Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from George Lynch

“I became a better player because I had to follow Randy Rhoads”: How Jake E. Lee found fame with Ozzy

The guitarist is currently recovering after being shot in Las Vegas

MusicRadar

“Any kind of extended solo, my left arm would just cramp up. It was frozen. I was definitely overdoing it”: George Lynch opens up about his bodybuilding days – and how it impacted his guitar playing

Lynch discusses the ramifications of bodybuilding, noting that the pressure to look good on stage was akin to a Faustian bargain

Guitar World

“He came over and he said, 'You did a really good job up there.' I thought, 'Man, my guitar was off…’” Whitesnake’s Joel Hoekstra on the time Ace Frehley complimented his guitar playing… even though he wasn’t actually playing anything

Hoekstra says he only “really understood” the KISS veteran after partaking in an intimate and exclusive jam, during which Frehley insisted on cranking his amp to ear-splitting volumes

Guitar World

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“He got me in a headlock and started punching me. We just went at it”: the explosive story of Dokken, the hard rock band that tore itself apart

Louder

“Our first show with Van Halen, he was playing a red ES-335. I thought he was a very good player, but not unique. He evolved leaps and bounds”: Rusty Anderson on his session journey – from supporting Van Halen to joining Paul McCartney’s band

The Gibson signature artist on why a rack makes most sense on tour, his approach to session work from Elton John to the Bangles, and how to keep feeling challenged with solo work

Guitar World

“I was all about Eddie Van Halen and George Lynch. But John Sykes really got me – he changed my world through his tone and vibrato”: How Fozzy’s Rich Ward took a shred attitude and funk-metal mindset to invent Stuck Mojo

The Marshall fan explains what made him shut down the crossover band he loved, how he developed the perfect partnership with Fozzy bandmate Chris Jericho, and why mid-’70s Les Pauls are the best

Guitar World

"I'm old. I'm glad that what could possibly be my last hurrah is something that people – some people, at least – have noticed": The rise and fall of the forgotten guitar hero, Jake E Lee

After his glory days as Ozzy Osbourne's right-hand man in the 80s and personal tragedy in the 90s, Jake E Lee vanished for 15 years: In 2013, he stepped back into the spotlight

Louder

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

"There are no words in any language to express how badly I feel about that night": The strange and terrible story of Great White, and the Station nightclub fire

Great White toured with Guns N' Roses, hit the charts, and dissolved in a blur of betrayal and substance abuse. And, just when it couldn’t get worse, they played Rhode Island

Louder

“If I’m working with another person watching me, I feel like I have to make them happy. When I’m alone, if I f**k up, I can say ‘F**k it’ and go home”: George Lynch is done with big studios – and he won’t build a Mr. Scary guitar for Michael Sweet

On their latest collaborative effort, Sweet & Lynch sought to channel classic Dokken – although Lynch reckons the best tracks recorded for Heart & Sacrifice might just be the ones that got rejected…

Guitar World

“Jeff Pilson called me and asked if I would play some solos. I had no idea it was for Dokken – I was still in a suit and tie from work that day!” Jon Levin has been shredding with Dokken since ’97 – and has to tackle George Lynch’s scariest solos

After 25 years with the heavy metal stalwarts, Dokken's longstanding guitarist details his surprise induction into the group, why you'll find a Danelectro on most of his recorded tracks, and how he captured “lightning in a bottle” on the band's first album in 11 years

Guitar World

The electric guitar shredded itself to death in the ‘80s. It had to start over, but the ‘90s grunge revolution didn‘t just change the face of guitar playing – it changed the world

Guitar World presents a grunge guitar guide to the ‘90s, the decade when Seattle became the epicenter of the musical universe, and resurrected the electric guitar with a raw, dirty sound that gave birth to a whole new generation of guitar players

Guitar World

The ravaged rock wasteland between Endless Boogie and Mötorhead, and a comeback for one of the most influential riffsmiths of his generation: This week's essential guitar tracks

From Robin Trower to Spiritbox, Black Pumas to George Lynch, Helmet to Polaris, these are the guitar-forward songs you can't afford to miss this week

Guitar World

Peavey denies using prison labor to build guitar amps following resurfaced George Lynch allegations

The Dokken guitarist and former Peavey artist first made the allegations while on a podcast in 2018

Guitar World

Sweet & Lynch: "We're proving to the world that even if you're polar opposites, you can still work together"

Strip survivor and Sweet & Lynch frontman Michael Sweet on keeping the faith, hitting the high notes and preventing fan suicides

Louder

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

The story of Aria Guitars: the unsung brand that has served metal shredders and jazz virtuosos alike for over 60 years

Aria has a long, proud history, played by the likes of Cliff Burton, George Lynch, Herb Ellis and Andy Summers. Join us as we access all Arias and pay tribute to a slept-on guitar icon

Guitar World

George Lynch shows us what’s on his pedalboard

Make that pedalboards, as Mr Scary reveals his fly-in ’board and his more well-stocked, Jeff Beck-inspired offering – and reveals what pedal he can’t live without

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.