Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA Performing ‘Seek & Destroy’ In East Rutherford During ‘M72’ Tour
METALLICA kicked off the North American leg of its “M72” world tour on August 4 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The band’s 16-song set kicked off with “Creeping Death” and included three cuts from METALLICA’s latest album, “72 Seasons”: the title track, “If Darkness Had A Son” and…
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FOGHAT Announces First Studio Album In Seven Years
Legendary multi-platinum rockers FOGHAT will release their long-awaited 17th studio album — their first in seven years — later this year on the band’s label, Foghat Records, which is distributed by Select-O-Hits (part of the Sun Records family). The LP’s first single, “Drivin’ On” — co-written by th…
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Everything you need to know about tube amp attenuation
Do you like your amp to punch its full weight, but it’s just too loud? This could be the answer
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WISHBONE ASH Announces New Live Album, ‘Live Dates Live’
Almost fifty years ago to the month, British rock legends WISHBONE ASH brought out “Live Dates”, their most commercially successful album. A milestone not only for the band, but also in the history of rock music. “At the time, we had been on tour non-stop for three years, had released ‘Argus’ – fro…
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The Prince and Cyndi Lauper session stalwart talks first guitars, practice, and the importance of staying true to yourself
Read more » Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page are some of guitar’s greatest trailblazers – learn their styles and level up your playing with this rock guitar deep-dive
The styles of Slash, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and a suite of other rock gods are placed under the microscope for this comprehensive lesson – tabs and audio included
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STATUS QUO Launches ‘Official Archive Series’ With ‘Vol. 1 – Live In Amsterdam’
The iconic STATUS QUO has released the first volume of the new “Official Archive Series” brought to you by earMUSIC. “Vol. 1 – Live In Amsterdam” is available from today, August 11 on strictly limited and numbered CD and vinyl editions, as well as on digital formats. As with each forthcoming release…
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THE DEAD DAISIES Cover WHITESNAKE’s ‘Slide It In’ During Rehearsal (Video)
During rehearsals for the upcoming THE DEAD DAISIES tour in New York, drummer Brian Tichy, bassist Michael Devin and guitarist Doug Aldrich — all of whom are former members of WHITESNAKE — jammed on WHITESNAKE’s “Slide It In” and it rocked. It brought back memories of their time together in WHITESNA…
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DAUGHTRY Releases New Single ‘Artificial’
Grammy-nominated band DAUGHTRY has released a new single, “Artificial”. The song’s arrival comes just days after it was announced that DAUGHTRY had signed to Big Machine Records, the label that gave Taylor Swift her start in the music business.
“Chris Daughtry is one of the best voices in rock music…
Empress Heavy Menace Demo | PG Plays
YouTube riff lord Zach Wish tests out all the angry moods of what could be the company’s most-valuable distortion pedal in their entire lineup.Empress Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal
The Heavy Menace is the most versatile distortion pedal Empress Effects has ever created. It’s an evolution of the original Heavy with new features and a compact enclosure. It features three distortion modes, advanced EQ with a sweepable midrange frequency and Weight control, and an adaptive gate with a key input for external triggering. The pedal features an all-analog signal path and can operate in true bypass or buffered bypass modes.
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