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Gallery: Riot Fest 2019

Chicago’s three-day, punk-rock carnival was host to Slayer, Jawbreaker, Raconteurs, Patti Smith, Rise Against, Bob Mould, Rancid, Bikini Kill, Lucero, the Struts, and more. Here are our favorite guitar-related moments from the 15th annual gathering.

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Ride’s Andy Bell

The shoegaze torchbearers only played eight songs, but their performance was filled with plenty of guitar theatrics and spacy moments aided by Andy Bell and his Gibson Trini Lopez.