Author: Michael Molenda
Founder of Guardians of Guitar. Longest-serving Editor in Chief of GUITAR PLAYER (1997-2018). Long live Link Wray and Mick Ronson!
Dick Dale Did Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
[Dale performing at the Viper Room, Los Angeles on June 2, 2018] Like his relentless and unstoppable guitar playing, Dick Dale liked to talk loud and fast and carpet-bomb listeners with flurries of i... Read More
Noize From Editor Boy
Just Stop! Does any songwriter out there believe that streaming services are their friends? Multitudes of us provide content for virtually free in the hope that massive streams will help pay mortgages... Read More
What? Billy Sherwood Goes for Spector Basses with Yes
Guardians of Guitar is presenting the third in a series of interviews Lisa S. Johnson filmed about the creation of her new photography book Mortal + Immortal Guitars—which is set for a fall 2020 ... Read More
Steve Stevens and Billy Idol Tear It Up in Acoustic Show
In 1978, my first band manager was all over me to see Generation X at a club in San Francisco. I wasn’t into it for some reason, so I asked, “Why? What’s the big deal?” He said... Read More
Pieces of PUNK!
Punk, a documentary about “the music, the fashion, the art, and the DIY attitude of a subculture of self-described misfits and outcasts” is set to debut March 11, 2019 on the Epix network... Read More
Mortal + Immortal Guitars #2: Carlos Cavazo’s Gibson Flying V and Jackson Soloist
Here’s the second installment of Lisa S. Johnson‘s video documentary on the creation of her new photography book Mortal + Immortal Guitars—which is set for a fall 2020 release. This time... Read More
Danny Kortchmar Rocks the Grammy Museum!
Danny Kortchmar (at right) with The Immediate Family. Photo by Alan Kozlowski. People in the know are aware that many of the hits of the ‘60s,’70s, and ‘80s were crafted by “shadow virtuososâ... Read More
Curtis Fornadley Breaks Down his “Catching Air” Instrumental
Guitarist Curtis Fornadley was one of the finalists for Guitar Player‘s Guitar Superstar competition in 2007, and it’s so gratifying that he continues to create fantastic music—even gett... Read More
