Posted June 20, 2012 at 5:05 pm | No comments
PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the PRS Summer 2012 Thank You Package and Experience Sweepstakes. This summer program recognizes customers who purchase PRS products and gives fans the opportunity to win a trip for two to attend the 6th annual Experience PRS open house event this fall.
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Posted June 20, 2012 at 12:36 pm | One comment
It’s hard to pick out the best decades for the ‘guitar gods’. Some might say that the best era for sheer virtuoso playing and soloing was the 1970s and the 1980s, before excess for excess’s sake became a bit out dated.
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Posted June 17, 2012 at 11:37 pm | No comments
June 18th sees the 70th birthday of the one and only Sir Paul McCartney and as a huge mark of respect Paul Weller and his band have recorded a cover of the Beatles classic song “Birthday”(of course). This passionate cover will be made available for ONE DAY ONLY – On June 18th (Macca’s birthday) and it will be available exclusively at Amazon.com for .70 cents.
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Posted June 17, 2012 at 1:22 pm | 2 comments
The Cult is one of the few bands that have successfully transcended the boundaries of rock, punk, and underground.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Interviews, Legends Interviews, Rock Interviews, Uncategorized
Posted June 15, 2012 at 10:24 pm | 2 comments
How better than to spend a Friday morning with Def Leppard at a BBQ hosted by Fox & Friends, in New York City?
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Posted June 12, 2012 at 9:19 am | One comment
I was considering calling this interview, “Stalking Stochelo Rosenberg”. The much sought after guitarist was in Montreal to play a concert at the Place des Artes Theatre in Montreal and I’d been hunting him down.
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Posted June 12, 2012 at 8:21 am | No comments
Sometimes when people put their name on a pedal it’s more for the paycheck and less about emulating an aspect of their sound. Luckily this is not the case with the Wylde Overdrive by MXR.
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Posted June 11, 2012 at 1:13 pm | No comments
Platinum-selling rockers Seether are packing their road cases and heading out on tour again this Fall.
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Posted June 10, 2012 at 1:20 pm | 2 comments
On the day of which would have been the late, great Les Paul’s 97th birthday, worldwide records were set during a white glove auction of property from the Estate of Les Paul auction at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills.
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Posted June 7, 2012 at 11:44 am | No comments
Virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer Steve Vai today announces his official 2012 North American Tour in support of the upcoming release The Story of Light, a new solo album of original material, to be released on August 14 (Favored Nations Entertainment). The tour kicks off the next day, August 15, at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida’s Revolution and ends October 13 in Agoura Hills, CA.
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