Although Peter Wolf and I have talked many times before on Facebook, we had never sat down and been able to chat about his amazing guitars and his extensive background in making them. I had a chance to play his guitars and see the quality of the construction when we spoke at this years NAMM. I […]
This year at NAMM, I was introduced to Darkglass Electronics. An equipment manufacturer for bass players that I was not that familiar with. I was interested in what was new for this year and boy was I floored when they showed me the new amp models for this year. The 2019 Microtubes 900 was a […]
I had an opportunity while at NAMM to interview the Godfather of Guitar Tone the incomparable Seymour Duncan. He has been a friend for over 30 years. I first met Seymour through a mutual friend and he has doing pickups for me ever since. The first time I heard his pickups was at a Jeff […]
On the strength of Judas Priest’s new album “FIREPOWER” Rob Halford and the boys hit the stage with their hit song off the new album Firepower with the title track. It became apparent instantly that we were all in for an inspiring performance from the Metal God Himself, Rob Halford. Although I have seen them […]
One of the hottest tours of 2018 is the Judas Priest/ Deep Purple Tour. As a fan of both bands this was a smorgasbord of the greatest music of several generations. I became a huge fan of Deep Purple from the beginning with hits like Kentucky Woman, Hush, Smoke on the Water and many many more. […]
Alice Cooper returned to Temecula in a spectacular show at Pechanga Resort and Casino. We were on hand for “A Paranormal Evening with Alice Cooper” at Pechanga’s very intimate twelve hundred seat theater. An Alice Cooper show is much more than just an awesome rock concert; it’s a fantastic theatrical show as well. He still […]
Although being snubbed by the Grammy’s hasn’t stopped the 2nd annual Hall Of Heavy Metal awards show from honoring the greats again. This year’s program was even better than last year’s awards show with some heavy weights. The iconic Bill Ward received his award for his long time drumming with “Black Sabbath” for his entire […]
Recently we caught up with Dave Friedman the owner of Friedman Amplification to discuss his vision for the line of Friedman Amps. In the world of digital amp modeling amps Dave has stayed true to the old ways. Hand wired tube amps with Tone for days. Dave got his start making custom effects boards for […]
In the world of bass guitar there is not much Marco can’t do or hasn’t done. He has recorded and toured with some of the biggest names in the rock and music such as Blue Murder, John Sykes, David Coverdale, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Lynch Mob, Neal Schon, Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries, and […]
Although I have seen this Hall Of Fame band several times over the years they always seem to be able to amaze me. And as you can imagine, this time was no different. As one of the hottest tours in the USA this year Cheap Trick joined Foreigner,and Jason Bonham for the hottest ticket of the […]