IS ANGUS YOUNG OVERRATED?
August 13, 2009 by Mike O'Cull · 1 Comment
The topic of Angus Young, who is, of course, the lead guitarist in everlasting rock gobstopper AC/DC, comes up frequently in guitar circles, both with students and with peers. There are a lot of folks out there who aren’t sure if Angus is really any good and wonder if he might be a bit overrated as a player, mostly due to the simple and straight ahead music his band plays. Read more
Top Ten Must – Know Rock Guitar Riffs
June 16, 2009 by Mike O'Cull · 23 Comments
The guitar riff is central to rock and roll as we know it. A great intro riff identifies and emboldens a song and kicks the band (and the crowd) into overdrive. Rock history is filled with riffs that have changed the world and it is all of our jobs to learn to play as many of these as we can. That’s how we learn what greatness really is and how we absorb the vocabulary needed to craft our own riffs and songs. Read more
4 years old Joe the Drum Master
This is Joe. He’s four years old, he’s been drumming for less than a year, and if you watch him covering The Who – “Won’t Get Fooled Again” without cracking a smile, you’re out of blood.
Guns N Roses’ ‘Chinese Democracy’ To Be Retail Exclusive? GNR
August 19, 2008 by Chaz · Leave a Comment
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 release the 14-years-in-the-making “Chinese Democracy“ album. Read more
AC/DC To Film New ‘Black Ice’ Video In August
July 30, 2008 by Chaz · 2 Comments
Radio show host, Eddie Trunk of XMs Boneyard (who has a long-time-standing with radio show, “Friday Night Rocks”, on New York’s channel Q104.3 FM) informs us that Australian hard rockers AC/DC are heading to London England early August to shoot a video for the first off their new album, “Black Ice”. Read more
AC/DC Signs Deal With the Devil (Wal-Mart)
June 9, 2008 by Chaz · Leave a Comment
AC/DC, one of the heaviest hitters in the hard rock world, has been in the studio working on their first new album in eight years.
