For 30 years ÊGuitar WorldÊ magazine has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists ä and with more than 325 issues under its belt the world's bestselling guitar magazine is showing no signs of slowing down. In this extraordinary book the complete history of ÊGuitar WorldÊ is chronicled ä from July 1980 when the very first issue which featured Johnny Winter on its cover took the guitar-playing community by storm to issues from 2010 featuring the likes of Jimi Hendrix John Mayer Keith Richards and many other guitar icons. Frank Zappa Eddie Van Halen Stevie Ray Vaughan Kurt Cobain Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton are just some of the artists who have sat down with ÊGuitar WorldÊ over the years: the full transcripts of these legendary revealing interviews are here. This lavishly illustrated edition takes you behind the scenes of such monumental events as Nirvana's ÊUnpluggedÊ performance Stevie Ray Vaughan's funeral and the making of ÊLed Zeppelin IVÊ and includes ÊGuitar WorldÊ's great dual interviews: Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck Tony Iommi and James Hetfield Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and more. Rock music has gone through many changes since 1980 ä bands have come and gone musical styles have shifted dramatically heroes have fallen ä and through it all ÊGuitar WorldÊ has been there reporting on the events of the day and interviewing the musicians who keep the genre alive. It's all here in ÊThe Complete History of Guitar WorldÊ.
