Phil Hilborne

Phil Hilborne
Born	20 January 1959 (age 67); Poole, Dorset, UK
Genres	Rock, heavy metal
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1977–present
Associated acts	Iron Maiden, Nicko McBrain, Queen
Website	philhilborne.co.uk

Phil Hilborne (born 20 January 1959) is an English guitarist and guitar teacher from Essex. He has performed in the Phil Hilborne band since 1986, played in Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain's touring clinic band since 1993, and performed in the Queen/Ben Elton musical 'We Will Rock You' at the Dominion Theatre in London's West End from 2003 to 2014. Phil was the Music Editor of Guitarist Magazine from 1985 to 1995, the co-founder, music, and CD editor of Guitar Techniques magazine from 1994 to 2003 where he remains a contributing editor as well as teaching thousands of pupils privately including Rowan Robertson.

Early life

Phil was born on 20 January 1959 in Poole, Dorset to Irene Joyce Hilborne and George Hilborne. He grew up in Essex with his parents and his sister, Elizabeth Ann Hilborne, and attended Saint Thomas More High School for boys. His mother was a professional pianist and would pay Phil pocket money to turn the pages of her sheet music. Phil learned to read music by following it on the sheet in order to know when to turn the page. Phil started playing guitar at the age of 13 and by the age of 16, he was playing for around 6 hours a day and learning songs from his vinyl record collection. Phil studied classical guitar with William Grandison, a Trinity College Guitar Professor and music theory with David Galbraith, a harpsichord player.

Guitarist magazine (1985-1995)

Gerrard Bart, who owned the rehearsal space Phil used, was also one of the first importers of Vigier guitars into the UK. Gerrard asked Phil to play demonstrations on his stands at various music shows. At one such show, Phil asked Guitarist magazine owner, Terry Day, if he'd like an article written on modern rock guitar techniques. Terry directed Phil to the magazine's editor, Geoff Twigg, and in a later phone call, Phil was invited to submit an article. It was well received and Phil was invited to write a monthly column on rock guitar. To achieve this, Phil formulated a modern standardized guitar tablature notation system which was widely adopted and has evolved into the notation systems used throughout the world today.

We will rock you (2002-2014)

Phil regularly performed in the house band of the musical 'We will rock you' based on the music of Queen for the longest-running musical ever to be staged at London's Dominion Theatre. He also played on dates in the 'We Will Rock You' UK Tour. Phil was one of the principal guitarists on the German 'We Will Rock You' tour.

Discography

Phil Hilborne Band: Are you serious? (1992)
Phil Hilborne Band: 'Bout time (1993)
Phil Hilborne Band: 15th-anniversary album (2001)
London Guitar Show website music (2007)

Other appearances

In Colour: Now or never (1987)
Angel Easy: Lightning strikes (1990)
John McEnroe, Pat Cash, Roger Daltrey, Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain: Rock and roll (1991)
Angel Easy: Angel Easy (1992)
Geoff Whitehorn: Big in Gravesend (1994)
Drome: Overload (1996)
Maria Kern: Tension and harmony (1996)
Jim Kirkwood: Hammer Of The North (1996)
Bassist Magazine CD (1997)
Brian Connoly's Sweet (1997)
Memphis Roots: Things change (1998)
Eric Roche: The Perc-U-Lator (1999)
Blaze Bayley: Silicon messiah [co-writer] (2000)
Greg Fitch: This is Greg Fitch (2000)
Mark Cherrie: Unplugged (2000)
Bath International Guitar Festival compilation (2000)
Eric Roche: Spin (2001)
Mark Cherrie: Full on metal (2001)
The definitive Brian Connoly's Sweet (2001)
Fret-King compilation (2001)
Bath International Guitar Festival compilation (2001)
Tony Muschamp & Frank Gambale: More bass please (2002)
Geoff Whitehorn: Geoff who? 2002 (2002)
Cornford: Amp odyssey (2002)
Bath International Guitar Festival compilation (2002)
Bath International Guitar Festival compilation (2003)
The Hamsters: Open all hours (2004)
Bath International Guitar Festival compilation (2004)
For Eric: A tribute to Eric Roche from his friends (2005)
Keeley Pedal demos (2006/2007)
London Guitar Show website music (2007)
Jeff Green: Jessica (2008)
Moonphaser demo (2008)
Jamie Humphries & Jason Campbell: J (2008)
Peter Johansson: Champions of rock (2009)
Jan Cyrka: Guitar heroes (2010)
Doogie White: As yet untitled (2011)
Jeff Green Project: Elder Creek (2014)
Quint Starkie: Ghost in my heart (2016)
Irene Ketikidi: Martial Arts & Magic Tricks (2019)

Bibliography

Solo: 50 Classic Guitar Solos (1990)
Solo: 50 Classic Guitar Solos 2nd and 3rd editions
Elton John Rock Score : Six Elton John classics for small groups (1992)
Creative Guitar 3: Recording Effects (2006)
The Techniques Series Unplugged: Sanctuary publishing (contributor)

References

External links

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