Australian Guitar

With a strong focus on the Australian music scene, Australian Guitar is a rich source of information on playing techniques, styles, the wide range of instruments available and all the technology that guitarists have to consider in the 21st Century.

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AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK… • HIS FATHER WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARISTS WHO EVER LIVED, AND NOW WOLFGANG VAN HALEN IS CARRYING THAT FAMOUS NAME FORWARD. IN THIS REVEALING INTERVIEW, HE DISCUSSES THE CREATION OF HIS NEW ALBUM, MAMMOTH WVH, ON WHICH HE PLAYED EVERYTHING. INCLUDING EDDIE’S ICONIC FRANKENSTEIN.

MYLES AHEAD • MYLES KENNEDY IS BEST KNOWN AS A SINGER, FOR BOTH ALTER BRIDGE AND GUNS N’ ROSES LEGEND SLASH. BUT ON HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM, HE’S TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT AS A GUITARIST.

ANGST FOR THE NEW GENERATION • NOWHERE GENERATION, THE NINTH ALBUM FROM CHICAGO PUNK MAINSTAYS RISE AGAINST, COMES AT A PARTICULARLY TOUCHY TIME IN THE WESTERN WORLD’S SOCIOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE – PARTICULARLY FOR ITS YOUNGER FOLK. BUT AS FRONTMAN TIM MCILRATH TELLS US, THAT’S EXACTLY THE POINT.

JET AGE JAMMING • AHEAD OF THEIR TOUR CELEBRATING 2000’S JET AGE THIS SEPTEMBER, THE SUPERJESUS RIFFER JASON SLACK GIVES US AN EXCLUSIVE TEASE OF THE HOMEMADE GUITAR HE’LL BE PLAYING ON IT, AND THE STORY OF HOW HE MADE HIS DIY DREAMS COME TRUE.

STORM CHASERS • TROPICAL F*** STORM ARE BACK WITH ANOTHER ALBUM EQUALLY POWERFUL AND POLARISING. FRONTMAN GARETH LIDDIARD EXPLAINS WHY HE FEELS THE INESCAPABLE NEED TO EXPOSE THE DANGERS OF CONSPIRACY CULTURE, HOW HE OVERCAME A GNARLY CASE OF G.A.F.F. (GIVE A F*** FATIGUE) AND WHY THE ANALOGUE FAD SHOULD F*** RIGHT OFF.

RIGHT ON TIME • AFTER NINE YEARS (THAT FELT MORE LIKE 90), PSYCH-ROCK POWERHOUSE CHILDREN COLLIDE HAVE FINALLY MINTED THEIR FOURTH ALBUM – A FURIOUSLY FUN, RIVETINGLY RAUCOUS AFFAIR. WE RIFF WITH SINGER/SIX-STRINGER JOHNNY MACKAY ON HOW TIME ITSELF CAME TO BE.

SCREAMING LOUDER THAN EVER • WITH 30 YEARS OF PRACTISE, WISDOM, AND HARD-AS-NAILS ROCKIN’ UNDER THEIR BELTS, THE SCREAMING JETS HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR LANDMARK 1991 DEBUT, ALL FOR ONE, TO CELEBRATE IT WITH A NEW VISION. THE END RESULT IS A BOLDER, BRIGHTER AND ALL-AROUND BETTER VERSION OF THEIR CLASSIC LP, ABOUT WHICH AUSTRALIAN GUITAR CHATS WITH AXEMAN SCOTT KINGMAN.

WELCOME (BACK) TO THE JUNGLE • ON THE BRISK AND BUBBLY NEW ALBUM FROM THE JUNGLE GIANTS, THE GUITAR PLAYS A VERY INTERESTING ROLE. FRONTMAN SAM HALES EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, AND WHY THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY ALLOWED HIM TO SIGH A BREATH OF RELIEF.

IT’S ALL IN THE FEELING • STOCKHOLM-BASED SONGWRITER ANNA LEONE OPENS UP ON TACKLING STAGE FRIGHT AT FESTIVALS, HER BIGGEST FOLK INFLUENCES AND THE FORCES BEHIND HER DEBUT ALBUM, I’VE FELT ALL THESE THINGS.

SHIHAD FIGHTS BACK • FOR ALBUM #10, THE KIWI ALT-METAL ANARCHISTS IN SHIHAD CRANK UP THE HEAVINESS – SONICALLY AND THEMATICALLY. LEAD SHREDDER PHIL KNIGHT TELLS US HOW THE BAND TAPPED INTO THEIR SAVAGE SIDE FOR OLD GODS, AND WHY THEY WANTED TO CAPTURE THE RAW, VISCERAL INTENSITY OF THEIR LIVE SHOW.

THE RIOT RAGES ON • PUNK ICON KATHLEEN HANNA WAXES LYRICAL ON HER LOVE OF “MORE AMATEUR-SOUNDING STUFF”, HER ENDURING LEGACY, AND HOW FUGAZI OPENED HER EYES TO THE POWER OF MUSIC.

WHERE THERE’S A WIL(SON), THERE’S A WAY • NANCY WILSON – THE ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITAR ICON BEHIND HEART – DISCUSSES HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM, COVERING PEARL JAM AND PAUL SIMON, AND – OF COURSE – THAT EVH ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTAL.

WISDOM OF THE GURUS • HOODOO GURUS’ MAINSTAY GUITARISTS DAVE FAULKNER AND BRAD SHEPHERD ADDRESS THE VENERABLE OZ-ROCK BAND’S HISTORY, GEAR CHOICES, AND HOW THEY KEEP THE FIRE BURNING AFTER 40 YEARS.

A BLOODY GOOD ALBUM • VETERAN SINGER-SONGWRITER JULIANA HATFIELD DETAILS THE...