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Frank Zappa Unsentimental Guitarist
Frank Zappa never had much use for sentimentality. As a lyricist, he could be sly, silly or bitingly sarcastic, addressing anything from groupie sex to the perils of yellow snow. But he had no more […]
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Godsmack Smack Attack
Who says you need a big budget, a hotshot producer or a fancy, gazillion-track studio to make a hit record? Not Godsmack, a Boston-based band that sounds more like Seattle (their name actually comes from […]
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Zakk Wylde Zakkology – Wylde Guitar Rig
Digging through some old-old achieves, I found some interesting tid-bits on the 1990’s Zakk Wylde. He talks about his first bulls-eye Gibson, Lee Jackson amplifier and where it took his music back in the 90’s. […]
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Lou Reed talks about The Velvet Underground Rock Band
On their first two albums, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) and White Light / White Heat (1968), The Velvet Underground plumbed the depths of chaos, cacophony, hard drug addiction, alternative sexuality, decadence, death and […]
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Guns N Roses ‘Chinese Democracy’ Top of the FAIL LIST?
Back on June 17th 2008 a leak of nine allegedly “mastered, finished” tracks from Guns N’ Roses’ long- delayed “Chinese Democracy” spiked a renewed circle of talk about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally […]
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Roger Mayer reveals History of Hendrix, Page and Beck
What do Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and submarine warfare have in common? A stomp box maker by the name of Roger Mayer. A hometown buddy of both Beck and Page—not to mention, a fell guitar […]
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The life of Leo Fender
Before Leo Fender came along, the solidbody electric guitar was little more than a gimmick. No other person did as much to develop this “gimmick” into one of the most important musical instrument of the […]
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The Allman Brothers Band
“He knew how to bring out the best in people,” says Gregg Allman of his late brother Duane, legendary guitarist and founder of the band which bears their surname. ”He knew which buttons to push.” […]
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Jackson Mark Morton Signature Dominion Guitar
LAMB OF GOD’S, Mark Morton, is known as the riff monster of guitar players, so it just makes sense why Jackson Guitars decided to unite with Mark Morton and design a signature model. If you […]
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Ozzy Osbourne Wants to Make Two New Albums
This morning Gear-Vault received information from USA TODAY that our beloved Madman, Ozzy Osbourne wishes to record two more new albums. Is this his final debut? Ozzy is 60 years old, and has essentially proven […]