Arteconciencias: Gene Simmons: “Eddie Van Halen talked about being a fan of Eric Clapton. I’m sorry, I don’t see that. What he did was closer to classical music”

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May 15, 2023

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Gene Simmons: “Eddie Van Halen talked about being a fan of Eric Clapton. I’m sorry, I don’t see that. What he did was closer to classical music”

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The Kiss frontman has been fretting over the guitar hero's legacy, sharing concerns that "millennials need to know about the most important musician since Jimi Hendrix"

Nita Strauss announces The Call of the Void – a star-studded new solo album featuring Lzzy Hale, Marty Friedman, and Alice Cooper

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Hear its latest single, The Golden Trail, which sees Strauss team up with In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén for a full-throttle riff clinic

Mötley Crüe have finished their first studio album with John 5 – and they say it's "heavier than anything"

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Nikki Sixx has confirmed that the record is in the can and ready for mixing, while John 5 says we should expect something "heavy and aggressive"

Features

The guitar gear secrets behind James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett's tones on 72 Seasons

(Tim Saccenti)

Metallica co-producer Greg Fidelman reveals how the new album was made with the help of a Marshall modded by Eddie Van Halen's amp wizard and a rack full of battle-hardened guitars, including one that makes Hetfield "immediately want to play fast riffs"

Meet the Hell Kitty – the evil twin of the Squier Hello Kitty Strat hell-bent on destroying the meme guitar

(Zakk Farkas)

Built from the bones of a battered Bullet Strat bought for $50, Zakk Farkas's Hell Kitty might be 2023's gnarliest home build, created to destroy a meme its maker says has gone too far

From Guitar Player

How Pops Staples brought Black and white music together, and invented Americana guitar tone

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Ben Harper, Rick Holmstrom, and Aaron Livingston explain how the pioneering guitarist created his own genre

"It's an amazing piece of kit": Vintage amp restorer Fabio Cutolo details the resurrection of a "Mark I" Mesa/Boogie

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Get an in-depth look at this rare giant killer from the 1970s

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