Bringing Metal to the Children By Zakk Wylde

Sep 20,2011
Wylde takes a huge whack at his career in this book, starting from his first professional recording gig (holy s**t what a story!), which seems to have set the stage for everything he has done since. In the process of More...

GIBSON AMPLIFIERS 1933-2008 75 YEARS OF THE GOLD TONE

Sep 11,2009
GIBSON AMPLIFIERS 1933-2008: 75 YEARS OF THE GOLD TONEBy Wallace Marx Jr.Gibson played a huge role in the development of guitar amplifiers, and this excellent book details the evolution of these products from the company’s first More...

Innerviews Music Without Borders Anil Prasad

Oct 10,2010
Anil Prasad established innerviews.org in 1994, and quickly gained a reputation among readers and artists for incisive and substantive journalism. Ten of the 24 interviewees here are guitarists—Martin Carthy, Michael Hedges, John More...

Beatles Gear Andy Babiuk

Oct 1,2010
This 256-page revised hardcover edition of Babiuk’s classic book detailing the Fab Four’s gear from 1956 through 1970 presents indepth historical, biographical, and technical information coupled with well over 400 More...

Print Martin Guitars A History and Martin Guitars A Technical Reference

Nov 1,2009
By Richard Johnson and Dick Boak These extraordinarily comprehensive books began as internal Martin documents prepared by the late Mike Longworth, and originally published in 1975 as Martin Guitars-A History. The book was updated More...

Exclusive! Book Excerpt From Follow Your Heart: John McLaughlin Song By Song: A Listeners Guide

Mar 4,2011
Johnny McLaughlin – Electric GuitaristMusicians:  John McLaughlin (guitar) and various guest starsRecorded: January – February 1978.  New York City, New York and North Hollywood, CA.Columbia (CK 46110)Johnny McLaughlin – Electric More...

Matt Blackett's April Faves

Apr 16,2012
UFO Seven Deadly Vinnie Moore continues to kick major ass on UFO’s latest. All the guitars sound great, but definitely check out the killer chugs on “Mojo Town,” the sustain-y EBow-ish lines in “Angel Station,” the More...

Visual Feast: Neil Zlozower's 'Eddie Van Halen'

Apr 16,2012
Sage advice has it that getting in at the beginning is far better than getting in somewhere thereafter. Such is the case with IPOs, pyramid scams, and relationships with ingénue bands. Today, Van Halen has been a legendary More...

The British Invasion The Music The Times The Era By Barry Miles

Apr 1,2010
This large and beautifully illustrated coffee-table volume pays tribute to the British Invasion in the most liberal sense of the term. Not only does the book cover all of the usual suspects— Beatles, Stones, Animals, More...