Simon Bradley

US manufacturer KxK Guitars have announced that they are taking orders for the new signature model of Judas Priest legend K.K. Downing.

And so do we! Here’s the official release regarding the ultra-limited edition PGM100RE 20th Anniversary model.

A small part of Beelzebub’s kingdom must have iced over, as Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi has decided to get rid of his pony tail after, oh, many years.

Irish- rockers U2 have had the ultimate honour: having a street named after them. Part of New York’s W53rd route has been renamed – at least for now – ‘U2 Way’ by mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Here’s the official press release for what has to be one of the coolest amps we’ve seen for ages...

We've just received this official statement concerning the sad death of Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton:

The winds of change will be gusting through VHT amplification: from 1st January 2009 the brand name will be changed to Fryette Amplification.

Well, one of them does... The reason we couldn’t get our sticky fingers on the brand new Gibson Dark Fire Les Paul in time for our current issue is because it was required for the official launch.

No sooner has Gary Moore appeared on his umpteenth Guitarist cover (it’ll be out soon...!), that Gibson do the business with a version of the BFG Les Paul. Here’s part of the story from Gibson.com

In an interview hosted on VH1.com , traditionally ‘open’ Nickelback frontman Chad Kroger has been uttering forth in the junkets surrounding the release of the band’s latest opus Dark Horse.