Peter Frampton is preparing for the end of his touring career. He’ll perform a series of concerts in the U.K. and Europe in November that are rescheduled dates from 2020. In a new interview with Classic Rock (via Guitar.com), the guitarist revealed that he’ll perform these upcoming shows seated, due to the progression of his […]
Peter Gabriel became fascinated with found sounds while recording his fourth album at a home studio being overtaken by dry rot. New Fairlight synthesizer technology allowed him to capture, process, reuse and loop these elements to create some of his most intriguing solo music beds so far. Nevertheless, deep down Gabriel was often still talking […]
Learning how to play guitar can be daunting. But with Fret Zealot, it doesn’t have to be. Fret Zealot is the guitar instruction tool that blows traditional guitar lessons out of the water. And it’ll have you shredding guitar in no time. Based on a state-of-the-art LED addition for your guitar, Fret Zealot comes with […]
The Stadium Tour, featuring headliners Motley Crue and Def Leppard, earned $173.5 million this summer. That number comes courtesy of Billboard, who noted that the trek sold approximately 1.3 million tickets across 36 dates. The tour, which also featured Poison, Joan Jett and Classless Act, averaged 37,520 tickets sold per night. On four different occasions […]
There were many Frank Zappas: guitar virtuoso, studio tinkerer, writer of raunchy rock songs. But at his core, he was a legitimate composer, with ideas often too massive for a typical band format. Fittingly, Zappa made his final formal stage appearance as a conductor, leading the 25-piece Ensemble Modern during a performance in September 1992. By […]
Playing good music is often the antidote to getting through a long workday. Another option is writing a song about the workday itself. Still, the average workday for a rock star isn’t quite the same as it is for normal people, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know what it feels like to be stuck on […]
Cameron Crowe’s Singles wasn’t popular enough to be an unambiguous inspiration for the TV mega-hit Friends. But, looking back, the pieces are there. The 20-something leads of the 1992 film, Crowe’s follow-up to 1989’s Say Anything, all live in the same quirkily set-dressed building, hang out at the same hip coffee shop (where at least one of the […]
Twisted Sister had an interesting motto which spoke to their ethos: They “looked like women, talked like men and played like motherfuckers.” Under the Blade arrived on Sept. 18, 1982, as proof – even if they wouldn’t breakout until 1984’s Stay Hungry. Twisted Sister had already learned how to utilize everything they learned as a […]
Pink Floyd has had a productive 2022. The band released a new song in April titled “Hey Hey Rise Up” in support of the people of Ukraine, marking the first new original music recorded together since 1994’s The Division Bell. On Friday, Pink Floyd will also unveil the long-delayed 2018 remix of 1977’s Animals, after years […]
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