeth's "Countdown to Extinction: Live" record steadily approaches, the thrash titans have unveiled the album's official trailer, (see below). Described as "a definitive document of the acclaimed, sold-out tour," the live release was...

VIDEO: 'Journey of the Guitar Solo' Traces 50 Years of Guitar Solos! Breakdown: This video focuses on the 'electric guitar solo' in its mainstream form. The electric guitar was, and is, still doing wild stuff across unprecedented amounts of sub-genres. The acoustic guitar...

The last interview guitar legend Jimi Hendrix ever gave recently appeared online and is available for streaming through Team Rock Radio... During a 30-minute chat, Hendrix discussed future plans and superstardom among other subjects, noting that he couldn't feel anything...

Sammy Hagar will launch his first solo album in five years called "Sammy Hagar and Friends" with a nationwide radio special with his Chickenfoot bassist Michael Anthony called "The Sammy and Mikey Happy Hour Radio Show." Hagar called on fans last week to ask questions for...

WASHINGTON – The music and movie industries are sounding the alarm again on online piracy, saying illegal downloads are on the rise and search engines like Google aren’t doing enough to stop them! Entertainment executives say... they have no intention of trying to revive...

Cort Guitars unveiled today their 20th Anniversary Artisan bass guitars. Each model will be available in limited quantities, built with the finest materials and adorned with the 20th Anniversary logo on the electronics cover plate. The Artisan A Custom 20th is available...

Chastity Belt are a real band. But before they were a real band, they were a chant, a scribble — a joke taking wry ownership of an almost unbelievable concept. The lore of the literal chastity belt seems to begin at the Crusades, when people assumed husbands kept their wives...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — An eastern Missouri native has written a book about the B.B. King' guitars after finding one that had been stolen from the blues legend. The Southeast Missourian reports that Eric Dahl found King's missing electric guitar in a Las Vegas pawn shop in...

Rush has announced details of a new DVD release recorded on last year's Clockwork Angels tour. It will be released via Anthem/Roadrunner Records on November 19, Blabbermouth reports. "Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour DVD" was filmed and recorded last November at the American Airlines...

If there's one thing that makes many amateur guitarists sick to the bone, it's seeing a little kid playing damn-near as good at them on a guitar.  Okay, so this seven-year-old little dude might not beat Jimmy Page in a guitar shootout, but he'd certainly make the old rocker...

From Hendrix to Page to Clapton, anybody who has ever picked up a guitar (or failing that, a tennis racket) has their nominated guitar-god...  Even your heroes have heroes of their own - and that's exactly what this gallery is all about. As part of a new weekly series, Music...

Steve Vai has posted this cool 4 minute video showing some behind the scenes clips shot from during his current "Story Of Light" tour... ...

by Mike Cramer of Premier Guitar...  To successfully participate in a jam session, whether it’s a formal session or just some friends getting together to pick in the living room, you’ve got to know tunes—or at least the chord progressions to those tunes. This is true of any...

Many believe that women fall for men who have a stable job, but a new survey reveals that they find guys who can play a guitar more attractive. Apparently, men who play a guitar have an instant appeal about them for women, which was considered more important than salary, jobs...

 Joe Satriani's Unstoppable Answers - Part1 In this multi-part series, Joe Satriani answers fan questions from the road of the North American leg of his Unstoppable Momentum tour. Satriani along with his touring band of Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann will...

In the video below, which was posted today, September 13, Dream Theater guitarist (and current Guitar World cover star) John Petrucci demos and discusses DiMarzio's new Illuminator pickups... The pickups are based on Petrucci's existing signature model pickups, the Crunch Lab...

The opening piece for my September 13th, 2013 YouTube Guitar lesson,  "Shifting Positions Smoothly." I hope you enjoy the lesson on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/creativeguitarstudio  Donations keep the FREE lessons coming - Please consider! www.andrewwasson.com/do...

Dream Theater:  'Young People Are Obsessed With Fame, Everybody's Acting Like Movie Stars' Prog metal giants Dream Theater recently touched upon an interesting subject of modern stardom hunger, calling it a severely present trend these days... Guitarist John Petrucci and...

Casselberry, FL. USA (September 11, 2013) EARasers virtually invisible revolutionary new earplugs are made of soft medical grade silicone, which creates a comfortable “Smart Seal". No need for costly Impressions. The innovative patent pending design strategically places the...

There's little doubt that the new Cilia Guitar CGA7 is one super-awesome Gig-Bag... The first thing you notice about these gig bags is how thick they are, there is an inch of high density foam as well as EVA impact panels and a neck brace that helps to cushion the neck against...