Thursday August 27, 2009 Cornell Flies High With Virgin's help
Grunge pioneer Chris Cornell is used to courting controversy - but his latest move is likely to have even his most hardcore fans scratching their heads.
The former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman has teamed up with commercial airline Virgin America to...
Wednesday August 26, 2009 Super-luthiers Manson's Announce Annual Show Dates
Manson's Guitar Shop , custom builders to bands like
Muse and Led Zeppelin , will stage their hugely successful show again this year.
The dates and venue have been confirmed as 24 and 25 October at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter.
The show...
Cranberries Reform To Tour
Irish folk-poppers The Cranberries have announced they are reuniting after seven years for a live tour.
The 90s band, featuring guitarist and frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan , are rehearsing for a North American late this year and will be making their way...
Tuesday August 25, 2009 The 10 Degrees Of Axe Separation: Stone Gossard vs Johnny Cash
Using fellow musical collaborators can you link Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard to the late great Johnny Cash in less than 10 steps?
Here's the first step: Stone's first band March Of Crimes featured future Soundgarden man Ben Shepherd on...
Monday August 24, 2009 Nevermore Guitarist Jeff Loomis UK Clinic Update
Renowned metal shredder Jeff Loomis is hosting two guitar clinics in the UK this October.
The clinics have been set up by Westside Distribution and Schecter Guitar Research, and are a must for fans of fast shredding, heavy riffing and virtuoso...
RGT Announces Annual Conference
The Registry Of Guitar Tutors holds its annual conference on 27 September at Thames Valley University.
The conference gives guitar teachers the chance to gain professional development training with seminars by top music educators, and also provides the...
Friday August 21, 2009 Time Magazine Announces 10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players...
Time Magazine has compiled a list of their 10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players .
The list reads as follows:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Slash
3. B.B. King
4. Keith Richards
5. Eric Clapton
6. Jimmy Page
7. Chuck Berry
8. Les...
Thursday August 20, 2009 The Week's Most Ridiculous Rock Stories
It's been an odder-than-normal week in the music press, so we've picked out a few of the stories that have had us rolling around TG Towers searching for the Kleenex....
Massive Jacko Robot Hotel Planned
Plans are accordingly afoot to build a...
Crooked Vultures - First Official Clip Appears Online!
The first official clip of Crooked Vultures rehearsing has appeared online and you can see it below.
The band is a supergroup featuring QOTSA's Josh Homme , Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones .
That's quite a...
Wednesday August 19, 2009 Tony Iommi Set For Hand Surgery
Metal icon Tony Iommi will have surgery on his hand following Heaven And Hell 's current tour.
The former Sabbath guitarist is suffering from a debilitating condition in his fretting hand that leaves him in constant pain, and says his only course of...
