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“The SG that I had at the Ozzy gig, that guitar needed a louder pickup but I still wanted that true-to-life guitar sound that I like”: Slash and Seymour Duncan dial up the raunch with the Guns N’ Roses legend’s signature 3.0 humbuckers

NAMM 2026: Hand-wired in Santa Barbara, they're not just for Les Pauls or SGs. Slash has one in his BC Rich Mockingbird – and they'd work a treat in a hotrodded S-style

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“It used to be, like, 25 minutes long!”: How Axl Rose took inspiration from Elton John to create a classic Guns N’ Roses ballad that was years in the making

Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”

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“It’s so intense – but man, I love that song! Often, the songs I love the most are the most difficult to pull off”: Myles Kennedy on why karaoke “terrifies” him, the secret to a perfect take – and the hardest Guns N’ Roses song to sing live with Slash

The man with the best pipes in rock and metal checks in to talk monastic vocal preservation, the challenges of Axl’s range, and that "magic mic" Paul Reed Smith gave Mark Tremonti

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“If you lived in LA, in the trenches, you could relate to it. And knowing Axl, I could relate to exactly where it was coming from”: The electrifying early Guns N’ Roses song written in a basement that signposted how huge they would become

One of the all-time great album openers

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Myles Kennedy looks back on the time he refused to audition for Slash and Velvet Revolver: “I knew that I wasn’t mentally prepared to jump into something of that magnitude”

After being diagnosed with tinnitus, the Alter Bridge singer/guitarist shot down the chance to audition for Velvet Revolver and their lineup of then-former Guns N’ Roses members

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Slash and Bruno Mars jam Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit – as Yungblud, Brandi Carlile and more feature during billionaire’s star-studded Christmas party

A legion of music greats paid homage to some of rock’s greatest songs at a glitzy private event

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Because nothing screams punk rock louder than millionaire rock stars performing for hedge fund bros, watch Eddie Vedder, Anthony Kiedis, Brandi Carlile, Slash and friends play Stooges, Motorhead, Dead Boys covers at billionaire's private corporate gig

Who said money can't buy you happiness?

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The ultimate review of 2025: The best albums, the biggest events, and the megastars who rocked our world - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in our unmissable end-of-year issue: The Darkness, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Cheap Trick, Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper,Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses and more

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"There's so much material at this point": Guns N' Roses release two new singles but there's still no news about an album

Nothin' and Atlas are both available on streaming platforms now

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Guns N’ Roses share 2 new singles ahead of 2026 world tour – could the long-awaited studio album be next?

Atlas and Nothin’ mark the band’s first new material since 2023

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“I was ready to go out and really promote the album. But then Guns started to stir and the plug was pulled”: The ‘back-to-basics’ side-project that saw Slash step out of the shadow of Guns N’ Roses – and led to his departure from the band

Way before Velvet Revolver, Slash’s Snakepit were the GN’R guitarist’s first extra-curricular band

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Cher 'in advanced talks' for '£13M' Netflix tell-all series deal

It has been reported that pop icon Cher is having "advanced" discussions with the streaming giant Netflix to secure a "£13 million" deal for a seven-part tell-all series.

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Guns N' Roses announce two new singles and 2026 world tour

Axl, Slash, Duff and the others will hit the road again next year

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“When I first came into the band, it was split into factions. Now everything feels solidified”: Guns N’ Roses’ longest-serving guitarist Richard Fortus on his bond with Slash and why he’s as surprised as anyone he’s still in the band

What does it take to be in Guns N’ Roses for 23 years and counting? For Richard Fortus, it requires tone mastery, the ability to mesh with his legendary gunslinger partner and a highly desirable signature Gretsch

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“There’s a synergy between you and a great instrument. That could be a $300 Squier or a$5,000 Gibson. It doesn’t matter”: Chris Buck on vintage “dogs”, signature model intrigue, and how rock royalty helped his regal blues-rock tap into America

How many bands take 16 years to craft their debut album? This one did… But Chris Buck and Cardinal Black are making up for lost time

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“It was not only an honour but deeply moving”: Bernie Marsden’s $1million ‘The Beast’ Les Paul was just played on stage by Slash’s favorite current British blues rock guitar hero

Chris Buck paid homage to both his father and the late Whitesnake guitarist with the performance

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Cher is having 'a blast' with 'beautiful' boyfriend Alexander Edwards

Cher has hit back at criticism over the 40-year age-gap between the singer and her boyfriend Alexander Edwards - insisting they are having "a blast" and calling him "beautiful" and "talented".

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"I think what we have here is failure to appreciate": Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven files lawsuit against the band

Alan Niven, who managed Guns N' Roses from 1986 to 1991, says the band are blocking the publication of his memoir

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“A lot of the issues were to do with management and stuff that pitted me and Axl against each other”: Slash on his return to Guns N’ Roses, changing up the Sweet Child O’ Mine solo, and what needs to happen for a new GNR album

Slash is the luckiest man in rock. Quitting GNR in ’96 when they were on top, he returned in ’16 and hasn't looked back. Here he talks about the past, present, and what the future might hold...

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Nova Twins recall being invited backstage by huge music legend at Glastonbury

Rock duo Nova Twins have revealed Sir Elton John hung out with them in his dressing room at Glastonbury.

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Slash wasn't a fan of Guns N' Roses classic Sweet Child O' Mine initially

Guns N' Roses rocker Slash has revealed that he wasn't struck on the group's popular anthem Sweet Child O' Mine initially.

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"It got so blown out of proportion." Slash on Axl's latest outburst and "killer" new Guns N' Roses drummer Isaac Carpenter

New Guns N' Roses drummer Isaac Carpenter not to blame for Axl Rose's latest onstage meltdown

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"I don't think it would be the right environment for a proper rock and roll show." Guns N' Roses man Slash on Las Vegas Sphere

A Guns N' Roses residency at Las Vegas' groundbreaking Sphere venue seems unlikely

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Axl Rose kicks new drummer Isaac Carpenter's drum kit and storms off stage at Argentina gig

Axl Rose was visibly erratic during the opening number of Guns N' Roses' Argentina concert.

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“He was my favorite guitarist I played with, besides Slash, and was the one I felt most unified with”: Richard Fortus on how he’s held down the Guns N’ Roses gig – and his other favorite GNR guitarist

Fortus reveals who his favorite co-guitarists have been, and the man whose parts he'll never change

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