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We promise eclectic rants, uninformed reviews and all around foolishness revolving around that awe inspiring instrument, the guitar. We won't fill your screen with meaningless schematics of obscure amplifiers or trite reviews of "the latest gear", you can get that everywhere else. What we do promise is tongue in cheek humor, cool shit that you'll love to get your paws on, as well as artist and gear reviews, industry drool and our own thoughts on any and everything guitar. Enjoy.

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Tabs from The Eagles, Van Halen available!
Alfred Publishing has partnered with Guitar World to offer its catalog on the Guitar World Tabs Web site.
Alfred Publishing controls guitar tabs songs performed by The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Green Day, and Santana.
Users can access user-generated tabs and some of the Guitar World premium tabs for free, embedded in a media player, which is ad supported. For a portion of the premium Guitar World tabs, users will have to pay $.59 to $1.49 to view tabs on a Flash player for 30 days. The tabs cannot be copied, printed or downloaded. Hotel Linkafornia 5/8/08

Zig-Zag Live, the traveling concert series that has brought the likes of Art Brut, the Constantines, Irving,

Aberdeen City, the Black Lips, Beirut, Boris, Serena Maneesh, Hank III, the Twilight Singers, Isis, Antibalas, Lucero, Dr. Dog and El-P to stages across the US, is now giving fans a chance to win a Gibson Epiphone Les Paul Special II. Enter the Zig-Zag Live Guitar Sweepstakes by May 15 for your chance to win this prized guitar. Full rules and regulations can be found at the official Zig-Zag Live website. The victor will be announced May 25. One Toke Over The Link 5/7/08

Ancient Guitar Images!
For all you guitar history buffs we included some of the first known guitar photos. The guitars are dated from the 16th Century up to the late 18th Century. Stratolinkius 5/7/08

The most obvious aspect of the famous Van Halen sound was Eddie Van Halen’s wacky striped guitar, but to create the awesome tones we know and love, he had to plug it in. Check out his new amp from Peavey, the 5150. Linkin' with the Devil 5/6/08

'It Might Get Loud' is a new rock guitar documentary featuring Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge. Davis Guggenheim (director-producer of "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Deadwood,") to unveil film at Cannes Festival. Varietylink 5/6/08

Randall Amplifiers co-sponsors New England Metal and Hardcore Fest.
Randall Amplifiers will be co-sponsoring the tenth annual New England Metal and Hardcore Fest April 25-27, 2008 in Worcester, MA. The NEMHF is the largest and most successful metal festival in the United States. Headliners include Megadeth, Dimmu Borgir, Overkill, Shadows Fall, Meshuggah and Ministry. Metal Link 5/5/08

Here's you blues for a Friday with Monte Montgomery: Little Wing acoustic instrumental. Cool 5/2/08

More on tone for a Friday, Get That Tone: Are You Experienced era Jimi Hendrix Third Link From The Son 5/2/08

In keeping with our tone topic from yesterday here is a great article from Gibson on tubes and maintaining your juicy tube tone. Listen up kids there will be a test. Tube Snake Linky 5/2/08

The Tone Checklist: Eight Steps to Great Tone. Does your tone suck? Do children run away when you practice. It might not be your tune but your tone. Learn more about great tone at Premier's Hall of Tone 5/1/08

UPDATE: Concert promoters are offering a $10,000 reward and four lifetime passes to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for the safe return of a giant inflatable pig that's gone missing.
The spray-painted pig balloon was released during Roger Waters' performance Sunday at the festival. The school-bus-size prop emerged during "Pigs," a song from Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals.
"A pig got loose last night," said Bill Fold, one of the festival's producers, on Monday. "We really like him and want him back.... It's a very emotional time for us." Opps. What a name Bill Fold! 4/29/08

A Los Angeles porn company is planning to release a film supposedly showing guitar legend Jimi Hendrix having

sex with two women, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday.
According to Vivid Entertainment, the film, which has no audio, allegedly shows Hendrix having sex with two women in a dimly-lit bedroom, the Times reports. 4/29/08

FALL OUT BOY's cover of MICHAEL JACKSON's BEAT IT features a guitar solo from JOHN MAYER.

The punk pop group was forced to release the track as a single when a live version of their rendition became an unexpected hit on downloading website iTunes.com. Link It 4/28/08

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Prince, Amaze Coachella Fest Fans. Waters wowed the crowd playing “Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety during his set.

Anyone who’s attended one of the rousing Dark Side of the Moon concerts staged by former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters knows that he always brings back that Pig!. Ever since the 1977 album Animals, Floyd made a habit of releasing giant inflatable pigs into the air during live performances but this one had vote Obama on the bottom. Prince stole the show at the Coachella Festival in California on Saturday night, turning the event into one big party as he thrilled fans with two encores including a weird cover of "Creep" All in all we all had a great time but at 100 bucks a day my ass hurts. Linkle Red Corvette. 4/28/08

Van Halen helped raise more than $1.5 million for the Tiger Woods Foundation with the band's performance at the Tiger Jam XI fundraiser this past Saturday (April 19) at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas. Alinkx Van Halen 4/25/08

Same old blues for a Friday featuring Clapton and Mark Knopfler. 4/25/08

Police were searching Thursday for two men suspected of assaulting a disabled 49-year-old man by beating the guy with his own guitar. Hey guys your doing it wrong. Bloody Linkage 4/25/08

"Without music, life would be a mistake." -Friedrich Nietzsche

Industrial Light & Music: Inside LightWave Systems and the Optical Pickup. This is a new way to get the

sounds from the guitar or bass. Read all about it at the new Premiere Guitar Magazine and then head over to the LightWave website to take a closer look. 4/24/08

Buddy Blaze Fine Stringed Instruments of Kailua Kona, Hawaii will officially launch the company's latest

guitar design, the Fubar Guitar. Serious relic here kids, looks like somebody shot the fucker with a rifle and then lit it on fire. Ahhh Kona one of my favorite places on the planet. Alohalink 4/24/08

The third annual Green Apple Festival, produced in partnership with Earth Day Network, brought together

an astonishing eight free festivals occurring simultaneously at landmark locations across the U.S. on April 20th. Held in Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Miami and San Francisco, 2008's event featured sets from Gov't Mule, Ziggy Marley, Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Taj Mahal, The Roots & Friends (featuring Doug E. Fresh, Ne-Yo, Talib Kweli, will.i.am Chrisette Michele and more), The Neville Brothers, Thievery Corporation, Mickey Hart's Mass Drums (featuring Jon Fishman, Tommy Lee and More!), Los Lonely Boys, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Umphrey's McGee, O.A.R. and others. Earthlink 4/23/08

Masters Guitar Solos Using Guitar Backing Tracks. Here's a trick I use as practicing scales is boring to me and the band only meets up once a week or so. A backing track makes practice fun while honing your

skills at the same time. Another factor that is extremely important in learning to master guitar solos is the fine art of improvisation. Backing tracks for guitarists provide the student with a live band to back them up while they piece together a blazing hot solo right there on the spot. This also allows you to place a solo anywhere in the song, or to improvise for the full length of the guitar backing tracks. These backing tracks make improvisation practice a whole lot more productive and fun. Here are a couple I use along with band recordings. Whole Note or Guitar Backing Tracks or GuitarBT Now you and baby both got back 4/23/08

First Act, an innovative music products company, has unveiled the most eco-friendly electric guitar on the market, The Bambusa. The guitar is crafted from bamboo, one of the most renewable natural resources on the planet. Panda Food Link 4/22/08

Viking metal band Helheim on performing in front of a Norwegian kindergarten class: "We need to let

metal and Odin catch the kids before Jesus does" (w/ links to pics and video of performance) 'Cause nothing says education quite like death metal in kindergarten. Via Fark and Blabbermouth 4/22/08

A rainbow greeted the audience Saturday afternoon during the Kokua Festival at the Waikiki Shell. "It's not manufactured. Jack Johnson's so cool that we're tempted to move here and take up surfing permanently." My thoughts exactly! Aloha. 4/21/08

Keith Richards May 'Start Up' Guitar Museum.
Immortal Rolling Stones axeman Keith Richards, fresh off the premiere of Martin Scorcese's acclaimed new

Stones doc, Shine A Light, is only now starting to realize that being in possession of 3,000-plus guitars does not guarantee much time to play them all. The 64-year-old legend is mulling over the idea of opening a museum to display them or possibly giving some away as gifts, which is how many were given to him in the first place. It was apparently a humbling realization for the enduring, who said, poignantly, "I don't know what I've done to deserve that. I've been one of the biggest assholes in the world!"
Richards estimates that maybe only 10 of his guitars have even been played, an undeserving neglect for what he describes as an "incredible collection of beautiful instruments." I'll take a couple. 4/21/08

Laguna Guitars, reflecting the passionate convictions of musicians, celebrates Earth Day by launching their new "One Guitar, One Tree" reforestation initiative. This plan involves planting one tree for every Laguna guitar made. In addition, Laguna continues to deepen its other practical efforts to reduce waste, recycle and conserve the

planet's resources.
As musicians themselves, those at Laguna have always passionately supported that position, knowing that trees are an economical, long-term solution to many tough environmental problems, including air and water pollution, climate change, wildlife protection, habitat restoration and more. In partnership with AmericanForests.org and their Global Relief campaign, Laguna proudly plants a tree for each Laguna guitar made. Tree Linker 4/21/08

Blues and Booze: A 12-Pack of Drinking Songs from John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Cheers! Gibson.com 4/21/08

Blues for a Friday. Booker White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues. Enjoy 4/18/08

Learn To Play Guitar in Three Dimensions. I've been watching lots of online guitar tutorials lately for another story I'm working on, and these use a totally different approach that lacks the warmth of an actual human being, but makes up for that in versatility and realistic motion capture. If you're a visual learner who wants to play the guitar, iPerform3D's demo certainly warrants a closer look.
IPerform3D can be downloaded as a free trial (Windows only). The full version costs $20 per month. 4/18/08

Gibson Guitar's Memphis Custom Shop Celebrates the 2008 Beale Street Music Festival. To the world,

Memphis means great music and great guitars from Gibson Memphis. Music lovers from around the globe gather at the Beale Street Music Festival to celebrate this vital heritage, this deep river of sound.
Paid a visit there in June and what a blast. 20 bars 20 bands. Took a tour and they actually only make 1 Les Paul model there, MY WHITE ONE! Don't miss the deep fried pickle chips at B.B.'s place.
Gibson and Baldwin artists performing at the 2008 Beale Street Music Festival include Sheryl Crown, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Black Crowes, Gavin DeGraw, Keb "mo," Roots, My Chemical Romance, Cobie Caillat, Ben Folds, Finger Eleven, Simple Plan, Hubert Sumlin, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more. The complete 2008 lineup can be found by visiting www.memphisinmay.org 4/18/08

Weezer Dude Recommends Real Guitar Over Fake Guitar. Musicians make music. Non-musicians stand in

their living room, drinking beer in their socks, strumming on a piece of plastic. So what does Rob Zombie and that Weezer guy Rivers Cuomo think? While Zombie offered, "I don't play them, but I think it's awesome," Cuomo was a tad more critical. How much pussy can you get playing a plastic guitar? Beverly Links 4/18/08

Joe Satriani and C3 to Perform at 2008 London Guitar Show. For more information about the London International Music Show 08 and the London Guitar Show in particular, visit www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com 4/18/08

"Pay your taxes, worms, that war ain't going to pay for itself!" Your Government 4/15/08

Ken Butler is an artist and musician whose hybrid musical instruments, collage drawings, performances, and installations explore the interaction and transformation of common objects, altered images, sounds, strange links and silence. 4/15/08

Chuck Berry proves rock knows no age.
There was a worrisome moment, when Chuck Berry strolled on the Berklee stage and the 81-year-old rock deity showed his age. He struggled with a guitar strap. After a few notes, he dropped his guitar pick. Then Berry, rail-thin and still spry, launched into a jaunty “Roll Over Beethoven” and the years slipped away and he rocked like only he can. Johnny Link Good 4/15/08

The 31st Annual Dallas International Guitar Festival and MusicFest will be held Friday, April 18, Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Dallas Market Hall.
The Dallas International Guitar Festival and MusicFest is the world's largest and oldest guitar show, blending musicians, fans, collectors and celebrities together into one musical extravaganza. Visitors can buy, sell, trade, or just browse among the thousands upon thousands of new and vintage guitars, basses, amps, banjos, mandolins, straps and strings, effects pedals, keyboards, music memorabilia and more. Featuring great artists like Yngwie, George Lynch, Kentucky Headhunters, Rick Derringer and Johnny A if your in that neck of the woods stop on by. Guitarshow.com 4/18/08

"Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules get too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion" - Slash

Guitar maker George Marlin strums on his Big Foot creation at the Miami Beach Guitar Festival in Florida. The three-day festival that ended Sunday attracted guitar makers, musicians and guitar collectors from around the United States. 4/14/08

WorkshopLive.com (WL), the affiliate company of premier music education company, National Guitar Workshop, announced today that the first video lessons are in the "can" from their San Francisco studio recording sessions this week with guitar virtuoso, Joe "Satch" Satriani. The icon has decided to join www.WorkshopLive.com in its mission to deliver a new kind of music education using cutting-edge online technology and award-winning curriculum at a time when the industry needs it the most. 4/14/08

A little blues for a Friday. Hideaway + Rude Mood - Stevie Ray Vaughan takes a classic and makes it his own. 4/11/08

CRAZY, a Film Inspired by the Life of Guitar Legend Hank Garland ...

Ray Scherr and guitar hero Steve Vai (who also performs a cameo as Hank Williams) are the film's Executive Producers under the Favored Nations Films mantle. CRAZY chronicles Hank Garland's rise to fame in the Nashville music scene, from playing on hits for icons including Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline
and Roy Orbison through his brief but influential solo career as a visionary jazz artist. Garland's flame-out was as spectacular as his success. In 1961, a near-fatal car accident, his tempestuous marriage and personal life and repeated clashes with the "Nashville Mob," who then controlled the country music establishment, led to a series of electro-shock treatments that tragically ended his playing career. Link Me Tender 4/11/08

"Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside of us." -unknown

Seeking jobless long-haired guitar playing hippies who want to participate in long drawn out discussions who was the best hair band in the 80's. Really it's just a new FacePlace or MyBook kind of forum/tabs/contests/advertisement website that just opened. Take a peak if your into that kind of shit. You can be my fuckin' friend if I let you. 4/10/08

Randy Bachman, Colin James, David Wilcox and Alannah Myles are among the artists who will celebrate the life

of guitar legend Jeff Healey next month.
Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards will open the May 3 gig, which will also feature former Cream vocalist and bass player Jack Bruce and Deep Purple's Ian Gillan. It will be the first of two shows held in memory of the musician, who died last month after a long battle with cancer.
The second event, to be held the following night, will celebrate Healey's achievements in the classic jazz world. Performers will include Marty Grosz, Brad Kay and Vince Giordano.
Healey's wife Cristie - who helped organize the shows - says she has been touched by the outpouring of support from the musical community. The May 3 event will be staged at the Sound Academy, formerly the Docks. Jeff Healey's Roadhouse will be the venue the following night. 4/9/08

Through a promotional offer, you can get a free annual subscription to Premier Guitar magazine. This is normally a $14.95 subscription, and $60 at the newsstand. But you can get this for free by simply filling out a form and using a special promo code. If you’re not familiar with Premier Guitar, you can see a digital sample of the magazine here. This promotion is being offered compliments of Hamer Guitars to their blog readers. Therefore, it’s only fitting that I should direct you there to get the promo code. You better be quick though; this is a limited offer. There are 1,000 subscriptions available, and the offer expires on April 30, 2008. To qualify, you must be a resident of the US, Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia. What's cool is instead of a teaser each issue is fully readable online. The pages even turn!
Click here to get going! Your welcome. 4/9/08

Seymour Duncan launches YouTube competition
Seymour Duncan is offering guitarists and bassists worldwide the chance to win prizes in an worldwide compeition to be hosted on YouTube.com beginning May 1st.
The first step to enter is to upload a unique product demonstration video for any Seymour Duncan, Duncan Designed, Antiquity, Custom Shop, Benedetto or Basslines pickup, or Seymour Duncan stompbox, to YouTube.com Clips will be evaluated by an esteemed panel of international judges, including Seymour Duncan himself, guitarist Dino Canzares, Guitar World’s Paul Riario, and Guitarist's very own Simon Bradley. Linko to more info 4/9/08

Didi Senft, a 56-year-old cycling fan better known as "El Diablo," poses for the media before riding on his

so-called "guitar bicycle" in Storkow, some 50 km (31 miles) south of the German capital Berlin, April 8, 2008. Didi made the giant "guitar bicycle" in the shape of a guitar, which measures five metres (16.4 feet) high about 12 metres (39.3 feet) long. WTF? 4/8/08

"It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ..." - Jerry Garcia / Grateful Dead

This is awesome and fully functional sword-shaped guitar.
It was custom made for the Alfee's guitar player Takamizawa. This is an awesome, one of a kind guitar. Alfee is one of the biggest rock acts in Japan and Takamizawa is well known for his Angel and other Gothic themed guitars. All rock music critics out there your days are numbered. The Angel Sword Guitar is here to cut all pop artists to shreds. Just look at this baby, how could you not be a rock star with this in you hands. And it only costs $4500. 4/8/08

Slash Devastates Millions of Zeppelin Fans. According to Slash, the rumored Led Zeppelin tour is a no go. Slash said, "I’m good friends with Jimmy Page so I can tell you once and for all the tour doesn’t look like it's happening any time soon. But who knows, one day? Living Linking Maid 4/7/08

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix 4/7/08

Big Head Todd Live CD/DVD Out April 22

In support of Earth Day 2008, BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS will perform a free show at the third annual Green Apple Festival Sunday, April 20 in New York City's Central Park. BHTM will headline the New York show (there are seven other Green Apple live concerts in various cities that day) with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder also on the bill. "My recording studio is solar-powered, and I believe everyone can make small personal changes that have big collective impacts," says group frontman Todd Park Morr. One of my favorite bands. Had the pleasure of seeing them up close when they opened for Los Lonely Boys. 4/7/08

Legendary musician Charlie Daniels has taken issue with how his famed tune Devil Went Down To Georgia is portrayed in Guitar Hero III, after his recent exposure to the game.
"The song ... is supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses," Daniels wrote in a recent blog post. "That is not the case with the Guitar Hero version which comes complete with a horned, guitar-playing devil who battles the player and very often wins."
The song is no longer under Daniels' control; apparently the rights to the tune were transferred to a former business partner many years back. Go get 'em, Chuck! 4/7/08

As seen on Ebay. New Pro Electric Quadruple Neck Instrument With Guitar - Bass - Banjo - Mandolin Necks. Cheap too! 4/7/08

Ed's fucking guide to metal. 4/4/08

Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water voted top guitar riff. See the complete top 25 of all time. Space Linkin' 4/3/08

Since co-founding the Kokua Hawaii Foundation in 2003 with his wife Kim, Jack Johnson has hosted 5 consecutive Kokua Festivals. His most recent album, Sleep Through The Static, was recorded with 100% solar energy. For his upcoming 2008 tour, Johnson and his crew are collaborating with local non-profits at every show to develop a new interactive community called All At Once, which hopes to bring the Kokua message around the world and inspire music fans everywhere to create positive change. This years show features Dave Mathews among others. Visit www.allatonce.org to learn more. 4/2/08

Singer Scott Weiland was fired from Velvet Revolver. Guitarist Slash said in a statement:

"This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott Weiland isn't 100% committed to either."
"Among other things, his increasingly erratic onstage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on." Weiland was arrested few times on drugs-related and is expected to perform with his previous band Stone Temple Pilots in a reunion tour.
You know that you are in trouble when you are getting kicked out, due to "personal problems", by Slash! 4/2/08

"We don't just bitch about Bush and global oligarchies. We're still a rock band and 'Cover Up' is THE Ministry party album," said Ministry's Al Jourgensen about "Cover Up," recorded by Ministry and released April 1st. "Cover Up" will also include Ministry's cover of The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" (the version can also be found on Ministry's September 2007 release, "The Last Sucker"), and Deep Purple's "Space Truckin," all tracks culminating in Jourgensen's personal punk rock rendition of Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World." The April Fools Day release of "Cover Up" coincides with the launch of Ministry's final world tour - C U LaTouR - which kicked off March 25 in Spokane, WA. The Land of Link and Honey 4/1/08

Breaking News! Rapper electrocuted. To understand the breadth of this calamity, we must start all the

way back at the beginning - that being yesterday at around 5 p.m.
Snoop Dogg, being a truly benevolent brother, organized a charity event called Mingle For Mary Jane, in which popular rappers met with ticket-holding fans to sign autographs and schmooze, all to raise money for those unjustly locked up for pot possession. RIP 4/1/08

The most significant discovery in Oscar Todkopf's career was entirely serendipitous. Last April, the Hindenburg University paleontologist was hiking in Germany's Neander Valley when he tripped over something on a trail. Some quick digging exposed the obstacle as the tip of a mastodon tusk. But it wasn't until a few weeks later when the entire tusk was unearthed and dated that Todkopf realized the magnitude of his find. The tusk, he believes, was a Neanderthal musical instrument. Missing Link 4/1/08

Chris Cornell says he’s surprised but flattered that “American Idol” contestant David Cook performed a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” last week on the show, in what was nearly a note-for-note version of Cornell’s own interpretation. Just Link Suicide 3/31/08

Ben Harper made an appearance at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame to induct and perform a tribute to noted side musician, Little Walter. During his trip to the press room, he was asked about the upcoming election, and the outspoken Harper was prodded out of his neutral corner. Sexual Linking 3/31/08

I found a great article from Gibson that may interest some of you , has some great Gibson history , info , and prices .... Also talks a little bit about the vintage market , Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolins , Gibson flying V's and Gibson explorers. Interesting read Links Paul 3/31/08

Shit I'm really digging right now. Spectacular Telecaster made by James Trussart. I really like the faded /

industrial / rusty design. Check his website for more. 3/31/08

Having his guitar stolen at the Rock 2 Wellington concert was not all bad for Kara Gordon, who ended up performing with Poison guitarists C.C. DeVille's back up Les Paul with his tee shirt as a strap.
The Birkdale musician was one of six winners of the Riff to Wellington competition who opened for big name artists such as Kiss and Ozzy Osbourne over Easter weekend. Look What The Cat Linked In 3/28/08

Rikki Rockett, the drummer for Poison, was arrested at LAX on a rape warrant issued from Mississippi. Rikki was performing with the group in New Zealand and was just getting off a flight. Talk about major jetlag. Get off a 34 million hour flight and get arrested. His ears were probably still plugged up. Now his ass will be too. 3/28/08

Hound Dog Taylor sported a small sixth finger on each hand (polydactyly), but amputated the extra digit from his right hand with a razor blade while drunk. How's that thing for lead runs? 3/28/08 thanks j-walk.com

Ernie Ball/Music Man has announced the unveiling of the newly updated Music Man website, a comprehensive hub for all things Music Man, including an internal blogging network updated by Ball family members and staff, new image galleries, Music Man-endorsed artist info and more. Super Linky 3/27/08

Max Cavalera disses Killswitch Engage. Igor and Max Cavalera are metal legends for their time in

Sepultura. Unfortunately, it would seem that they just aren't that bright. This is evidenced by a recent rant in a Swedish metal magazine. The gospel according to Max: "I went to see Lamb Of God in the States and they were alright, but Killswitch Engage opened and it was the gayest show I've ever seen. I was like, 'I'm not part of this scene, it's fucking gay.' Linky Diver 3/27/08

The guitar PEARL JAM star EDDIE VEDDER used to write LOVE BOAT CAPTAIN has sold for $8,000 at a

fundraising auction for legal costs to help jailed youths the West Memphis 3 defend themselves against murder charges. The Tuesday night (25Mar08) benefit was held at the New York home of Peter, Paul + Mary star Peter Yarrow. Vedder has long been a vocal advocate for the innocence of the men, who were convicted of the 1993 murder of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. He is auctioning off concert seats and meet-and-greet sessions on his upcoming debut solo tour to raise cash for the defense fund of the West Memphis 3. 3/27/08

In a plot that could only be hatched by publicity-craving Corporate American heavy-metal fans -- or maybe by some covert association of dentists seeking to create a new customer base -- the Dr Pepper soft drink company today announced that it will "give everyone in America a free soda if Axl Rose releases new Guns N' Roses album, Chinese Democracy, in 2008. Fuck that, I'll take a beer, Axhole. 3/26/08

Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora Arrested for DUI.
Richie Sambora landed in the Laguna Beach pokey late Tuesday night after police pulled him over for driving erratically in his black Hummer. Sambora, who lately has been more known for his role in a Denise Richards-Heather Locklear love triangle, failed multiple field sobriety tests. The arrest also provides proof that only tools drive Hummers and listen to Bon Jovi. 3/26/08

Techeblog has a nice roundup of old game consoles modded into working guitars. The Sega Genesis axe takes the cake, especially for the look of quiet pride on the maker's face as he proffers it to the camera. Linktendo 3/26/08

If you've ever had the opportunity to see Zappa or Steve Vai than this amazing musician will be familiar

to you. I saw him with both bands and I'll tell you anybody that can stay note for note with a Vai solo has a tip of my "hat". Saw him recently on the G3 tour and got blown away, again. Learn more about this amazing musician in this interview. Don't you link that yellow snow. 3/25/08

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is offering fans the chance to own a priceless guitar autographed by The Boss himself. The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is proud to announce the 2008 Blue Jean Ball Grand Prize Raffle Drawing, where fans have the chance to win a 1952 Reissue Fender Telecaster Guitar personally autographed by Bruce Springsteen to the winner.
Raffle tickets can be purchased for $25 each (or five for $100), with all proceeds benefiting the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, whose mission is to alleviate the direct effects of hunger and poverty in New Jersey. To purchase raffle tickets, please contact the FoodBank at raffle@njfoodbank.org or call (908) 355-3663 ext. 292. For further details, please visit www.njfoodbank.org. 3/25/08

According to to a spokesman from Dewey, Suem and Howe Law offices. "Yea we're suing everybody that's every played, seen, heard of Guitar Hero or knows someone who has been to Wal-Mart, K-Mart or Target. This includes any bloggers, news sites and especially that dirty turn-coat Joe Perry. Oh yea and that son of a bitch Slash too." Story developing. 3/25/08

The premiere of Gibson's Robot Guitar took place in select music stores on December 7, 2007. Four

thousand limited edition Les Paul Robot Guitars sold like hot cakes and it looks like the collaboration between Gibson and Chris Adams, the German inventor of the self-tuning innovation, will continue into the foreseeable future. We all saw it, heard the fluff and here is an interview with the German cat that actually invented it. DasLinkage 3/24/08

Guitar God Joe Satriani will be appearing at the Westlake Avenue Guitar Center April 11 as part of a national "Guitar Center Sessions" tour. Here are the details from a press release:
Joe will be sharing his experiences and techniques, talking about his signature gear from Ibanez and Peavey and performing songs spanning his entire career including his upcoming album Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock.
Created to promote players with a deep passion for and commitment to the craft, "GC Sessions" seeks to educate, inspire and conserve the tradition and art of rock music.
The Seattle GC is one of 11 Guitar Centers Satriani will be stopping at before heading off to Europe for a tour. 3/24/08

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