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Zakk Wylde on Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and the fumble that sidelined his career
By Phil Weller published
He had auditioned to replace Gilby Clarke, then found himself without any band in a shocking twist of fate

“Holy moly!” Guns N’ Roses just played a show so hot, it melted the wax in Richard Fortus’s pickups
By Phil Weller published
The performance took place in Saudi Arabia, where temperatures and stage lights combined to create a perfect storm for melting pickup wax

Tracii Guns on L.A. Guns' long run — and why Slash was the right choice for GN’R
By Joe Bosso published
The guitarist — who's currently on the road for the group's latest album, 'Leopard Skin' — says he has no regrets about leaving Guns N' Roses

Slash recalls how a jam with Jeff Beck nearly ended his idol's career
By Phil Weller published
After waiting years to play with his hero, Slash's cranked Marshall amps nearly deafened him

"Slash begged me, 'Please don't ask me that.' " Joe Perry reveals the full story of how he lost and found the Les Paul ’Burst from his 1970s Aerosmith era
By Andrew Daly published
The guitarist laments there is one guitar he sold long ago that he still wants back

Her Gibson Les Paul was worth four times what she thought
By Phil Weller published
The one-of-a-kind custom guitar mysteriously disappeared years ago and resurfaced only recently

David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time
By Guitar Player Staff published
Behold the genius of Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and many more — as voted by the readers of Guitar Player

Watch Brian May and the Guns N' Roses guitarist jam Queen's “Tie Your Mother Down” on Jay Leno in 1993
By Jonathan Graham published
Launching his debut solo album back in the early 1990s, Brian May enlisted Slash for some added firepower during his 'Tonight Show' appearance

Dave Navarro reveals why he declined an offer to join Guns 'n' Roses
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist soon, however, joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers instead and discussed the lessons learned in a candid new interview with GP

Guns N’ Roses producer Mike Clink says Slash made the Les Paul cool again
By Phil Weller published
Despite the fact that Slash's original Les Paul of choice wasn't actually a Gibson, the man behind the desk for Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion says that the band’s popularity helped put the Les Paul-into-a Marshall equation back in vogue
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