Soundgarden New Single “Been Away Too Long” Available To Stream
King Animal is the name of the disc. And if the single is anything like the rest of the disc its going to sound like.... Well, Soundgarden!!! Pretty cool track, very dry production, and it sounds like they did in the early 90's! Check this mother out streaming on the front of their website HERE.
Matt Halpern Mapex MyDentity Drums
Have you heard of Matt Halpern?? If not, leave my website and go to google now!!! Dude is the drummer for the progressive metal band Periphery. I was fortunate enough to work on some stuff with those guys when I was freelancing for the magazine. During that time one of the most apparent things was that Matt was the real deal. In prog music there are a lot of great drummers. But, IMO many of them tend to be mechanical. I don't know that I would call that a bad thing but lets just say it's something that I pick [...]
Ibanez RG920MQM FTW
I am a total sucker for maple fret boards!! I remember when I first realized I loved them!!! While I had played them before I still remember the epiphany or the "holy crap why didn't I notice this before" moment. My brother scored a old Fuchsia Ibanez RG USA Custom with the matching mirrored pick guard and from that point on I was sold. And it's not like a tone thing because I really don't believe your fret board makes that much of a difference. It was more of a dryness to me. Maple always felt very dry and smooth [...]
