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LEFT: Reeves Gabrels of British rock band The Cure performs at the Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival on October 12, 2019 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. RIGHT: David Bowie with Robert Smith at the Meltdown Festival, 29 June, 2002
He’s played with Bowie and the Cure, but Reeves Gabrels says things don’t always go right, even for pros

By Joe Bosso Published

"That’s what makes live shows so extraordinary," the guitarist says. "You’re always on the high wire”

Guitarists
Adrian Belew of King Crimson, portrait, at Tent, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6th September 1982,
It's ugly and beat to hell, but Adrian Belew's Stratocaster is behind landmark albums

By Andrew Daly Published

The guitarist told us the history of his Strat, which he bought off the wall after his previous axe disappeared

Electric Guitars
Reeves Gabrels
David Bowie and the Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels on the joys of taking your tone into uncharted waters

By Joe Bosso Published

Countless guitarists have gone on record badmouthing effects, citing them as – among other things – a crutch. For his part, alt-rock guitar legend Reeves Gabrels is having none of it

Guitarists
David Bowie performs in London on February 16, 1999
David Bowie: "I've only ever showed one person how to play Rebel Rebel properly. I was downstairs in a hotel and there was some guy playing guitar – dreadful metal stuff. He started playing Rebel Rebel. I went stomping upstairs, and it was John McEnroe”

By Joe Gore Published

In this extensive 1997 GP interview, Bowie and guitarist Reeves Gabrels talk Parker Flys, seeing the guitar neck as a "landscape," taking riff inspiration from Jimmy Page, and that time Bowie showed a tennis legend how to play one of his most famous riffs...

Guitarists
Kevin Armstrong attends the David Bowie Music Walk of Fame stone unveiling on Camden High Street on September 22, 2022 in London, England.
“Nobody Cares About Your Amazing Technique but You”: These Brutally Honest Tips for Musicians From David Bowie and Iggy Pop Guitarist Kevin Armstrong Are Some of the Best We’ve Ever Heard

By Rod Brakes Published

The “best least-known guitarist,” solo artist, producer and songwriter shows us his rig and offers some hard-earned wisdom

Music
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 'Texas Flood' album artwork
"We Set up in a Circle, Just Like We Did Onstage, Put Mics on Everything and Ran Through the Songs a Couple of Times": Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton Tell the Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Game-Changing Debut Album, ‘Texas Flood’

By Mark McStea Published

Faced with a choice between David Bowie and his own band, Stevie Ray Vaughan took a bet on the blues and unleashed one of the greatest blues-rock albums ever made

Music
MIke Oldfield 'Tubular Bells' (Virgin); Led Zeppelin 'Houses of the Holy' (Atlantic); Roxy Music 'For Your Pleasure' Warner Bros./Island; Pink Floyd 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (Harvest/Capitol); Lou Reed 'Berlin' (RCA); New York Dolls 'New York Dolls' (Mercury); David Bowie 'Aladdin Sane' (RCA); Stevie Wonder 'Innervisions' (Tamla)
50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

With debut albums from Queen and Aerosmith, epic masterpieces by Mike Oldfield and Elton John, plus Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy,’ 1973 was a multi-genre, stylistically freewheeling musical jamboree

Albums, Singles & New Releases
David Bowie (1947-2016) and guitarist Mick Ronson (1945-1993) perform during Bowie's last appearance as Ziggy Stardust at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, on July 3, 1973.
Watch the Remastered 4K Version of David Bowie’s Monumental “Ziggy Stardust” Hammersmith Odeon Performance

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Video This newly upgraded film celebrating the concert’s 50th anniversary captures guitarist Mick Ronson’s anthemic riff-mastery at its finest in the heyday of glam rock

Video
Adrian Belew performs with 'David Bowie' at the Fresno Convention Center in Fresno, California on April 2, 1978.
“He Just Wanted Me to Go Wild on the Guitar”: Adrian Belew Reveals How David Bowie Helped Him Become a More Creative Player

By Mark McStea Published

The guitarist recalls his “wild and unusual” approach to recording the final instalment of Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, 'Lodger'

Music
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus, Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, Boss CE-2W Chorus and Boss DC-2W Dimension C
Heard on Classic Records by the Cult, the Smiths, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Metallica, Talking Heads, King Crimson and More, the Boss and Roland Chorus Sounds Are a Mainstay of Rock

By Dave Hunter Published

A brief history of artists’ affection for Boss and Roland’s industry-leading chorus effects

Pedals & Pedalboards
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