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June 2025

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19 articles

June 29
- “I got a single-edged Gillette razor blade and cut round the cone like this.” Kinks founder Dave Davies on the speaker-slashing skills that transformed rock and thrilled Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck
June 27
- “It was much harder to get a Rolling Stones sound with him.” Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit
- “The right method is to bleed. Your hand and pick have to connect with the effing string” The Who's Pete Townshend on the correct way to do a windmill guitar strum — and what Keith Richards says about inventing the move with the Rolling Stones
June 24
- "It was like a hunk of wood with two knobs on it. I found one for about $100 in a junk store.” The late Mick Ralphs on the influence of Leslie West and the glorious guitars that rocked Mott the Hoople and Bad Company
June 23
- "That's just what I've been using since I was 10 years old." Molly Tuttle on what makes all the difference when it comes to choosing a guitar pick
- “One day this kid came in, and it's Tom Petty. He wants to learn to play guitar.” Don Felder on his early years with Petty, Stephen Stills, Duane Allman and Florida's burgeoning rock scene
June 20
- “We didn't believe it. For one thing, there were all these rumors that Paul McCartney was dead.” Robby Krieger on the Doors’ "stupid" decision to carry on without Jim Morrison
June 17
- “We used to do a great trick with acoustic guitars.” Paul McCartney reveals three Beatles techniques that explain why they stood out from every other rock and roll band
June 16
- “I went into the studio that night and told them, ‘I gotta get this pedal!’” Ernie Isley reveals the sonic ingredients behind his iconic fuzz guitar tone on the Isley Brothers hit “That Lady”
- "There were a couple of guys there listening at the door, and they wanted to hear what Ed played.“ Michael Anthony reveals David Lee Roth's career-saving advice to Eddie Van Halen during Van Halen's early days
June 11
- "The world has changed. I can confidently make up my mind to stop." Former Evanescence guitarist Jen Majura is stepping away from music, citing AI as a factor
June 10
- "The worrying thing for me is the unknown. We don't know what's going to happen." For Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, Black Sabbath’s final show stirs fear and uncertainty
June 9
- "I learned to play Blind Blake’s ‘Police Dog Blues’ and put it on YouTube. It got a lot more attention than we’d expected." Just 18, Muireann Bradley has become the leader of a country-blues guitar revival
- Joe Bonamassa says, “He’s right up there with some of the greats.” How D.K. Harrell kickstarted a one-man blues guitar revival in the spirit of B.B. King
June 8
- "It was either that or we were gonna come to fisticuffs." Don Felder recalls the fight with Glenn Frey that brought the Eagles to a guitar-smashing end one night in July 1980
- “Not since the Renaissance.” Gene Simmons on the group he calls the best in over 200 years
June 6
- “We’re just hoping against hope and sending the best prayers we can send.” Nancy Wilson responds after police arrest suspect in Heart's gear theft — but there’s still no sign of the missing guitar and mandolin
June 4
- "We've been talking about doing a signature guitar for some time, but it was always met with false starts." Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez walks us through his wicked new guitar company and his first-ever signature model
June 2
- “Bernie Leadon told me, ‘If you want to write songs with Don Henley and Glenn Frey, write musical beds." Don Felder's latest album features new songs inspired by rediscovered recordings dating back to the Eagles