“We were on at 10 a.m. We start playing, and nobody’s there yet. But by the time we got to the second or third song, there were thousands of people”: Disturbed’s Dan Donegan on Ozzfest, the versatility of his ginormo-rig, and his migration to Schecter … from Guitarworld joel.mciver@futurenet.com (Joel McIver)

Disturbed’s riff-master talks songwriting, longevity, how Soundgarden and Alice in Chains informed his guitar playing, and how the band gradually made millions down with The…

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“The call was, ‘Michael’s interested. Can you come down, rehearse with the band, and take a year off?’ I said, ‘Take me anywhere for any length of time’”: Jennifer Batten on how she landed the gig of a lifetime with the world’s biggest superstar … from Guitarworld janelle.borg@futurenet.com (Janelle Borg)

Batten was Michael Jackson’s go-to touring guitarist for a decade – standing side by side with the King of Pop on the Bad, Dangerous, and…

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