Never mind Black Friday – here's our pick of the greatest guitar sales happening right now
From Sweetwater to Guitar Center, Positive Grid, Musician’s Friend, Amazon, Fender and more – this is where you’ll find an epic early Black Friday deal
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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Announces Tour Celebrating 35th Anniversary Of 'Operation: Mindcrime'
Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the band’s classic “Operation: Mindcrime” album on tour in 2023. The European leg of the trek will include a nine-show run of dates in June.
Speaking about the tour, Tate said: “It’s strange to think about, but this is my pe…
6 ways to use an EBow on electric guitar
If you’ve never thought about getting an EBow, this lesson on legato with the infinite-sustain device might just change your mind
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SKID ROW To Perform At 100th-Anniversary Celebration Of Swedish Ice Hockey In Stockholm
On November 17, SKID ROW will perform at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden as part of a special event celebrating 100 years of Swedish ice hockey. During the “Tidernas Hockeygala” event, Swedish ice hockey’s great successes will be celebrated, classic moments will be revisited and the greatest heroe…
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Garry Roberts, founding guitarist of The Boomtown Rats, dies aged 72
Roberts was instrumental in establishing The Boomtown Rats’ name, after threatening to quit if they didn’t change their original moniker
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“Captain” Kirk Douglas: From “Wheels on the Bus” to the Tonight Show
Roots guitarist “Captain” Kirk Douglas talks about his background as a pre-school teacher, the role of the guitar in hip-hop, and gives the definitive take on his Prince story.Click here to subscribeWong Notes is presented by DistroKid.Use this link for 30% off your first year.A Day in the Life on The Tonight ShowGenerally speaking, we’ll get there at 2:00 PM and that has us around for whatever random things may come up. We also do testing to maintain a level of everybody knowing where everybody’s at with Covid and so forth. And then we will go out about 4:45 to do a warmup for the audience, and we’ll do a song for the audience. Or there’s a guy that comes out and warms up the crowds, Seth Herzog. The show begins at 5:00 and we’re usually out of there by 6:15. I’m no spring chicken, I have kids, I have two teenagers, I’m married, and my time prior to the show is generally geared towards health and wellness and doing a good performance.So, I’ll wake up and try to get my daughter out of bed so she can get ready for school. And then I’ll exercise because I am becoming a vintage instrument and our bodies are our instruments, so I try to take care of myself to that end. I live right next to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, so that gives me little excuse as far as exercising. But yeah, a doctor friend told me that aging is a contact sport and like any sport you have to train for it.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Magisterial Romance – Constellatia
Post-metal’s broad terms of definition leave generous room for artistic liberty. A two-hour record of abstract metaphysical ramblings set to the grimiest pile of sludge the human ear can comprehend?…
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HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: The Afterman: Ascension – Coheed And Cambria
Mention COHEED AND CAMBRIA to the everyday person on the street and you’ll likely be met with a blank stare. Others may recognise them from Guitar Hero with colossal LED…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Morgana – Warkings
If you’re going to give your band a gimmick, then you have to go all out unless it’s clear you’re making a mockery of something or someone; half-arsing an attempt…
Read more »Frakard release new song ‘Slate’
FRAKARD have released a new song! Titled Slate, the latest single from the Cardiff-based alt rock trio was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Romesh Dodangoda (BRING ME THE HORIZON, MOTÖRHEAD, KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES, NOVA TWINS)….
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