Another big loss for the music world: Jim Marshall, amp-man extraordinaire, died today. He was 88. Marshall’s name is, literally, on the sound of innumerable rock legends, his cursive signature looping across the faces of amplifiers stacked behind Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Slash and lots and lots of others. The… Read More →
Listen to him play. Yes, the name is ridiculous and the gimmick is ludicrous – something seemingly drawn from an unhealthy fascination with Styx’ “Mr. Roboto” or the Jet Jaguar character in the Godzilla B-movies. But just listen to Buckethead play, because behind the mask is bonafied guitar genius. (photo… Read More →
They weren’t the first band to rise out of the L.A. club scene, but they probably rose the highest. And that’s no surprise, because hit rockers Guns N Roses grew out of two of the best known and most successful West Coast glam bands of their day.L.A. Guns took its… Read More →
It took Axl Rose 13 years, 14 studios and an estimated $13 million to put together Chinese Democracy, billed as Guns n Roses’ sixth studio album. But some seven months after its release, it seems nowhere to be found – and I’m having a hard time finding it on store… Read More →
Rock supergroup Velvet Revolver is close to naming a replacement for departed singer Scott Weiland, the band told Rolling Stone magazine this week. Revolver bassist Duff McKagan told RS that the list of possible new vocalists is down to a handful of candidates — a far cry from the approximately… Read More →