Rock

Slash released an album of blues and soul standards that no one was expecting, then took the show on the road to support community causes Slash has fashioned some of the most memorable guitar riffs and solos in modern rock. But few people would have had him down as a born-again bluesman. For his latest project, the Guns N’ Roses star dived deep into a world of music that had its first flowering 60, 70 and even 80 years ago. “I’m a...

Guitar Collection – The most expensive ever 1 – Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Guitar One year on from the world-record sale of David Gilmour’s Black Strat, Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar sold for a massive $6,010,000 (£4,960,000) at auction in June 2020 and became the World’s Most Expensive Guitar in the process. The late-great Nirvana frontman played the 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic-electric guitar for the band’s MTV Unplugged set at Sony Music Studios in New York City on 18th November 1993 –...