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Grand Funk Railroad

How Grand Funk Railroad Made Stadiums Their Own as They Shook a Generation with a Fierce Rock Sound

By Joe Bosso last updated

Mark Farner looks back on the gear, songs, and stories behind the biggest American hard-rock band of the early 1970s.

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Hard Rock Heroes

Nuno Bettencourt, Tom Morello, and the Hard-Rock Heroes Who Kept the Guitar Flame Burning in the 1990s and 2000s

By Guitar Player Staff published

As guitar players adjusted to a new post-shred normal, the next generation of players were finding new sounds and styles.

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Slash

They Came From Planet Shred: How '80s Guitar Heroes Changed Hard Rock Forever

By Guitar Player Staff published

Slash, John Sykes, Mick Mars, George Lynch, and more invaded hard rock in the '80s, moving it further from its blues-rock origins.

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GPM704 Euro Hard Rock Heroes

How George Kooymans, and Michael and Rudolf Schenker, Put a European Spin on Hard-Rock Guitar

By Mark McStea published

Look back at three guitarists who drove hard rock's European evolution with the Scorpions, Golden Earring, and UFO.

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