DeArmond M65 Guitar Review

Think back to when you first started to learn the guitar. I’m sure you can remember your very first guitar, right? Was it cheap? Was it nice? Was it nice and cheap? It isn’t often that a brand new guitar player gets a brand new, professional quality guitar.
Sure, there are probably plenty of people that [...]

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Latest Music News – Waters | Doors | Ozzy And More

Greetings, rockers. There’s a variety of stuff popping up in the rock music news world this week. We’ve got some new records, a documentary, and other cool stuff on the horizon. Sound good? Good.
Roger Waters Performs Updated Version of The Wall
Even folks that have never been Pink Floyd fans have heard of their legendary record, [...]

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History Of The Guitar – Way Before Rock And Roll

It’s hard to imagine rock and roll without the traditional electric guitar. They go hand in hand; You can’t have one without the other. Today, we’re going to peek back before those times, to the roots and history of the guitar in all ways.
We’re talking way before the electric guitar, and way before rock and [...]

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Progressive Bands Spotlight – Dream Theater – Opeth – Mastodon

One great thing about music, is that it is always growing, always changing. It is never the same, and for many, it’s versatility and liquidity is part of its draw. Just when you think music can’t get any different, or just when it seems nothing “new” can come around the corner, barriers are broken, and [...]

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Latest Music News – Aerosmith | Clapton | Rush | Dream Theater

This week brings a variety of news in our beloved rock and roll world. Here is a quick round-up of a few of our favorites pieces of the latest music news:
Aerosmith Put Aside Differences And Continue With Steven Tyler

If you haven’t been keeping up with the drama centering around Aerosmith and their front man Steven [...]

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Music News – Easter Bunny Brings Concerts Tours And Albums

It’s two days after Easter, and though many of you probably were enjoying time off, the world of rock and roll never stops, even if your day job does! Here are a few of the latest happenings in the rock music world, just for you…
China’s Ministry Of Culture Keeps Bob Dylan From Performing

With politics [...]

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April Fools Pranks – Rock And Roll Style

As you probably have heard(or witnessed), April 1st is known to the world as the glorious day of April Fools pranks. Everyone around the globe is bending the minds of their friends, thinning the line of truth and fiction, all in the name of humor. Or, just because they want to freak someone out.
And the [...]

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Green Day – Times Of Their Lives

Flashback to 1987: Hair-metal has matured to the point of saturation. Formulaic songs, sounds, and make-up laden fashion had further alienated punk and alternative bands, musicians, and fans, forcing them deeper underground. But most things buried eventually resurface – sometimes with a vengeance.
Entrenched in the ’87 California punk scene, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt [...]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Star Tissue

Tony Flow and the Majestic Masters of Mayhem is not a household band name, but one week after Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons and Michael “Flea” Balzary took the stage at the Rhythm Lounge in Los Angeles, they returned as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. That fateful show in 1983 paved the way for [...]

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