First of all, rhythm and lead guitar aren’t two different instruments – you can play rhythm guitar both with an electric guitar and an acoustic one. Instead, rhythm and lead are two different ways to play the guitar and they hold two very different roles and functions in the band. In ...
There are plenty of Guns N’ Roses songs that make you want to pick up an air guitar and jam along with. This power ballad, though, still seems to be the one that’s remembered most fondly. To be fair, the guitar playing on this song isn’t all that hard, so if you want to ta...
While bands and artists are very used to the uncomfortable nature of playing new material in front of an audience that's just there to hear the hits, Running on Empty captured moments with Browne and the band where they were playing new songs that the audiences hadn't even had a chance t...
While bands and artists are very used to the uncomfortable nature of playing new material in front of an audience that's just there to hear the hits, Running on Empty captured moments with Browne and the band where they were playing new songs that the audiences hadn't even had a chance t...
You’re taking them on this new journey. The Section got to open every one of those shows, so we were having a ball. We got to play our asses off for the whole tour. One of the things for me that was a real poignant memory, I don’t drink at all, for the most part. I’ve...
You’re taking them on this new journey. The Section got to open every one of those shows, so we were having a ball. We got to play our asses off for the whole tour. One of the things for me that was a real poignant memory, I don’t drink at all, for the most part. I’ve...
Though "November Rain" was included on Guns N' Roses' 1991 album Use Your Illusion I, the track was actually written years before Appetite for Destruction even came out. According to Axl Rose, a fellow rocker actually inspired him to write it — Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. When Crue re...
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On side two, those two older tunes and a sparkling "Closer to the Heart" indulged the eight-minute dramatics of "Jacob's Ladder." Side three featured the trippy but nippy "The Trees," prefaced by a brief acoustic Lifeson intro titled "Broon's Bane" that dedicated to long suffering ...
Electrifying musicianship is on display, as Angus Young shreds through several blistering guitar solos. The release also captures lead singer Bon Scott in his prime, less than two years before his unexpected death. Buoyed by the positive reception to ‘If You Want Blood,’ 1979’s ‘Highway ...