Spinal Tap Reunite to Sue Record Label for $400 Million
PHOTO: Getty Images Spinal Tap have reunited several times onstage and in the studio since they were the subject of director Rob Reiner’s 1984 metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap…
Read more » Angus Young Plays Airport Prank on Guns N’ Roses in Australia
PHOTO: Mike Coppola | Getty Images Guns N’ Roses headed to Australia earlier this week, setting off speculation that AC/DC main man Angus Young might join the band on stage…
Read more » Off-the-Cuff Advice from 13 Music-Biz Pros
I’ve seen plenty of interviews and rig rundowns. Most of them tend to overlap in terms of information—no matter who the artist is. I don’t care if I’m interviewing a…
Read more » Hear Chickenfoot’s First New Track in Five Years, “Divine Termination”
PHOTO: Frazer Harrison | Getty Images Chickenfoot have released their first new track in five years. Titled “Divine Termination,” it will be included on the group’s first-ever best-of collection, Bes..
Read more » The Secret Note That Makes the Minor Pentatonic Scale Better
If you’re looking for a way to make your minor pentatonic licks, riffs and solos more interesting, it might be as simple as adding one “secret” note. So says guitar…
Read more » 12-Year-Old Shredder Li-sa-X Releases Video for Title Track from Debut EP
Teen shred phenom Li-sa-X has released a preview of the title track from her debut EP, Serendipity , and it’s streaming below. The track, written by Li-sa-X, was released today,…
Read more » What If Metallica’s ‘Kill ’Em All’ Album Were in Major Keys?
When it was released in 1983, Metallica’s debut album, Kill ’Em All , set the pace for thrash metal, with its minor-key riffage, precise playing and fusion of punk with…
Read more » Riffs in the Key of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
As we wrote a few years ago, you could be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe—or if you’re surprised to hear that, to many people, she’s considered…
Read more » Toto’s “Africa” Goes Bluegrass—and Steve Lukather Approves
Los Angeles-based CMH Records will release a new album, Pickin’ on the Biggest Hits of the 1980s: Volume 2 , on February 24. The album, which represents the second time…
Read more » Guitar Cheats: Never Play Barre Chords Again
If you want to be a well-rounded guitarist, you need to learn and be able to perform barre chords. But if you’re a new player who finds them difficult, or…
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