Latest articles by Richard Bienstock
The trailblazer who changed indie-rock for good with Pavement is finding fertile ground in unplugged tones.
In this Guitar Player exclusive, the rock icon looks back on Queen’s 50-year (and counting) reign and declares, “We’ll just press on with it.”
Arielle arrives with a retro-leaning debut album and a signature axe made in collaboration with Brian May Guitars.
The Queen icon's solo catalog is returning to print, one album at a time, starting with 'Back to the Light.'
In reuniting Liquid Tension Experiment, the prog guitar virtuoso welcomes an old friend to the writing room, and finds new modes of expression within instrumental music.
Guitarists such as Yvette Young, Richard Henshall, Plini, and more are at the vanguard of creativity for progressive music.
Rivers Cuomo lets the shred-obsessed kid inside him break free on 'Van Weezer,' a record that's half Blue Album, half '80s metal.
Buchanan's inimitable guitar style spanned blues, country, gospel, rock, and beyond.
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For a time, one of the most recognizable Les Paul users in the world wasn't actually playing a Gibson.
Although he used a number of different guitars throughout the 1970s, the ES-175 remained Howe's main studio guitar and his personal favorite.
The genesis of one of the Led Zeppelin legend's most iconic guitars.
How the maniacal mind and guitar mastery of the Man in Black created a hard-rock masterpiece.
The former Soundgarden lead guitarist shares some deep cuts and reflects on a career chasing beautifully heavy sounds.
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Of course 'Slanted and Enchanted' makes the cut, but what else from the former Pavement man's discography joins it?
“I'm not trying to be the biggest, best at anything anymore,” Luke says, “I just want to have a good time and have a few laughs.”
Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne on writing, youth culture, and capturing the Pretenders' rock 'n' roll energy on record.
Best Coast take their SoCal brand of sunny pop-punk to new heights on 'Always Tomorrow.'
Adam Darski returns with his goth-country side project, Me and That Man. And this time he’s brought his gang.
The top-hatted one himself discusses the new gear he’s been using onstage, and what’s on the horizon for the Conspirators and Guns N’ Roses.
