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At
60, Aerosmith frontman and wild man
Steven Tyler is ready to spill his guts.
Tyler, known for heavy hits such as
"Walk This Way" and "Dream On," is
working on a memoir to be
published in 2009 by Ecco, an imprint of
HarperCollins. The book is not yet
titled.
"I have so many outrageous stories, too
many, and I'm gonna tell 'em all," Tyler
said in a statement Thursday. "All the
unexpurgated, brain-jangling tales of
debauchery, sex and drugs, transcendence
and chemical dependence you will ever
want to hear. And this is not just my
take, this is the unbridled truth, the
in-your-face, up-close and prodigious
tale of Steven Tyler straight from the
horse's lips."
8/7/08
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| Blazing guitars are part of the legacy of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, dating back to its earliest blues sound in 1974, which was shaped by Jimmie Vaughan. Here's a glance at some of the guitarists who have passed through the band. Ain't That Link Enough 8/7/08 |
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Woodstock” the DVD:
Four hours of peace and music, along with a promising stash
of extra features.
 Warner
plans Blu-ray and DVD editions of the hippie classic for
next summer, in honor of the mudfest’s 40th anniversary.
“Newly discovered” performances icome from the Who, Joe
Cocker, Canned Heat, Joan Baez and Country Joe and the Fish,
adding up to about an hour. About time. While “Monterey Pop”
thrived on DVD (Criterion), “Woodstock” has been stuck in
the video muck since 1969
8/7/08 |
The future for retro
rockers Wolfmother looks uncertain after a tense performance
at the Splendour In The
 Grass
festival in Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia on
Sunday 3 August. According to Australian site
Undercover.com.au, the relationship between frontman Andrew
Stockdale and his bandmates Chris Ross and Myles Heskett has
been volatile for some time now.Fans who witnessed Wolfmother's set on Sunday have described the band's performance as "tense and uncommunicative", while one insider commented: "That was it. That was their last show. It is all over for Wolfmother." 8/6/08 |
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Metallica's James
Hetfield: Robert Trujillo "has already contributed more"
than Jason Newsted. Bassist "great to bounce ideas off"
during Death Magnetic sessions. Robert Trujillo has been in the band for five years now, but forthcoming album Death Magnetic, released 
on 12 September, sees him featured on a Metallica studio LP
for the first time. What's more, frontman James Hetfield
claims Trujillo has "already contributed more" than
predecessor Jason Newsted did in 14 years and we already
know what he thinks of Dave Mustain.
8/6/08 |
Experience Hendrix is
the continuing concert phenomenon that brings together
contemporary guitar greats
 to
celebrate the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. It is also
the title of the first-ever DVD release that chronicles
blazing concert performances by top name artists in tribute
to Jimi Hendrix. "Experience Hendrix", released through
Image Entertainment this month, features highlights of two
star-studded concerts featuring such notables as Kenny Wayne
Shepherd, DOUBLE TROUBLE, LIVING COLOR, PEARL JAM's Mike
McCready, Indigenous, Robert Randolph, Mick Taylor, Kenny
Olson of Kid Rock's band, Hubert Sumlin, BAD COMPANY's Paul
Rodgers, Buddy Guy, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox
and others.Fourteen of the performances seen in "Experience Hendrix" were filmed at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Jimi Hendrix's hometown. Three bonus songs were filmed at San Diego's annual Street Scene. Pick it up wherever fine DVDs are sold. 8/6/08 |
Iggy and the Stooges
had their gear stolen yesterday (Aug. 4) outside the Embassy
Suites hotel in Montreal.  Among
the missing equipment is a red road case containing: a red
Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass; a black road case containing a
volcano black Reverend Flying V guitar; a black road case
containing a Reverend orange guitar; two black road cases
containing Marshall vintage amplifiers; several Marshall
4-by-12 cabinets. Pictures of the stolen gear can be seen on
bassist Mike Watt's
Web site. Anyone with any information about the incident
should contact Fischer at
nycentral13@gmail.com
8/5/08 |
Billed
as a "power trio" and "swaggering guitar rock,"
Pontiak make the kind of sounds that happen when you
channel your guitar chord through thick, sludgy molasses on
its way to the amplifier. The result is a
slow, methodical but determined sound that's deep and
booming. It's also a project of the brothers three: Van
(guitar, lead vocals), Lain (drums, vocals), and Jennings
Carney (bass, organ, vocals). They hail from Brooklyn by way
of Virginia. If you like Fu Manchu like I do. Give 'em a
listen.
8/5/08 |
IRON MAIDEN star ADRIAN
SMITH has become the latest rock victim of theft after his
brand new Jackson
 guitar
was stolen after the British group's Athens, Greece gig on
Saturday night (Aug 2nd 08).The guitarist is confident the instrument will be found quickly - because it's a one-of-a-kind, made specifically for him. Iron Maiden are offering a tour jacket and a handwritten thank you note from Smith for information that leads to the recovery of his guitar. Yea, that should get it back. 8/5/08 |
Polish up that resume.
Nashville-based Gibson Guitar is adding 200 employees to the
staff.  The
company said Tuesday it will immediately increase its
general labor and manufacturing employees base due the
overwhelming success and demand for Gibson USA manufactured
instruments.
8/5/08 |
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While teen idol Miley
Cyrus was grabbing all the attention on the U.S. pop chart
this week with her third No. 1 album in two years,
72-year-old blues guitarist Buddy Guy also had cause for
celebration. His new album, “Skin Deep,” opened at No. 68, his highest position to date on the Billboard 200. His previous best was the No. 136 peak for his first chart entry, 1991’s “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues.” Guy started recording in 1957, but his early career was stymied by under appreciative executives at his Chess Records label. He enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s, and “Damn Right” became the first of eight albums to reach the pop chart.  “Skin
Deep,” released on Silvertone Records, hit the chart, a day
after Tuesday’s DVD release of the Rolling Stones’ concert
movie “Shine a Light,” which features a guest turn by Guy on
the tune “Champagne and Reefer.”
8/4/08 |
Jimmy Page's Gibson
EDS-1275 double neck has been named the 'coolest guitar in
rock' in a new rundown
 on
Gigwise.comThe EDS-1275, pictured below, famously allowed Jimmy Page to perform Stairway To Heaven live without the need for a clumsy mid-song guitar change. Page also used the weighty instrument live for renditions of other Led Zeppelin classics such as The Rain Song, Gallows Pole and The Song Remains The Same. 8/4/08 |
Queen's guitarist Brian
May has written something that makes even less sense than
his group's songs: his
 astrophysics
doctoral thesis. Yes he is, in fact an astrophysics egghead.The guitarist just published something called "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," which won him a Ph.D. from Imperial College in London. According to Live Science, May's thesis examines the mysterious phenomenon of Zodiacal light, a cone of light that appears in the western sky after sunset and in the eastern sky before sunrise. This, from the force behind "Fat Bottomed Girls." But good for him! 8/4/08 |
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Blues for a Friday. In
honor of the Texas Flood Album turning 25 I offer Stevie Ray
and the title cut. DO NOT miss the end of this video as is
stage antics are no less that jaw dropping!
8/1/08 |
Sheryl Crow Jeans...did
you ever think that would be a clothing line you'd one day
utter? Well, if not - go
 ahead
and utter, because Sheryl Crow has launched her own Jeans
line!Sheryl Crow, who thinks we should all use one square of toilet paper to save the earth, has launched her own Jeans Line with Bootheel Trading Company. “I want to be able to provide a cool look for anybody, but particularly for those gals out there that have a fashion sense and want to feel good but can’t afford to buy the really high-end stuff.” 8/1/08 |
For Your Favorite
Camping Hippy: The Folding 'Air' Guitar. Oh and you'll have
to bring a amp into the
 woods
as well so that shoots the shit outta that theory.
VeganLink
8/1/08 |
This time, it's Kevin
Costner who's coming to Atlantic City for a musical
performance. Which begs the
 question:
Do we really need to see another actor living out his
rock-star fantasies? (Paging Bruce Willis. Paging Jim
Belushi. Paging Keanu Reeves.) Fact is, he was making music
decades before he became a box-office titan. A classically
trained pianist who caught the music bug attending church as
a youngster, Costner, whose latest flick, the political
comedy "Swing Vote," opens today, put music aside once he
decided to pursue an acting career.
8/1/08 |
Motley Crue backing
wannabe rockers. The band has announced a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for an
 unknown
band to become the opening act on their 2009 tour.The American metal act revealed details of the competition at a special press conference held outside Hollywood's famous Guitar Centre. Wannabes are being invited to submit their music at www.makerockhistory.com for the chance to play alongside the legendary rock act. Seriously is Mick Mars still alive or are the just propping up his rotting corpse? Check his photo in the new Guitar Player Mag. YIKES! 8/1/08 |
CANDLEMASS guitarist
Mats "Mappe" Björkman is selling the white "Candlemass
skull" Gibson Les Paul Junior
 guitar
that he used on the band's Grammis award-winning (Swedish
Grammy equivalent) comeback album in 2005. The axe, which
was also used at a number of live shows that year, comes
with a
Seymour Duncan Invader pickup plus the original one. The
buyer will also get a signed photo with Mappe and the
guitar. The guitar will be auctioned via eBay beginning on
July 31. 7/31/08 |
What a Nielsen
Kill-O-Watt Amp Will Let You Do A
Nielsen Kill-O-Watt Amp has tone for days. With it, you will
spread unrest, outrage and consternation in a solid swath
cutting across all artificial boundaries of class and taste.
Spacetime will be twisted so tightly that a Musical Event
Horizon will appear and at its periphery, the self-energy of
the Funk Field will abstract billions and billions of
groove-antigroove particle pairs from out of the roiling
quantum foam; the antigroove particles to disappear
immediately into the Black Hole, and the groove particles to
escape at near-relativistic speeds in all directions. Ok
just say he makes cool amps and guitars out of
old suitcases and assorted junk. 7/31/08 |
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12-Year-Old Guitar
Sensation JACK RIPPER does just that RIPS. Jack started
playing guitar at the age of 7. He always loved music. He
first was influenced by listening to Alice Cooper, who is
still his favorite singer and band. After taking lessons for
about a year and a half, Jack started making great progress.
Check out the video of him playing the National Anthem.
Amazing! 7/31/08 |
Resurrecting the Dead.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra channels Jerry Garcia and
company with the
 world
premiere of Dead Symphony No. 6. But even Garcia, a man who
mined old blues and country for his psychedelic wanderings,
might have had trouble seeing this coming. Tomorrow night at
the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, on what would have been
Garcia's 66th birthday, tie-dye meets tie and tails as the
BSO performs the world premiere of a work known as Dead
Symphony No. 6.
7/31/08 |
Ozzfest 2008 to Feature
All-Star Tribute to Dimebag Darrell. Hard rocking music fans
headed to this year’s
 Ozzfest
will experience a special one-time only all-star tribute to
fallen Pantera guitarist and Texas native “Dimebag” Darrell
Abbott as part of the Saturday, August 9, one-day stadium
spectacular at Dallas’ Pizza Hut Park. Artists already confirmed to honor “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott include Kerry King (Slayer), Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez (Alice in Chains), King Diamond, Scott Ian and Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Kirk Hammet (Metallica), Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed/Kingdom of Sorrow), Chad Gray (Mudvayne/Hellyeah) and Bob Zilla (Damageplan/Hellyeah). These musicians will stand together onstage, following Hellyeah’s mainstage performance, to pay their respects to their fallen friend with a set including many Pantera classics. 7/30/08 |
This one makes
yesterday's bass look cheap! The $250,000 bass guitar, the
Flora Aurum, was built by Jens
 Ritter,
a luthier from Germany. His line of custom-designed Ritter
Royals is being sold by Wynn & Co. Jewelry in the esplanade
at Wynn Las Vegas. Ritter makes about 60 handcrafted guitars
each year. His clients include Phil Lesh of the Grateful
Dead.
DerLinkenclicker 7/30/08 |
Bill Wyman Vox Teardrop
VBW-2000 - iconic 1960s bass guitar reissued in extremely
limited numbers. After 40 years, the bass created
specifically for Bill Wyman by Vox has been reissued in very
limited numbers. The
Vox Teardrop VBW-2000 has been recreated in almost every
detail, with the same styling and the same unique parts.
That means a semi acoustic body, a craved maple top with
three-colour sunburst and a back and sides made from a
natural finished mahogany.There's also a short 30.5-inch length, a very slim neck, a custom bridge with chrome cover, chrome knobs and scratch plate and to fit that custom spec, a fitted hard case. Only six will be available in the UK (and not many more elsewhere), with a price of £1,599 or whatever that is in real money. 7/29/08 |
If Scott Weiland's
split with rock supergroup Velvet Revolver this year was a
disappointment to some, it
 was
great news for Stone Temple Pilots fans. After seeing
Revolver last year I have to say that Saturday nights
concert did not disappoint even without Slash. Really great
sound and Dean DeLeo's Les Paul collection was a wonder to
behold. photo
Charley Gallay/Getty Images
7/28/08 |
A guitar made of
thousands of pieces of Guelph, Canada made its debut at the
Hillside Festival
 yesterday.
"The instrument is made entirely of pieces of the university
and city's history," creator Doug Larson said. "It's
extremely local."
7/28/08 |
The Tone God TubeUlent Amp/Preamp.
Imagine an amp that's closer to pedal-size than a full-size
amp,
 but
is actually a genuine tube amp with tones ranging from meaty
growls to sparkling clarity. Designed to be controlled like
a preamp, it would allow you to plug into anything. Now
throw in a head-turning, rugged design with LEDs and visible
tubes -- you've got a portable tone monster that every
guitarist in the room will be asking you about during the
break.
Tone Review
7/28/08 |
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