In this extract from Greg Prato's new book Avatar Of The Electric Guitar: The Genius Of Jimi Hendrix, we learn how Kirk Hammett's fixation with Purple Haze lead to a relationship with music that eventually gave us Metallica

We've teamed up with Avatar in our new issue to offer exclusive goodies from the band

Avatar park the theatrics and for a circus of horrors on eighth album Hunter Gatherer

Avatar share video for their brand new track Colossus - the latest material taken from the their upcoming studio album Hunter Gatherer

Usher, once a dominant pop star, has now become a human avatar of late-'90s and early-'00s nostalgia. This has been a good look for him. This fall, Usher, playing himself, made a cameo during one of the most electric moments of the great crime flick Hustlers. He also duetted with exploding young R&B shit-talker Summer…