Born in Reading, Berkshire, Sykes started his recording career off after writing and playing lead guitar on UK rockers Streetfighter ... as well as salutes to Sykes from Opeth, Queensryche and more.

Are these bands hair metal or not? History lumps them into the subgenre, but there's some arguments to be made against it!

Invest in a transmitter/receiver and ditch trailing cables with our pick of the best wireless guitar systems from beginner to pro It used to be that the best guitar wireless systems were reserved for ...

To be totally honest, it’s nigh on impossible to select the best electric guitar. Guitars come in such a variety of styles and configurations that finding a single instrument in such a crowded ...

The best 80s metal bassists often represent a very underrated area of the genre. Bassists in general don’t get a lot of attention in music, although they often have a peculiar role in metal.

For a number of years now, Mike Santalucia pretty much had a monopoly on the local hard rock scene. If you wanted to catch hard rock – I mean REALLY hard rock – you went to see Mike’s band ...

Perhaps that’s because, traditionally, the guitar, which superseded the banjo in jazz rhythm sections, was primarily perceived as a supporting and accompanying instrument rather than a viable ...