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Right, now this post might seem a little ponsey, and is not what my usual posts are aimed at. Usually it's about how guitarists make their instrument wail and scream or how hard a particular musician rocks. But I thought it was time we looked at a different side of the guitar. A side that often gets neglected by some bands and guitarists, yet a side that is so vitally important for the guitar. Yes there have been guitar songs that have rocked the fuck out of my ears but there has also been those guitar songs that have soothed them. And this,[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another friday quiz. You know the drill by now so lets get down to business. Here's last weeks answers. I hope you are doing well in these : 1) Songs For The Deaf 2) Soul Power 3) 1983 4) Marshalls House 5) The Who And now here's this weeks quiz: [quiz=12] Good Luck. Hope you do well. null Other Posts in the Series: Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4 Quiz 5 Quiz 6 Quiz 7 Quiz 8 Quiz 9 Quiz 10 Quiz 11 Subscribe in a reader Enter your email address: [...]

Alright everyone, hope you had a brilliant weekend. I'm currently skint so no outings to the pub for me :-( Bad Times. Anyway, as I write this I can already feel that the choice of guitar hero isn't going to go down to well. His band. The Darkness had only one truly successful album, their debut, and they got a lot of stick for prancing around in leotards. But I assure you, if you listen to the music, especially from the album Permission To Land you will find some outstanding guitar playing for a debut album. This weeks Guitar Hero is[...]

There have been  so many musicians that have died. But none so more than the guitarist. Such a demanding role within a band. Throughout the last 50 years of popular music, the lead guitarist has been an essential part of any band; to look amazingly cool, to cause a riot, to smash some guitars on stage, to show the groupies a good time ;-). Such a demanding role has seen so many guitarists die too young or before their time. So many that had so much more to give. So many that came and left their mark and authority on the world. Who all gave[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to the second edition of the weekly feature, Guitar Duel. Last week saw Jimmy Page take on Keith Richards and to be honest I thought it might have been more of a contest. But you voted 11 for Page and just 2 for Richards. So Jimmy Page won that Guitar Duel by a landslide. But now onto this weeks Duel. A tasty affair indeed. They hail from two of the biggest Rock bands in history. One classed more as Heavy Metal, one more as Hard Rock. They formed 8 years apart in 1973 and 1981. The bands are of course,[...]