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[Photo credits: Alexey Makhov (Frank Iero), Kara Smarsh (Laura Jane Grace), Kelly Hamilton (Tony Perry), Natalie Bisignano (Awsten Knight)] Being onstage every night is a gnarly enough experience of its own, let alone all the crazy disasters than can happen. From wayward crowdsurfers to bloody fingers, here are some of your faves’ craziest injuries. Check out our […]

The Color Morale's Aaron Saunders chats with Ernie Ball about his ultimate inspiration: His father, and how he motivated him to play.  He also talks about his gear and how he gets his live sound. So, if you want to get the Color Morale sound when you play, here's exactly what you need!  If you […]

PRS player Aaron Marshall (AKA Intervals) takes you through his warm-up routine in this APTV collaboration with PRS Guitars. Marshall stresses the importance of precision over speed in this staircase hand shape-based exercise, wherein he alternates the positions of his second and third, then first and fourth fingers. Repeat this technique in various places on […]

Seriously, how cool is this? Someone formed an enlarged, fully functional Game Boy and used it to create the body of a guitar. After adding a neck, headstock and various other intricacies, the first two-in-one Game Boy guitar was birthed. While the guitar itself doesn’t sound incredibly polished, its bare-bones functionality is what matters. Check […]

In part one of Ernie Ball's “The Sound Of Warped” series, Escape The Fate guitarist Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft  talks about his rig, influences and more! Hear about the first moment he realized he wanted to be a guitarist (thanks, Jimi Hendrix), his favorite Blues guitarists, how he simplifies his set-up specifically for Warped Tour and […]

In part two of three of our latest Six-String Stories sponsored by Musicians Institute, Nothing guitarists Brandon Setta and Dominic Palermo talk about their gear and how sometimes less really is more when it comes to amps and pedals. They also tell us about their practice and songwriting process (when they get off the road and get a chance to do it.) […]

AP Tour veteran Josh Travis of Glass Cloud gives us a run-down of his signature nine-string Legator guitar.

Jack Vincent of Falling In Reverse tells about his journey to becoming a guitarist, his gear, favorite styles and more.

Ray Toro, former lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance, has entered the studio with dark multi-platform artist Aurelio Voltaire to record guitars for select tracks from his upcoming album, Raised By Bats!.  In the video below, Toro plays the album's title track. “It is with a tremendous amount of joy and pride that I share […]

When Fred Mascherino (Terrible Things, the Color Fred, ex-Taking Back Sunday) mentioned the idea of putting out a guitar tab book, the excitement from fans was overwhelming. Thus, today Mascherino and Terrible Things have launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring the book to life.  The book, set to feature every Terrible Things song, Bend To Break (the […]

Yesterday, Whitechapel released a highly limted edition guitar in partnership with Artist Series Guitars. You can learn more about the collectable guitar, designed by the band via the video below.  ASG will produce only 50 of this model, so Whitechapel fans are advised to act very quickly to secure theirs. The guitar is now available to […]

Check out this new video from NME of Johnny Marr explaining how he wrote the main riffs for The Smiths' “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now” and “Girl Afraid.” The legendary guitarist notes that he hasn't played the song in 25 years then proceeds to nail it.