lead guitarist Joe Perry, rhythm guitarist Ray Tabano, bass player Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer. However, it was only after Tabano had been replaced by Brad Whitford and a contract had been secured with Columbia Records that the band set about recording their eponymous debut...
“I ended up thumbing my way back to Sunapee, where I finally heard this band Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton were in,” he says of his first meeting with Aerosmith’s lead guitarist and bass player. Perry and Hamilton suggested that he join forces with them and try being a frontman instead...
When I got older and learned that he wasnt on the album it struck my interest, especially as a young guitar player that was opening up for bands like Suicidal Tendancies and Extreme amongst others. I was like who is this guy playing guitar on this album, he is so much more chromatic,...
boogie like "Get The Lead Out" is majestic and commanding. DRAW THE LINE (1977): What does a band do after waxing an instant masterpiece? The boys from Boston holed up in a former monastery with recording equipment and tons of drugs to create this hazy, frazzled but still well-crafted ...
1970, the bands met up again and started to hatch a plan. Tyler, who had been a drummer and backup singer in Chain Reaction, adamantly refused to play drums in this new band, insisting he would only take part if he could be lead vocalist. The others agreed, and a new band was born...
This was also the first of five songs where Whitford played lead guitar, hinting at the larger role he’d take onRocks. "Back in the Saddle" later became the album's final single, just cracking the Top 40 in early 1977. “Last Child” ...
“Killing Floor is one of my favorite Howlin’ Wolf songs, but also one of the iconic blues riffs that turned me on as a young guitar player,” says Slash. “I’ve always wanted to cover it in some capacity and this record was the perfect vehicle. But playin...
Rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford took over some of the lead parts and Richie Supa, the band's longtime writing partner, filled in where needed until the band was able to hire Jimmy Crespo to take over as the full-time guitarist. Night in the Ruts was released in November 1979, but only ...
(Warner Bros., 1978) When Van Halen unleashed their debut album, the guitar work laid down by Eddie Van Halen quite literally set the world on fire. More or less redefining lead guitar playing in one album, the record is stacked with party-time anthems like “Runnin’ With the Devil,”...
Pro Tools is designed for a guitar-player's brain. Many of the best Pro Tools engineers that I know are guitar players. Keyboard players tend to quantise things, whereas guitar players will push and pull things until they feel good. It's a different mind set. But I like the sound of...