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Pearl Jam's Mike McCready talks Layne Staley and Mad Season's Above reissue (5/20/2013) Read more about Pearl Jam's Mike McCready talks Layne Staley and Mad Season's Above reissue at MusicRadar.com "It was a brief lightning bolt of music that lasted six months, tops, and then it was gone," says Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready of ... |
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Former Nine Inch Nails Guitarist Robin Finck Rejoins Band (5/20/2013) Trent Reznor has announced that former Inch Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck is back in the band. "I am proud to announce that the tour lineup now includes the incredible Robin Finck," wrote Reznor on the band's Facebook page. "The addition of R... |
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Free music software round-up: Week 125 (5/20/2013) Read more about Free music software round-up: Week 125 at MusicRadar.com We are, in general, starting to see more cross-platform free music software, but we're exclusively in Windows territory this week. Mac owners, then, can look away now (or l... |
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Memorial for Slayer's Jeff Hanneman Set for May 23 at Hollywood Palladium (5/16/2013) A public memorial event for Slayer's Jeff Hanneman has been set for Thursday, May 23, at the Hollywood Palladium, which has a capacity of about 4,000. Fans are invited to the event, which is free, on a “first-come, first-in” basis, according the... |
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Win front row tickets to Rush UK tour AND a Squire Geddy Lee bass (5/15/2013) Read more about Win front row tickets to Rush UK tour AND a Squire Geddy Lee bass at MusicRadar.com Rush are heading to Blighty as the European leg of the Clockwork Angels tour touches down in the UK next week, and we're celebrating with the ult... |
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Cool and classic basses: DeArmond Starfire Bass (5/15/2013) Read more about Cool and classic basses: DeArmond Starfire Bass at MusicRadar.com The full designation for this bass is 'DeArmond by Guild' and represents a budget priced reintroduction of the Guild Starfire Bass following the Fender buyout of t... |
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Win a Boss TU-3 chromatic tuner signed by Lags from Gallows (5/13/2013) Read more about Win a Boss TU-3 chromatic tuner signed by Lags from Gallows at MusicRadar.com Roland recently got to hang out with Lags, guitarist and main songwriter with Gallows. Apart from filming a series of great videos, they also got Lags ... |
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Review: Re-Axe's Axe-Handler Guitar Stands (5/13/2013) The Axe-Handler by Re-Axe. Yes that’s a healthy display of the hyphen. And no, we're not talking about the kind of axe George Washington used to cut down a cherry tree. What we are talking about is an American-made, mega-portable guitar stand t... |
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Interview: Guitarist Gina Stile Talks JSRG, Vixen, Thunderbox and Her Twisted Sister Connection (5/10/2013) Gina Stile has been involved in several successful projects over the years, including the '80s bands Poison Dollys and Envy. She's opened for Aerosmith on a string of dates, and one of her albums was produced by Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. He... |
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The Weekend Woodshed (5/10/2013) Read more about The Weekend Woodshed at MusicRadar.com GEAR NEWSDrums slipping and sliding all over the place is a reoccurring gig nightmare for many of us, so much so that all manner of drum rugs and mats are available to prevent such issues. M... |
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Five Awesome Robert Johnson Covers (Besides "Crossroads") (5/9/2013) Robert Johnson, the man who Eric Clapton called "the most important blues musician who ever lived," was born 102 years ago this week on May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Although he lived only 27 years, his haunting singing, guitar skill... |
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Cool and classic basses: Ovation Magnum I/II (5/8/2013) Read more about Cool and classic basses: Ovation Magnum I/II at MusicRadar.com Ovation’s first bass guitar was the Typhoon, a thinline semi construction similar to a Hofner Verithin released around 1968/9, but it created little interest. Determi... |
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Rolling Stones: Keith Richards on the Making of 'Exile on Main St.' (5/7/2013) Critics snubbed it upon its release in 1972, but Exile on Main St. has become one of rock’s greatest landmarks. Keith Richards recalls the making of the Rolling Stones' masterpiece and how the album’s new reissue project became a walk down memo... |
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Guthrie Govan talks Steven Wilson, Aristrocrats, gear and guitar hero status (5/6/2013) Read more about Guthrie Govan talks Steven Wilson, Aristrocrats, gear and guitar hero status at MusicRadar.com At the various guitar clinics he conducts, Guthrie Govan has a series of questions he likes to pose to attendees. "I find that knowing... |
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Slayer: Grave New World (5/6/2013) Originally published in Guitar World, November 2009; photos by Travis Shinn Slayer continue their quest for global domination with World Painted Blood, their annihilating new album. Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King talk about working hard, playing... |
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Interview: Jason Newsted Talks New EP, 'Metal,' and Reconnecting with Metallica (5/3/2013) Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted walked away from one of the world's biggest bands to explore his own music. In the process, he worked with the progressive metal veterans Voivod and played with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and many others. N... |
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Deftones, John 5, Lemmy Kilmister, Slipknot Among Winners at Fifth Annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards (5/3/2013) The biggest names in hard-rock and heavy-metal rocked Los Angeles last night, May 2, at the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show. As always, the event featured the sort of groundbreaking performances and once-in-a-lifetime collaboration... |
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Audio Interview: Catching Up with White Wizzard's Jake Dreyer, Will Wallner and Jon Leon (5/2/2013) Los Angeles-based classic metal outfit White Wizzard formed in 2007. After enduring several lineup changes, the band finally seems to have settled on solid ground. Their early albums — High Speed GTO and Over The Top — treated fans to some soli... |
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Song and Video Premiere: New Day Dawn — "Whatever It Takes" (5/2/2013) Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the premiere of "Whatever It Takes," a new song by New Day Dawn. The song is from the band's new EP, Rise Above This. The music video for “Whatever It Takes,” which you can check out below, features footage of the... |
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Review: Randall Amplifiers RG13 Three-Channel, 1-Watt Amp (5/2/2013) The dreadful “must use provided backline” or “just use the mysterious amp at the drummer’s house” are circumstances where we hope for the best, yet fear the worst. I mean, drummers somehow acquire freakishly weird amps; like, who ever heard of ... |
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The 100 Greatest Metallica Songs of All Time (5/2/2013) Metallica are undeniably the most influential rock band of the past 30 years. That fact can be perceived simply by looking at the numbers. They are on the exclusive list of music artists who have sold more than 100 million records, and each of ... |
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Small's: Reverend Guitars' Favorite Detroit Bar (5/1/2013) Running a guitar company sounds like a whole lotta fun, doesn’t it? I mean, you get to be around guitars all day! What could be cooler than that?! Granted, there are a number of things that go into keeping your guitar company going that have ne... |
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How to Buy a Fuzz Box: A Guide for the First-Time Buyer (5/1/2013) Is there anything more luscious than a Big Muff? Who can resist those hairy, in-your-face mouthfuls of fuzz? It’s the box guitarists dream about plugging into all day and night. No wonder Electro-Harmonix named the Big Muff Pi distortion pedal ... |
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Cool and classic basses: Burns Marquee 5-String bass (4/30/2013) Read more about Cool and classic basses: Burns Marquee 5-String bass at MusicRadar.com This is a second one-off from Burns built in 2001 and it's another very distinctive 5-String bass, loosely modelled on the Burns Jazz Bass design from 1964 th... |
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Art & Soul: Adam Jones Discusses Tool's Limited-Edition 'Opiate' EP Reissue (4/29/2013) This is an excerpt from the June 2013 issue of Guitar World magazine. For the rest of this story, and more, check out the issue at the Guitar World Online Store. For Tool, music and imagery are inextricably united—which is why the group is reiss... |
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Bent Out of Shape: Blue Murder Remastered and Reloaded (4/29/2013) This week, I wanted to take a break from my lesson-style blog posts and take a moment to review a special release, or rather, re-release, I just received in the mail. Imported from England via Rock Candy records, is the newly remastered debut a... |
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Win A Jackson USA Select Soloist Electric Guitar (4/26/2013) Jackson wants to get to know its customers. They want you to tell them which social networks you frequent, if you enjoy extreme sports, and how good of a guitarist you are. You’ll find these questions and more in their 2013 survey, which helps t... |
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Joe Boyd talks recording Nick Drake and tribute album Way To Blue (4/26/2013) Read more about Joe Boyd talks recording Nick Drake and tribute album Way To Blue at MusicRadar.com All Nick Drake needed was time. Before his tragic death aged 26, the preternaturally gifted singer-songwriter had yet to find his audience, his t... |
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Joe Satriani Announces 13-Date US Tour (4/26/2013) Joe Satriani — whose new album, Unstoppable Momentum, will be released May 7 by Epic — has announced a US tour. It is set to launch August 29 in San Diego before hitting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Denver, Texas, New York, Bost... |
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Interview: Destruction Frontman Schmier Talks New Album and Influences (4/25/2013) German thrash veterans Destruction celebrated their 30th anniversary last year with some special shows played around the world and the European release of their latest album, Spiritual Genocide, in November. The album saw its North American rel... |
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Atomic Punks: Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick Reminisce About Megadeth’s History and Talk 'Super Collider' (4/25/2013) This is an excerpt from the June 2013 issue of Guitar World magazine. For the rest of this story, and more, check out the issue at the Guitar World Online Store. If you count yourself among those music fans that never thought a band as volatile ... |
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Interview: Dust's Richie Wise, Kenny Aaronson and Marky Ramone Discuss New Reissue of 'Hard Attack/Dust' (4/24/2013) Individually, members of '70s American power trio Dust have produced some of the biggest acts in the world, played with some of the biggest names in rock and even gone on to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Collectively, Richie Wise, Kenny... |
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Steve Morse talks Deep Purple's new album, Now What?!, track-by-track (4/24/2013) Read more about Steve Morse talks Deep Purple's new album, Now What?!, track-by-track at MusicRadar.com |
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IN PRAISE OF: EVH Wolfgang (4/24/2013) Read more about IN PRAISE OF: EVH Wolfgang at MusicRadar.com MANY of the elements that make the current EVH Wolfgang guitar range so brilliant can be traced back to a mongrel that Eddie Van Halen assembled from a pile of parts back in the late 7... |
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Phish Scales: Trey Anastasio Breaks Down His Improvisation Techniques (4/23/2013) In this classic interview, Andy Aledort talks to Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio about the magic behind his improv techniques "Musical inspiration can come from just about anywhere," says Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. "For me, so much inspirati... |
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Newsted to Headline at Revolver Golden Gods Pre-Party (4/22/2013) Be sure to Catch Newsted, Hysteria and Christian Martucci at the official Revolver Golden Gods Pre-Party on Wednesday, May 1. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., and Newsted will take the stage at 10 p.m. Check out the complete schedule below! Newsted, le... |
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Jason Newsted talks Metallica, fave drummers and recording new band EP, Metal (4/22/2013) Read more about Jason Newsted talks Metallica, fave drummers and recording new band EP, Metal at MusicRadar.com After he left Metallica by his own volition in 2001, bassist Jason Newsted threw himself into a variety of musical projects – Echobra... |
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Video Premiere: "Elevate" by The Winery Dogs — Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy (4/22/2013) The Winery Dogs — a new band featuring guitarist Richie Kotzen, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Mike Portnoy — have released a new music video for the guitar- and bass-heavy "Elevate," a track off the band's upcoming debut album, The Winery Do... |
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Top 10 Best (and Worst) Comeback Albums of All Time (4/22/2013) "Don't call it a comeback / I've been here for years." So said LL Cool J in the title track from 1990's Mama Said Knock You Out, which came out when many fans and critics thought his career was just barely limping along. The album turned out to... |
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Interview: Designer Storm Thorgerson Reflects on Pink Floyd and 30 Years of Landmark Album Art (4/19/2013) Visionary designer Storm Thorgerson looks back at 30 years of landmark album art. “Guitar World?” What kind of magazine is that?” The questioner is Storm Thorgerson. He doesn’t play guitar. In fact, he claims he doesn’t even know “one end of the... |
