Portal:Guitar World

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Welcome to the Guitar World portal

Guitar World is a musical magazine. The first issue was debuted in July 1980; Johnny Winter appeared on the cover. In its 27 year history, Guitar World has had interviews with some of the most influential guitarists in rock, including David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Satriani, Slash, Eric Clapton, Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrell, Joe Perry, Kirk Hammett, and Eddie Van Halen who has been featured on the cover 13 times, and twice on subsidiary magazine Guitar Legends. (more...)

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Guitarist of the month

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Stephen ("Stevie") Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. His broad appeal made him one of America's most influential electric blues guitarists. In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan. (more...)
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Past issue of the month

Snake Sabo (left) and Scotti Hill (right) (both of Skid Row) are featured on the August 1991 issue.

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Band of the month

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Dream Theater is a progressive metal band formed by three students at the Berklee College of Music in 1985. In the 22 years since their inception, they have become one of the most commercially successful progressive bands since the height of progressive rock in the mid-1970s, despite being relatively unknown in mainstream pop/rock circles. Their two highest selling albums are Images and Words (1992), which was awarded a gold record and is consistently regarded as a seminal progressive metal release, although it reached only #61 on the Billboard 200 charts; and Awake (1994) which reached #32 on the Billboard 200. Dream Theater has sold over two million albums in the U.S, and over six million albums and DVDs worldwide.

The band is well known for the technical proficiency of each instrumentalist, winning many awards from music magazines. They are highly respected by many of rock and metal's biggest names, leading to collaborations between Dream Theater members and many other well known musicians. In a famous example, guitarist John Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani five times, more than any other invited guitarist, following in the footsteps of Eric Johnson, Robert Fripp, Yngwie Malmsteen and other influential guitarists.

They are also noted for their songwriting characteristics, concert reputation, logo, bootleg culture and cover songs. (more...)

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Did you know...

  • ...that Eddie Van Halen has appeared on a cover of Guitar World magazines since the January 1981 issue?
  • ...that Guitar World has been including special CDs with the magazine since the January 2005 issue?
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Guitar World news

  • February 20, 2007 — The Guitar World Portal started.
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Quotes

  • "I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan-I'm not into it. It's silly."
— Kirk Hammett (from the November 1988 issue)
  • "I think it's quite painfully obvious when someone's practicing through an amp, as opposed to someone who's really laying down some stuff that just happens to be fast."
— Joe Satriani (from the November 1993 issue)
  • "When I'm writing songs, I deliberately try to explore incredibly black emotions--combining personal experience with imaginative projection--to see how far I can get. I often end up bumming myself out pretty good."
— Trent Reznor (from the April 1994 issue)
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