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Time for Some New Blood!

ll of your recent cover artists have been classic rock, other than John Petrucci, who is 30-plus years into his career. I love the old guard, but how about some young blood? The guitar scene is going to need to support the young musicians going forward to sustain itself. Devin Townsend, John Baizley, Ben Savage, Mark Lettieri, the Periphery guys, Alexi Laho, Mark Morton and Olavi Mikkonen all have new stuff out. Let’s put them on the cover and not let guitar rock die with the old

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