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Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti recently branched out on his own releasing his first solo disc ‘All I Was’ on July 17. In addition to playing guitar, Tremonti also covers vocal duties on the disc, showing off his full arsenal of musical weapons. For fans that ever dreamed of taking guitar lessons with Mark Tremonti, now is your chance. As the first single ‘You Waste Your Time’ is
Dead Sara have certainly done quite well with their own music this year, but it never hurts to have some fun with a cover song once in a while. The group just posted the first of what they intend to be a series of informational videos titled ‘Face to Face Fridays’ in which they take and respond to questions from their fans. In the first video, they do discuss the
With his latest solo album ‘Apocalyptic Love,’ Slash has been busy on tour with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators but things aren’t running so smoothly for his other band Velvet Revolver. In an interview with the Aquarian, Slash spoke candidly about Velvet Revolver’s current state. “Unfortunately, as for Velvet Revolver, we’ll remain on a hiatus until we find the right singer to replace Scott.” The guitar great did speak highly
One thing award shows are good for is allowing rockers from all generations to put aside their schedules for a moment and converge in one place. And there’s no doubt that veteran rocker Sebastian Bach and emerging metal favorites Black Veil Brides have crossed paths at a few of these events. With the introductions out of the way, that means that things like what happened at Club Nokia in Los
For the second year in a row, severe weather wreaked a little havoc on Lollapalooza, but this time organizers were better prepared. The bands and audience were evacuated from the Grant Park grounds Saturday (Aug. 4) in anticipation of a severe thunderstorm expected to hit the area. Our reporter on the scene alerted us that there would be a two-hour break in the festivities. All of the stages were shut
When you’re a starting and struggling musician, you may not be able to land your dream gig right off the bat, so it should come as no surprise that before he was laying down some serious licks with Five Finger Death Punch, guitarist Jason Hook took a number of gigs, including some outside of the metal genre. Hook told the Evansville Courier & Press that he was actually once a
Sometimes reunions work and sometimes they don’t. In Jane’s Addiction‘s case, their second time working with bassist Eric Avery, who was initially the first original member to leave the band, just didn’t pan out. Singer Perry Farrell says that having taken advantage of several opportunities to reunite only to split again after the ‘Strays’ album, it took some convincing to give another run at the band a try. He tells