Posted April 15, 2011 at 12:58 pm | No comments
Spending a record setting 16 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts in 1999, “Scar Tissue” was a major hit for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The songs laid-back riff and slide guitar parts have also become iconic, and the song’s solo landed at #63 of Guitar World Magazine’s 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. Guitarist John Frusciante has stated that his playing on the first solo of the song inspired him to take two notes, at wide intervals, and play them around the neck in rhythm, inspiring that part of the song’s guitar line.
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Posted April 14, 2011 at 12:54 pm | No comments
Sung in the first person from the point of view of Lucifer, “Sympathy for the Devil,” which was originally titled “The Devil is My Name,” is one of the biggest all-time hits for the legendary band the Rolling Stones. The song’s title and lyrics caused a media stir, as well as fallout from parents, who felt that the band was promoting Satanism and corrupting the youth at the time. Though the song was told from Lucifer’s standpoint, the lyrics reflect many of mankind’s atrocities, including the Kennedy assassinations, the original lyrics were changed at the last minute from “Who Killed Kennedy” to “Who Killed the Kennedy’s” after Robert Kennedy was murdered at the same time as the song’s recording session.
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Posted April 13, 2011 at 11:55 am | No comments
Replacing “Dead Memories” as the band’s most successful single, “Snuff” was a major hit for modern metal band Slipknot. Appearing on their 2009 album All Hope is Gone, the song was also the final single released by the band before the untimely death of bassist Paul Gray. Recently, Corey Taylor has performed an acoustic version of the song during Stone Sour live shows as a tribute to the bassist. The video for the song, which is more like a short film, features Corey Taylor “unmasked” for only the second time in a video, as well as features actors Malcolm McDowell and Ashley Laurence from the film Hellraiser.
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Posted April 12, 2011 at 11:38 am | No comments
“Born to be Wild” – Steppenwolf Free Official TAB of the Day Click the link below to get the TAB: The first 10 readers each day get the TAB for free and everyone else gets a 50% discount until midnight after the freebies run out, then it’s 15% off after that. Remember, the first ten […]
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Posted April 11, 2011 at 11:05 am | No comments
“Tightrope” is often considered one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s all-time great releases, combing his virtuosic guitar chops, ability to write meaningful lyrics and radio playability to produce a song that appeals as much to fans of blues, the guitar and casual listeners alike. Released on the 1989 album In Step, which was titled after SRV’s battle with drug and alcohol abuse, the album would be the last record Stevie would record with Double Trouble. There was one more release with his brother Jimmy Vaughan, Family Style¸ before Stevie was taken from the world by a helicopter crash way too early as far as his fans are concerned.
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Posted April 10, 2011 at 9:10 am | No comments
“What I Got” would be released on Sublime’s 1996 self-titled album, rocketing it to the top of the charts, but unfortunately lead singer Brad Nowell wouldn’t live long enough to enjoy the band’s global success. Sublime’s lead guitarist would overdose on heroin right before the release of the album, causing a tricky situation for the band as they now had a huge need to record a new record and tour, but were missing their most important band member and songwriter. So, just as Nirvana had done a few years earlier, Sublime decided to end the band after Nowell’s death, a move that caused them financial pain, but gained them tons of respect from their fans and the music community at large.
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Posted April 9, 2011 at 7:10 am | No comments
Inspired by the T.S. Elliot poem “The Hollow Men” and the U2 song “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” Switchfoot’s 2003 release “Meant to Live” would go on to receive Gold sales and be a huge it for the band. Appearing on both their debut record, The Beautiful Letdown and Music From and Inspired by Spiderman 2, the song is often credited as helping Switchfoot reach mainstream success, launching their international careers in the process. Along with the song appearing on two different albums, the band also made three different videos for the single, all depicting different stories and released at separate times during the year.
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Posted April 8, 2011 at 10:42 am | No comments
Originally titled “Indiana Girl,” Tom Petty’s 1993 song “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” is often thought of as a song promoting, or at least talking about, drugs, Marijuana in particular. But, as Heartbreaker’s guitarist Mike Campbell has said, the song can be about drugs if that’s what you’re looking for, but it could just as easily be a love song, or whatever it is you want to hear when listening to the track. Regardless of the lyrical intent, the song was a major hit for Petty and the Heartbreakers, and continues to receive strong radio play even to this day.
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Posted April 7, 2011 at 8:28 am | No comments
After writing the song “Fast Car,” folk artist Tracy Chapman would have to wait until a memorable appearance before the song was picked up by American radio and TV stations, making her one of the biggest rising music stars of 1988. Her performance at Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Party not only exposed “Fast Car” to an international audience, it shone a spotlight on Chapman’s unique, socially aware style of writing, a style that would help shoot her debut album Tracy Chapman to the top of the charts in the U.K. and the U.S. While the singer-songwriter didn’t have quite the success with her follow up albums, her self-titled album and this song remain as one of the most memorable releases of the late ‘80s.
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Posted April 6, 2011 at 7:11 am | No comments
When U2 entered the studio to record their 2000 smash-hit “Beautiful Day,” the band was a little undecided about the guitar tone that The Edge was using on the song. They felt that it harkened back to the band’s early days, a tone that was more reflective of the early ‘80s than the early 2000s, but they decided to go with it and let the guitarist do his thing. This was definitely the right choice as the song went on to be a huge hit for the band, and it helped bridge the gap between their older and newer fans, allowing them to skyrocket once again to the top of the rock world in the new millennium.
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