Drummer Stephen Perkins sits down with Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to talk about his contributions to Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros and other bands. Perkins also shares the musical philosophy that has made him one of rock's most inventive drummers and reveals how his approach to drumming evolved to synthesize rock, alternate rock, jazz, African, Latin, swing, Indian and other styles.

Gibson Director of Brand Experience Mark Agnesi talks with Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto about enthusiastically looking through the Musician’s Friend catalog when he was ten years old, his experiences working with vintage instruments at Norman’s Rare Guitars and how Gibson Custom Shop replicas are getting more and more like vintage originals.

Good Kid guitarists Jacob Tsafatinos and David Wood talk to Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto about how they forged ahead when the band had thousands of listeners, but no booking agent would touch them. Now an indie-rock success story, the Canadian band reveals how it grew its massive audience by mostly ignoring old-school media, relying instead on finding listeners through gaming culture, Spotify playlists, Twitch, TikTok, YouTube, anime fans, Reddit threads and social-media shares.

Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman joins Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to share the story behind how the music festival grew from a risky idea into a cultural phenomenon that helped launch acts such as No Doubt, Sublime, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Katy Perry, Simple Plan and Sum 41.

As Season 2 of Inside the Noise comes to a close, Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto joins Max Lauer-Bader to reflect on the remarkable guests, memorable stories and recurring themes that emerged throughout the season. From musicians and entrepreneurs to innovators, builders and industry legends, the conversations revealed how creativity, curiosity and conviction can shape careers both inside and outside of music.

Phil McKnight—the creator and host of the popular Know Your Gear podcast—expresses to Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto on how he found success on YouTube, why humor is important when reviewing guitars and other gear, and how to buy smarter.

Billionaire investor—and guitarist for Ghost Hounds—Thomas Tull talks to Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto about entrepreneurship, creative leadership, making blockbuster films and being a gamer and comic-book fanboy. (The Guitar Hero video game was one of the inspirations for making It Might Get Loud with Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.) As founder of Legendary Entertainment, Tull started out making films he wanted to see, while simultaneously developing ways to use data analytics to impr...

Genre-bending bluegrass, country, blues and Americana artist—and shredding soloist—Trey Hensley shares his musical journey with Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto in this episode of Inside the Noise. Raised in East Tennessee and immersed in country music from an early age, Hensley has blended virtuosic flatpicking, savvy improvisation and hook-propelled songwriting to capture honors such as a Grammy Award, two International Bluegrass Music Association “Guitar Player of the Year” prizes, a signat...

Yvette Young of Covet joins Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to discuss guitar technique, tapping, alternate tunings, songwriting, tone, and the evolution of math rock guitar. Young’s expansive and innovative creativity prompted Rolling Stone magazine to rank her as #155 in its 2023 article, “The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

Ernie Ball CEO Brian Ball sits down with Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to trace the family legacy behind one of guitar’s most influential companies—from Ernie Ball’s first rock ’n’ roll string sets to Music Man, the StingRay bass, artist partnerships and the future of guitar innovation. Then, guitarist Tosin Abasi joins the conversation to discuss his collaboration with Music Man, extended-range guitar design, multi-scale playability, ergonomics and what gives these instruments that s...