February 8, 2010
Arch Enemy Live Photos12:50pm by Hank Pearl
Here’s some live photos of ARCH ENEMY performing at The House Of Blues in Chicago IL:
February 3, 2010
Kittie Interviewed In London6:37pm by Baconstrip
Graham Roberts of SoundShock.co.uk conducted an interview with Morgan Lander (vocals, guitar) and Tara McLeod (guitar) of the Canadian all-girl metal band KITTIE when the group played the Camden Underworld in London, England on January 23, 2010.
KITTIE’s latest album, “In The Black”, sold around 3,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 132 on The Billboard 200 chart.
9:35am by Baconstrip
Lick Library continue to grow their considerable array of guitar tuition DVDs with the release of Learn to Play Led Zeppelin Volume 1 & 2, Learn to Play Jimmy Page the Solos and Quick Licks Up Tempo Rock and Minor Blues both in the style of Jimmy Page. Acclaimed author and guitar tutor Jamie Humphries presents the Learn to Play and Jam with Led Zeppelin DVD’s and former Joe Satriani pupil Danny Gill presents the others.
Led Zeppelin are unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history, and Jimmy Page is continues to be one of the all time most influential, important and versatile guitarists. He is the man whose riffs and bluesy soloing served as blueprint for the foundations of heavy rock.
Learn to Play Led Zeppelin Volume 1 (RRP £24.99) – This world class guitar workshop gives you the inside take on the great songs, sounds and riffs played by the legendary Jimmy Page. Jamie Humphries breaks down note by note five all time classic tracks including Black Dog, Rock & Roll, Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song, and Heartbreaker helping you nail that signature Jimmy Page sound and style well enough to play in any guitar shop!
Learn to Play Led Zeppelin Volume 2 (RRP £24.99) – In Jamie’s second guitar workshop he take you thorough more of the greatest and most well known riffs in rock history. This DVD looks at five more timeless tracks including Whole Lotta Love, Kashmir, Communication Breakdown, Since I’ve Been Loving You and Babe I’m Gonna Leave You. Each of these double DVD sets contain over 3 hours of lessons and further support can be found at www.licklibrary.com
Learn to Play Jimmy Page the Solos (RRP £23.99) -This guitar DVD tutorial is presented by Danny Gill and features five unforgettable solos from Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Good Times Bad Times, Black Dog and Whole Lotta Love. Learn to play these inspired solos a lick at a time and practice along to the jam tracks on the CD. Each track is featured at slow, medium and full tempo so you can learn at your own pace and steadily build up to full speed.
Quick Licks Up Tempo Rock in the Style of Jimmy Page (RRP £19.99) – Seven solos taking in over forty licks in the style of Jimmy Page are featured in this guitar class DVD. In the process Danny looks at pentatonic, diatonic and blues scales, string bending, hybrid picking and shows you how all these can all come together. A further thirty solo blues licks reminiscent of Since I’ve Been Loving You and Tea For One can be explored with the Quick Licks Minor Blues in the Style of Jimmy Page (RRP £19.99) DVD guitar workshop. Both the Quick Licks DVDs include backing tracks for you to practice soloing over.
Lick Library offers you a wide choice of types of guitar tutoring formats – Learn to Play.., Quick Licks… and Jam with… along with over 20,000 other guitar tuition products. For the ultimate range of tuition products, www.licklibrary.com has the comprehensive and definitive professional guides to learning to playing the guitar.
January 27, 2010
ICP (Insane Clown Posse) Western Movie Trailer7:51pm by Baconstrip
This is horrible. Absolutely . . . horrible!
http://www.joblo.com/video/media/flv/icpmovie.flv Interview With Dez Fafara And Live Devildriver Photos8:03am by Hank Pearl
Here’s an interview with Devidriver frontman DEZ FAFARA with Hank Pearl and some photos of the band’s performance at The House Of Blues in Chicago, IL:
January 26, 2010
AM Conspiracy CD Review12:09pm by Stephanie Stevens
AM CONSPIRACY
BURNHILL UNION RECORDS
BY: STEPHANIE STEVENS
RATE: 4/5
AM CONSPIRACY is downright rock n roll to the core. Fronting this new band is Jason “Gong” Jones a name that might be familiar with you since he fronted Drowning Pool for a bit. That stint with them really brought forth his talent as a singer and it shines even more brightly with these new songs on the debut. His voice brings in a gritty, heavy and raspy tone. Then spread over a musical ambiance and melody driven beat you get something like if you would intertwine Soil and Alice InChains. Each song brings a new element and sounds to make your ears perk up and makes the album a start to finish record without the mundane same ol’ same ol’ bullshit a lot of records are. The bands first single PICTURES shows the commercial avenue sound of the band. I love the great melody though and driven verses, with subtle intro and the punch factor when you get to the chorus. MYSELF is ballsy gritty and has a heavy rock twist. AWAY is a keeper with a brassy, elegant intro which elevates to a rock chorus and slides back to the elegant rock element. ABSENCE has harmony and dark elements like AIC. DEAD AND GONE brings the ballad-esque sound out of the band
If you want solid rock with diversity and grit AM CONSPIRACY is where it’s at!
January 25, 2010
Taking Dawn CD Review12:08pm by Stephanie Stevens
TAKING DAWN-TIME TO BURN
ROADRUNNER RECORDS
BY: STEPHANIE STEVENS
RATE: 5/5
Listening to this debut disc from Las Vegas, NV TAKING DAWN bring s me back from the days of old. Childhood memories rush back of the great 80’s. Yes, I loved the 80’s the music, maybe not a lot of the hairdos but the clothes oh god yes but mainly the fun bands, that street attitude! Anyway, TAKING DAWN’s debut disc TIME TO BURN isn’t full out 80’s rock and the guys in the band don’t want to be known for that but instances and moments of the disc just bring back that Skid Row mentality that off the cuff street toughness with amazing melody but the change up is that the band brings modern tones of guitar solos that merge classic rock and metal modern thrills. From start to finish this album is a guilty pleasure. ENDLESSLY is probably the song that drove me to happiness it has an upbeat melody groove with a catchy chorus, harmonies and just a fun onslaught of sassiness! LIKE A REVOLUTIONis dynamite with an upbeat and quick paced drive. NEVER ENOUGH has attitude and power, it sizzles and soars with good punch, reminds me of an Avenged Sevenfold type of song. I could go on and on with each song because every song just is a fun, monster melody driven song and it makes the album a seamless listen front to back. I would say if you like the 80’s attitude especially something like Skid Row with the modern attitude of something like Avenged but not really and a little Soil, Bullet for my Valentine and maybe even Burn Halo (old singer of Eighteen Vision’s new band) then I’ll say with confidence this album and band is something to look into.
