Henry Yates

Guitar World

The Smiths held their label to ransom until Johnny Marr got this guitar: “As soon as I got that back to the hotel, I wrote Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now in about 10 minutes”

By: Janelle Borg, Henry Yates, Jamie Dickson

2 min read Marr will be auctioning off his four-decade guitar collection next month, including a Gibson ES-355 that played a pivotal role in The Smiths’ repertoire

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Every song on Pearl Jam's Ten ranked from worst to best

By: Henry Yates

Released on August 27, 1991, Pearl Jam's Ten lit grunge's blue touch paper. Here's every track on the album, re-ordered from worst to best

Guitar World

“I don’t think anyone is anywhere near Ray Davies as a songwriter. He’s the best we’ve ever had. Closely followed by Paul McCartney”: Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

By: Henry Yates

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

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“Rock ’n’ roll is an old person’s game now – there’s still loads of people 10 years older than me who are doing it. I imagine they’ve got personal trainers and better health regimes than I do”: The inimitable Robyn Hitchcock on the enigma of songwriting

By: Henry Yates, Jamie Dickson

The psych-folk pioneer tells us about the “sprawling mess” of his songwriting, the hell of forgotten tunings, and the Telecaster that almost broke his back

Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

By: Henry Yates

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

Guitar World

“I think the price was down to the ‘cute’ factor of being a little nine-year-old. The poor attorney took pity on me”: Hannah Wicklund on how a blues lawyer got her playing boutique guitars aged 9 – and the weapon she picked to take on Deep Purple and Yes

By: Henry Yates

South Carolina’s rising blues-rocker on her expensive tastes, the “turn-off” of gold hardware, and why she is ready to bring out her flame-painted T-type again (despite the jibes)

Hannah Wicklund on how a blues lawyer got her playing boutique guitars aged 9 – and the weapon she picked to take on Deep Purple and Yes

By: Henry Yates

South Carolina’s rising blues-rocker on her expensive tastes, the “turn-off” ofgoldhardware, and why she is ready to bring out her flame-painted T-type again (despite the jibes)

Guitar World

“John Lennon laid down a simple guitar part. Then David asked me if I wanted to go to dinner with them!” The genius of David Bowie’s guitar collabs in 9 classic tracks

By: Andrew Daly, Damian Fanelli, Christopher Scapelliti, Ryan Reed, Henry Yates

Bowie’s most iconic six-string moments, featuring his all-star cast of top-tier players, from Mick Ronson to Stevie Ray Vaughan

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“A lot of people wanted to run with: ‘Oh, Godflesh man works with Phoebe Bridgers!’ I was really upset about it”: How Justin Broadrick ended up playing 8-string guitar on a Phoebe Bridgers record

By: Jonathan Horsley, Henry Yates

3 min read No, it has nothing to do with Godflesh but everything to do with how the eight-stringer gave melancholy music a super-heavy spin as Jesu

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“This guy dutifully opened the case. I can still smell it. It was this otherworldly object, like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark”: Johnny Marr on the guitars he’s loved and is about to lose at auction – and the one that started it all

By: Jamie Dickson, Henry Yates

The indie-rock icon talks hungover shopping trips with Noel Gallagher, why some electrics feel like ‘living things’, and what he’ll do if a tech bro starts bidding at his forthcoming auction