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[L-R] Rick Beato and James Hetfield

Rick Beato says excessive phone scrolling is the reason he can’t downpick like James Hetfield

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[L-R] Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold

“Honestly, I wanted to grab my guitar and smash it through the wall!”: Zacky Vengeance on being put through his paces by Synyster Gates on Avenged Sevenfold’s latest album

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Max Cavalera of Sepultura

“It’s noisy, it’s crap, and we f**king love it”: Max Cavalera was so bad at guitar for Sepultura’s first gig, the guitarist from another band offered to tune his guitar for him

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Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen in Van Halen's Jump

Steve Vai plays on cover of Van Halen’s Jump for 2026 World Cup anthem

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[L-R] Dominic Garcia and Stephen Carpenter

“I used to give Stephen s**t because he wasn’t a shredder like Eddie Van Halen”: Original Deftones bassist says he used to make fun of Stephen Carpenter’s guitar skills

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Matt Heafy performing live with Trivium in 2005

“I didn’t know if I wanted to be on that train”: Original Trivium frontman explains why Matt Heafy’s “laser focus” on perfection made him leave the band

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[L-R] Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen

Wolfgang Van Halen reveals he and his dad jammed a song on the new Mammoth album before he died: “I taught him how to play it on guitar, and I played drums”

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Pete Townshend and David Bowie

“Two of his right-hand fingers were bleeding afterwards”: Tony Visconti on Pete Townshend’s one-take David Bowie Heathen session

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Chris Poland, left, and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth

“He says stuff off the top of his head, and I’m sure regrets it later”: Chris Poland says he “doesn’t hold a grudge” against Dave Mustaine over the “terrible s**t” he said about him after he left Megadeth

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Billy Corgan performing at the NAMM show in 2026.

Billy Corgan thinks rock has been “purposely dialled down” in culture: “All I know is I saw the gravity shift”

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John Mayer

“I couldn’t help overplaying”: John Mayer on nerves during first Dead & Company tours

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Teemu of Megadeth, pictured skating on ice with his guitar. He is wearing a Megadeth shirt.

Megadeth On Ice: Watch Teemu Mäntysaari play Let There be Shred while ice skating

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