Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith
Tim Wright and Ikue Mori

Mayhem’s “Deathcrush” works for guitar and bass.

He’s getting tired of always waiting on the Samhain of his soul. He wants to bring somebody’s world down in fire already.

Steve Morris needed all those toms to play “Atrocity Exhibition.” Sky’s the limit.

If I drummed, it would be one up, one down, both huge.

He’s thinking of Ian Astbury being chosen for the Doors reunion. Now he’s punching a wall.

Swans, “Gang.” It gives the illusion that they’re still out there, clanking and growling.

Ted Falconi is my favorite guitar player. He slashes upward with his right arm and strangles the fretboard with his left. He sounds like a man playing his own mangled brainwaves to punish or delight the world. Flipper with David Yow was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. It didn’t matter that the...

I wasn’t playing much guitar for a few years, but I was using my iphone voice memos to record anything cool I heard walking around. Construction, sawing, machines, motors, birds, frogs, wind, water. Moog makes a phone app called “Filtatron,” which adds varispeed, looping and sound manipulation to fi...