RATT, like many hard rock bands born out of California in the early ‘80s, were staples on MTV with such hits in heavy rotation like “Round and Round,” “You’re in Love,” “Way Cool Junior,” and “Wanted Man.” In 1984 they released their debut LP Out of the Cellar, and throughout the mid-to-late ‘80s, released a barrage of commercial hard rock LPs including Invasion of Your Privacy, Dancing Undercover and Reach for the Sky.
Legendary singer for Iron Maiden’s first two studio LPs, Paul Di’Anno appeared at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ on this ice cold December evening, in part to support the 30th Anniversary of Maiden’s first LP but mostly just to kick our asses!
Mention the name Greg Howe to an aficionado of contemporary electric guitar music and aural visions of smooth legato runs, wah-laden solos and funky, syncopated rhythms will run through his or her head. Greg has garnered a well-deserved reputation as a guitar virtuoso with one of the most recognizable voices in the instrumental electric guitar pantheon.
Queensrÿche has released an expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of the band’s triple platinum-certified breakout album, Empire. The new 2 CD and digital packages both include the remastered album, featuring six hit singles, including the #1 smash “Silent Lucidity,” as well as 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1990 at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.
I met John Oates in 2005, backstage after my first show with Hall and Oates at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. I was the opening act and relatively unknown, under the radar, which I didn’t mind at all for a couple of reasons. In fact, I kind of like it that way. But, I was more nervous than I’d been in years.
I can remember the days as a teenager in the early ‘80’s, sneaking in to the local heavy metal bar The Soap Factory, (what can I say it was an old soap factory), to see Twister Sister back before they had a record deal. For what it’s worth, I never drank once I got in. I was there for the music and for the show. It was a spectacle of epic portions for a large scale club that any 18 year old could have hoped to experience.
This amazing concept album, All’s Well That Ends Well, a panoramic vision, was written, produced, and crafted by the incomparable, Steve Lukather.
In inside look at 10 of the best Glam Metal albums that any rock guitarist should have in their library.
It wasn’t until I went to secondary school in 1992 that I found out about Guns n’ Roses. Nearly everyone one in my school listened to it. They were huge. It is also the first time I heard Slash. I wouldn’t pick up the guitar for another two years but already his lead playing captivated me.
You are a guitarist in a successful rock band. You are planning to tour in support of your most recent record, which has sold more than a million copies. The tour will take you throughout most of the world. The following test will help you to spend on tour. Remember, your band is a platinum-selling act, and one of the most popular hard-rock bands around.
