Alice In Chains Stories on Artist Direct
It's been almost 11 years since Layne Staley died. And there is no denying what a huge impact Alice in Chains had on the music world. For me personally that was a dark time in music. Being a product of hot rod musicians from the 80's then being smacked with Nirvana, it was Aic that carried me through that period. And I have to admit that Jerry had an impact on how I write songs today. Well the dudes at Artist Direct posted a story yesterday featuring Korn, Slipknot, and several others all discussing Alice in Chains. It's a great [...]
Phil Ramone RIP
Music producer Phil Ramone, credited for production with artists such has Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Billy Joel has passed away at age 72. As a native South African, Ramone started his musical performing as a violinist for Queen Elizabeth II at age 10. He also spent many years working as a songwriter, engineer and acoustics expert in New York which would eventually make him a go to engineer/producer for several stars. According to Ramone's website listing technical innovations, he was the first to use a solid-state console for recording and mastering solid state records; to [...]
R.I.P Robert Zildjian Sabian Cymbal Founder
Robert Zildjian, founder of Sabian cymbals passed away today. If you don't know the back story here is the write up on the wiki page. Robert Zildjian (14 July 1923 - 28 March 2013) was the founder of Sabian Cymbals, the 2nd largest manufacturer of cymbals in the world. Robert Zildjian belongs to the Zildjian family, which brought the technology of cymbal making from their ancestral homeland in capital city of modern Turkey to the United States by Avedis Zildjian and then was passed on to future generations of the family members.The company was founded in 1981 in Meductic, New [...]
Sevendust posts new video for “Decay” off of “Black Out The Sun”
New Sevendust video for Decay off of their new disc "Black Out The Sun". Serious rocking of your anus!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYw9ChYKcE4
Bernie Rico Jr Guitars Update
So if you're a guitar enthusiast you've probably heard of Bernie Rico Jr. Guitars. He is the son of Bernardo Chavez Rico or the founder of BC Rich. I have had the pleasure of playing a few of these instruments and I must they they are every bit what the hype says they are. I was just recently in need of a new 7 string. And I have been desperately looking for a builder that I can bond with to make the type of guitars I love to play. My first thought was BRJ. I knew the build times were [...]
Stone Sour New Streaming Clips
Stone Sour has posted a couple of snippets of tunes on their upcoming album. House of Gold and Bones 2. You will listen to the clips because Stone Sour is the shizzle. http://soundcloud.com/stone-sour/red-city-snippet http://soundcloud.com/stone-sour/black-john-snippet
My Chemical Romance Breaks Up
And the sound of Emo tears splashing off of guy liner and skinny girl jeans could be heard around the globe. The jet black oily hair swooping gently covering one eye fell a little lower. The band has always said they're not Emo, but Hot Topic frequenters say differently, "Show thy color of blackness and stained sad pants with proudness" they shout "Today is call for all cutters, huffers and crybabies to say screw the system whatever that is" "For I will wear my mall fashion of sadness and despair and carve one sad notch for MCR" For today the misunderstood, [...]
Fractal Audio Axe Fx 2 Ibanez JS20S
Fractal Audio Axe Fx 2 Demo all clean patches up till the end with a dirty lead. This was day 1 with my Satriani Ibanez. I don't have anything to ramble about on this one. I just wanted a clip with clean patches!! Fun guitar, great pre-amp. This is mostly clean patches but its worth the listen!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl2yowhWXD8
2013 Grammy Winners
The Grammys seems to get more and more generic every year. I know that artists and... well pretty much everyone always bitch about the Grammys and anything where people can win. But hey, I wasn't up for one and probably wont be anytime soon at least until they have a (Best loser recording pseudo heavy kind of progressive in his basement) category. I'm up for that. But until then here is the list of winners Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye and Kimbra Album of the Year “Babel,” Mumford & Sons Song of the Year Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew [...]
Stone Sour New Single “Do Me A Favor” Streaming
Stone Sour, you know those guys right?? Pretty much riding the top of the wave of hard rock bad assery. Well those dudes are streaming their tune "Do Me A Favor" which will be on "House of Gold & Bones Part 2" The scheduled release date April 9th on Roadrunner Records as usual. And if you want the office Gearzombie opinion the tune totally doesn't suck. But whatever I love em...If you're not aware they are also doing a 4 part comic series as part of the concept of the "House Of Gold & Bones" The first issue will be [...]
