Rig Rundown: Rise Against [2021]
Rise Against rose out of Chicago around Y2k on the back of roaring Gatling-gun guitars, blast-beat rhythms, and defiant, sharp-tongued social commentary. The...
Rig Rundown: Greta Van Fleet [2021]
Few rock bands have made a bigger splash over the past five years than Greta Van Fleet. Since their first full-length, From the...
Friedman Small Box Overdrive Review
The Marshall-in-a-box stompbox format is so popular at this point that it seems like almost every prominent pedal maker builds one—each of which...
AFI’s Riff Master Jade Puget
AFI has always surfed their own dark wave. Although lumped in with the rest of the Warped Tour pack during the pop-punk explosion...
Rig Rundown: RJ Ronquillo
He's played with Santana, Stevie Wonder, and a host of other greats, and his lessons and demos on YouTube have garnered more than...
Hooked: JD Simo on Isaac Hayes’ “Walk on By”
The raw, low-down rocker elaborates on the impact a pair of his guitar heroes Harold Beane and Michael Toles provided with their smoking-hot,...
Walrus Audio Polychrome Review
When we use the term "chameleon-like," we're normally referring to something that fits into many different surroundings. But let's consider the transformation process:...
Rig Rundown: Brent Mason [2021]
It's impossible to overstate Brent Mason's impact on country and, arguably, even rock guitar. Over the course of his more-than-35-year career, Mason has...
Hooked: “Imogen Clark on Led Zeppelin’s “Over the Hills and Far Away”
The Aussie indie rocker connects how being raised on a healthy diet of Zep—including her father performing in a cover band—influence her to...
Rig Rundown: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger [2021]
Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of the Grammy-winning rock band Halestorm recently took a break from rehearsals for their 2021 tour to talk...