Reviews

Review: Derek Sherinian’s The Phoenix – A Virtuosity as Progressive as it is Eclectic

Review: Derek Sherinian’s The Phoenix – A Virtuosity as Progressive as it is Eclectic

Posted October 22, 2020 at 1:48 pm | No comments

Derek Sherinian is a keyboardist from the USA who was a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X (with Virgil Donati on drums), and also one of the founders of Black Country Communion (with Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, and Jason Bonham) and the super band Sons of Apollo (Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Jeff Scott Soto, and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal).

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Review: RAT Tail Distortion Cable – A Product for a Different Mentality

Review: RAT Tail Distortion Cable – A Product for a Different Mentality

Posted October 1, 2020 at 12:58 pm | No comments

Bass players might like this for a fuzz bass option. It does have the overall distortion character and flavour of the RAT pedal, but the lack of adjustability feels somewhat limiting.

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The Chicks Re-Launch with the release of their new album Gaslighter!

The Chicks Re-Launch with the release of their new album Gaslighter!

Posted August 1, 2020 at 10:16 am | No comments

Gaslighter is the latest album and first release under the group’s new name, The Chicks. At first listen, this album gave me a sense of nostalgia for the music I heard growing up in the rural American Midwest. The tracks that make up this album have a diverse range of energy, so no matter what mood you’re in, you can likely find something to bop to. 

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How To Ship a Guitar: 14 Tips for Shipping Your Guitar the Right Way!

How To Ship a Guitar: 14 Tips for Shipping Your Guitar the Right Way!

Posted March 30, 2020 at 2:05 pm | 2 comments

During the past decade, thousands of musicians have sold their instruments on eBay and have had to figure out the best way to ship the instrument to the buyer.

Posted in: Guitar News, Guitars and Gear, Op-Ed

Book Review: Tony Bacon Presents The Guitar Collection

Book Review: Tony Bacon Presents The Guitar Collection

Posted January 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm | No comments

Leave it to author and guitar aficianado, Tony Bacon, to come up with a very cool book on vintage guitars with a 3D-ish orange and turquoise cover textured with a guitar sound hole and six string that readers can strum. One nice add would have been to embed some electronics so they were also a tuner, but then anyone who wants more from Tony’s tome might be considered greedy.

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Album Review: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)

Album Review: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)

Posted August 16, 2019 at 2:02 pm | No comments

Released on the 26th of May 1967, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was perhaps one of the most interesting pop/rock albums of the 21st century, due to its innovative approach. The album quickly became a hit, having topped the charts for 27 weeks in the U.K and 14 weeks in the U.S..

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Album Review: Hotel California (The Eagles)

Album Review: Hotel California (The Eagles)

Posted August 10, 2019 at 7:06 am | 2 comments

Released on December 8, 1976. Hotel California is one of the best rock and roll albums to date, becoming an instant hit on release day. With over 16 million copies sold in the US alone, Hotel California topped the billboard charts for eight weeks and hit no.2 in the U.K.. Songs such as “Hotel California”, “New Kid in Town”, “Life in The Fast Lane”, made the album a massive hit and made it stand out from their previous work.

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Book Review: My Cross To Bear by Gregg Allman With Alan Light

Book Review: My Cross To Bear by Gregg Allman With Alan Light

Posted April 28, 2018 at 2:20 pm | No comments

When it was announced that the legendary Gregg Allman, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and guitarist of one of music’s most influential bands, the equally legendary, landmark, Allman Brothers Band, was penning his personal memoirs, I very much looked forward to reading the autobiography of one of music’s most gifted and iconic artists.

Posted in: Book Reviews, Classic Rock, Reviews, Singer Songwriter

Five Decades of Historic Hard Rock Chronicled in New ‘Steppenwolf At 50’ Compilation

Five Decades of Historic Hard Rock Chronicled in New ‘Steppenwolf At 50’ Compilation

Posted March 22, 2018 at 4:00 am | No comments

By: William Clark John Kay & Steppenwolf remain among the elite enduring forces in rock and roll. The iconic acid rock group broke out with their first two studio albums in 1968 – the self-titled ‘Steppenwolf,’ which spawned the psychedelic rock single “A Girl I Knew” and the mega hit cover of Mars Bonfire’s “Born […]

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G3 Tour – Night of the Guitar!

G3 Tour – Night of the Guitar!

Posted February 20, 2018 at 1:43 pm | No comments

Joe Satriani, Phil Collen [Def Leppard], and John Petrucci [Dream Theater] are just about wrapping up a 25-date G3 Tour across the U.S. and Canada that started on January 11th and will end on February 25th.

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