Greg Prato
Contributing writer at Classic Rock magazine since 2004. He has written for other outlets over the years, and has interviewed some of his favourite rock artists: Black Sabbath, Rush, Kiss, The Police, Devo, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Soundgarden, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon, Primus, King’s X… heck, even William Shatner! He is also the author of quite a few books, including Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, A Devil on One Shoulder And An Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon And Blind Melon, and MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, among others.
Latest articles by Greg Prato

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Accept Axeman Wolf Hoffman picks five guitarists who make his heart sing

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Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen – as one of the greatest rock photographers of recent decades, Danny Clinch has shot them all. Here he remembers the stories behind 6 of his great shot

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Current Sixx AM and former Guns N' Roses guitarist DJ Ashba picks five of the very best albums from five influential axemen

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Former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth selects the records that inspired him

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10 albums that helped shape the long career of Scorpions’ best-known drummer, Herman 'Ze German' Rarebell

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King’s X guitarist and songwriter Ty Tabor chooses a quintet of stellar axeworks

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Former Kiss shredder Bruce Kulick selects some superb six-string essentials

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By 1991, grunge had outgrown the dives of Seattle, and Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains and more were about to release albums that would change the face of rock forever

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Firings by fax, Courtney Love and Japanese Porn - the convoluted, crazed story of Faith No More
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