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Before Slash even had an instrument, he sought music lessons from a nearby guitar teacher named Robert Wolin. At the time, he thought he wanted to play the bass, but after Wolin played aCreamsong for him on the guitar, he realized that was what he wanted to pursue instead. His very fi...
"We try to arrange both guitar parts around the voice, because that’s the first thing people hear. One thing I love about acoustic guitars is that you can actually have more dynamics in your song. They can go super quiet toextremelyloud. The gap is actual...
Pearl Jam played some of the most exciting shows of their career during the touring cycle forVs., and it was during that time on the road that songs for their next album began to take shape. They worked onVitalogybetween tour dates, which may have something to do with the open and orga...
It takes a certain degree of bullying bravado to pick on a werewolf, so you have to give it up to Mark Arnold’s Mick, who not only socks Michael J. Fox’s lycanthropic high schooler in his human form but does some admirable “hold me back” posturing once the human Fox turns into ...
The Conversation: This was a tougher call with Godsmack’s percussive take on “Come Together” also very deserving of a nod, but the group’s take on the Led Zeppelin classic “Good Times Bad Times” seems to give a broader showcase to the group as a whole with some nifty guitar work...
Let’s get down to brass tacks. If you’re going to craft sweet music, you’ll need your own kit. Whether it’s a second-hand guitar that’s seen more pubs than a brewery rep or a shiny new keyboard that glows like the Blackpool illuminations, or important accessories like this9V po...
Navarro onlyrecently returnedto Jane’s Addiction, with the band having to hire temporary replacements until he felt healthy enough to get back on stage. READ MORE:Why Dave Navarro Didn’t Listen to Jane’s Addiction Without Him “Once we lost [Hawkins], I put the guitar away,” Navarro ...
This live music venue put Emerald City on the map as the home of grunge music. Famous names have passed through The Crocodile to establish their presence. Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam are other familiar names that performed at The Crocodile in the 1990s. Today, you can ...
Hendrix. He was hanging out in New York, trying to get a gig together. So he asked me if I could get him a gig. I said, "I know a place called the Cafe Au Go Go and I play a lot of gigs there. Let's put a band together and you'll be my lead guitar player. No problem...