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Roger Mayer is the Father of the Fuzz. Oracle of the Octavia. His early effects for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page changed the way we listen to and play guitar, and he's still making great gear today. Join us for a chat about why analog is superior to digital, what it was like to work with Jimi Hendrix, and the emotion-heightening impact of a well-placed effect. 

Be sure to visit Roger's website at roger-mayer.co.uk.

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Ace Von Johnson plays guitar for Faster cat and he loves dogs. Proof that cats and dogs can live in harmony. Join us for a good old-fashioned guitar geek-out, and hear the story of how Ace ended up in the rafters at the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill.

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Joe Satriani is about to release the new album What Happens Next, with the rhythm section of Glenn Hughes and Chad Smith. It's almost like a spiritual successor to 1992's The Extremist, and another daring landmark in Joe's career. Join us as we geek out about the record and other stuff.

Preorder What Happens Next from satriani.com

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Earl Skakel is a comedian from LA who loves his RATT. Join us as we nerd out about 80s rock, the Comedy Store, the Rainbow Bar & Grill and more. Follow him on Twitter and check out his podcast Inappropriate Earl!

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twitter.com/earlskakel

 

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Korn's James 'Munky' Shaffer is always a great interview, especially once he gets started on pedals! This interview was conducted for an upcoming edition of Australian Guitar magazine. Hope ya dig it!

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The Church were one of the very first bands a young Mr. I Heart Guitar got into. A jillion years later, I finally got the chance to interview frontman Steve Kilbey. If you haven't heard The Church's new album Man Woman Life Death Infinity yet, go go go, buy buy buy. It's incredible. I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I did. 

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Luthier Jon Sullivan of Sully Guitars is one of the nicest and funniest dudes ever to turn a tree into a musical instrument. If you haven't seen his guitars yet, you soon will! A Sully Guitars '71 is about to be featured on the cover of Guitar Player Magazine. Here's an extended chat with Sully where we geek out about all manner of guitar and music-related topics including his guitar designs, working with one of his musical heroes, and songs that absolutely wreck ya. 


This episode's background music is a little AC/DC-inspired thing I recorded a few weeks ago. Rest in peace, Malcolm. We love you. 

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Rita Haney - @dimebagzhag on Instagram - was Dimebag Darrell’s longtime girlfriend, and she’s spent the last few years putting together DimeVision 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over, a new DVD of crazy stuff Dime got up to behind the scenes. It comes out on November 24. I met Rita at the Seymour Duncan NAMM party earlier this year, and we did this interview a few weeks ago, hence the Halloween talk. 

Tony M from Prince’s New Power Generation. NPG are playing at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia over the Easter weekend. Tony’s story is really interesting - in the interview he talks about how he came to be in Prince’s band, and a whole bunch of other stuff. 

Last year Frank Iero was in town for a few shows, and we had a great chat for Australian Guitar magazine. We were just hanging around at his hotel nerding out about guitar. Frank’s a really sweet guy and this interview was a lot of fun.

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It’s the ‘Sorry About My Cold!’ Episode!

Gilby Clarke is heading to Australia for some intimate shows in November and December, hitting Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra! Here are the dates:

Thursday 30th November - Crowbar - Brisbane

Friday 1st Dec - Cherry Bar - Melbourne

Saturday 2nd Dec – The Basement - Canberra

Sunday 3rd Dec – Frankie’s - Sydney

Tickets are on sale now from hardlinemedia.net

Derek Sherinian was one of the very first people interviewed for I Heart Guitar when it started ten years ago. As a keyboard player he’s one of the greatest guitarists you’ll ever hear. He has a real understanding of how a guitarist plays, and that’s part of what has made him such a great fit in bands like Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Black Country Communion and his own Planet X. And now he’s in the supergroup Sons of Apollo with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Bumblefoot and Jeff Scott Soto. Their debut record Psychotic Symphony is out now. 

This is the second time I’ve interviewed Lindi Ortega. The first was for Australian Guitar magazine about two years ago to promote her album Faded Gloryville. Earlier this year Lindi released an EP called Til The Goin’ Gets Gone, and she’s heading down here to Australia for a run of shows including the Queenscliffe Music Festival. Visit LindiOrtega.com/tour for full dates and ticket info.  

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I spoke to Corey Taylor about the new Stone Sour record Hydrograd a few weeks before it came out, and we had a lot of fun talking about inappropriate swearing, how to pronounce ‘Framus,’ and how to sing after your damn spine has been reconstructed. 

This interview with Buddy Guy was done just over two years ago as advance publicity for his appearance at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, and just a couple of days before his most recent album Born To Play Guitar came out. We did the interview after he’d appeared on the Tonight Show

You know Kenny Aronoff. You’ve heard him with John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Tony Iommi, Jefferson Airplane, Elton Jhn, Santana, Chickenfoot, The Smashing Pumpkins, and on and on and on. He also has a band called Supersonic Blues Machine whose new album is called Californisound and features guest appearances by Steve Lukather (Toto), Eric Gales, Robben Ford and Walter Trout. You can also see Kenny in the documentary Hired Gun.

Oh yeah and the background music for this one is a cover of ‘Mickey’ by Toni Basil which I recorded like 12 years ago for fun. 

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