hoursofpractice,youstillneedoneotherkeyingredient—luck.So,youcouldbethemostamazingguitarist intheworld,butunlessyou?reluckyenoughtoplayin frontofarecordcompanyexecutivewhoseesawayof exploitingthattalent,youaren?tgoingtobeseeing yournameinlights. A.Itisn?tjustaquestionoftimeandsupport. B.AuthorMalcolm Gladwe...
May 14, 1976 - Yardbirds Guitarist ShockedFormer Yardbirds frontman Keith Relf died following an accidental electrocution while playing his guitar, aged just 33. Relf's legacy endures through his work with the Yardbirds, where he collaborated with legendary musicians such as Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck,...
Vocalist Dexter Holland sounds just as good now as he did 30 years ago when they hit the public’s radar in 94 with their albumSmash.And the between-song dialog from Holland and guitarist Noodles alone was worth staying for their entire set. ...
Cotten wrote songs as a child, including the famous “Freight Train,” written when she was just 11 years old. To hammer this home: this means, she wrote “Freight Train” in 1906. This means that 60 years later, the song would be covered by Peter Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Jerry Ga...
Eventually Day Sleeper grew into a band with the addition of guitarist Justin Danforth, bassist Dan Ferm, and drummer Luke Pyenson. They recorded their first album Drop Your Sword in 2008, while attending high school in Newton, MA and released it the following year through Cooling Pie Records,...
Hope and love are popular themes of literature and art in many human societies. The human physiology of love and hope is less well understood. This review presents evidence that the lack of love and/or hope delays growth disturbs development and maturati
Arizona. These days you can find them back in California in the town of Bishop. The head of the label and design studio is Bruce Licher, the owner of the hand-fed letterpress printing press that gives the label its unique graphic look. Bruce is also the lead guitarist in the band ...
Vocalist Layne Staley and guitarist Jerry Cantrell laid the groundwork for what would become an identifiable melodic yet heavy vocal sound. Tracks like "Sea of Sorrow," "Bleed the Freak" and the powerful groove of "It Ain't Like That" help fill what was an impressive debut. 63. Foo ...
Ben Gibbard, lead vocalist and guitarist for Death Cab for Cutie—who just released their new album, “Asphalt Meadows”—also excels at ultra-distance trail running. Gibbard completed his first road marathon in 2011 and quickly switched to the trails and longer distances. These days he takes ...
Are You Experienced, spent 33 weeks in the UK charts, the music star burned his guitar onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival – a moment immortalised in one of the most famous rock ’n’ roll photographs of all time. Hendrix’s outstretched hands summon the flames towards him as if conduct...