10
Mar
2010
According to the BBC’s radio 6, contemporary guitar players are often overlooked in most of the existing polls for the world’s greatest axemen. Therefore, they have come up with a poll to determine who are the greatest guitarists of the last 30 years – from 1980 to 2010. Click here to go to the voting [...]
16
Jan
2010
To some of you, this might be a weekend WTF. To some others, perhaps, a start to an interesting discussion. And I think I just made a new word, as I have never heard of deconsonantation before. Stephen Boyd, aka DJ Empirical used As Can Be, the opener to John’s debut solo album Niandra LaDes [...]
17
Dec
2009
Sorry that this is being posted a bit late, your webmaster is a hibernating tree who sleeps from 1 AM to 1 PM. Many thanks to everyone who was sending the news items while I was zzzing – will have the time to thank everyone at some point this weekend. In a rather warm and [...]
12
Dec
2009
Over the past 24 hours, two different websites owned by music insiders from the Los Angeles area have posted news items which contained small bits regarding the future of Red Hot Chili Peppers and with whom they’re recording the follow-up to Stadium Arcadium. Both sources indicate that John Frusciante is no longer in Red Hot [...]
28
Nov
2009
In their compilation of Top 50 Guitar riffs of all time, based on readers’ input, MusicRadar have listed Under The Bridge’s memorable riff on the 46th spot. This is how they described it: Anyone who has worked in a guitar shop since its release as a single in 1992 is likely justifiably sick of Under [...]
05
Nov
2009
This is just plain interesting. No big news or anything, just thought it could be a cool read and a great concept. Sean Levinston of Desert Island Lists has compiled a top five of Replacement Band Members. From Ronnie Wood to Brian Johnson via RJ Dio and Phil Collen…here’s the number two on the list: [...]
02
Nov
2009
This decide, apparently called “noughties” by some people, is nearing its end. Therefore, many polls on what were our favourite films, people, books, musicians et cetera are taking place. If you were old enough to remember it from any previous decade, you might even find it a bit annoying. Nevertheless, there is also a poll [...]