Throughout the 15 years that Screaming Females has been a band, the riff-driven three-piece has practiced in the basement of vocalist/guitarist Marissa Paternoster’s grandmother’s home. Occasionally, Paternoster notes, her grandmother would give…

Peter Holmström is nearly as famed for his pedal knowledge these days as he is for being the Dandy Warhols’ innovative guitarist. Okay, maybe not – but dude knows a lot about…

“Welcome to the Labia Lounge, where ideas are birthed!”  That’s how the brilliant Whitney Petty welcomed us into the sacred space where the magic indeed happens for Petty and her bandmates in Thunderpussy,…

It’s kind of amazing to think that, in my 25-plus years of playing and writing about heavy rock, I’d never actually spoken to Buzz Osborne. Sure, I’d seen the iconic Melvins leader…

“We don’t hang out enough – fire your current tech and hire me!” Dan Cleary says he texted his future boss, Dave Navarro, in 2009. “I didn’t think that approach would work,”…

When Eilon stopped by to shoot the illustrious pedals of Butthole Surfers guitarist and esteemed producer Paul Leary at his Austin, Texas-area home/studio compound, there was no shortage of music history lying about.…

“I’d feel naked without a pedal board,” admits Troy Van Leeuwen. Of course,Van Leeuwen is famed for playing that reflects his status as a true stompbox obsessive – in particular, his six-string explosions…

It’s taken me nearly two decades to go public with this, but… It was my fault that The Jesus and Mary Chain broke up in the fall of 1998. Assigned by Guitar…

With his insatiable hunger for cool sounds, and his infectious enthusiasm for all manner of guitar gizmos, Stone Temple Pilots co-founder and guitarist Dean DeLeo pretty much embodies the spirit of Stompbox.…

What a win that Roto was able to connect with Eric Johnson before his gig at The Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore, NY on his east coast leg…