Final Alice In Chains Layne Staley Performance
If you're a fan this is a cool performance to watch. A bootleg filmed from the balcony at Kemper Arena, Kansas City July 3, 1996, is said to be the final performance of Alice In Chains with Layne Staley. I've had this playing in my ear the last couple of days I forgot how interesting some of these songs are. Also, make sure to check the posters other videos, they have a lot of Alice in Chains content. Check it out! https://youtu.be/OYrBqO45PTk And, if you're a super fan check out the cover of "I Stay Away" we did using the [...]
Metallica to Perform S&M2 With San Francisco Symphony
The first Metallica S&M (Symphony and Metallica) was released in November 1999 and has sold more than 5.5 million copies in the US alone. Today KQED posted Metallica will once again be performing with The San Francisco Symphony for the first show at the new Chase Center this September 6th. The first presale event starts Tuesday, March 19th at 9am exclusively for Metallica Fan Club members, with an additional presale event at 12:00 PM for Chase cardholders. Additional presale events will be held for Chase Center Membership members on Wednesday, March 20 at 12:00 p.m. and for Warriors Season Ticket [...]
Chris Fehn Leaves Slipknot Following Lawsuit
In an odd slug of news last week it was reported that percussionist Chris Fehn from Slipknot was suing the rest of the band while still being an active member. The lawsuit basically cited a pay dispute. Fehn is claiming he was under the impression that the band's money made from touring and merchandise is handled entirely by one company that splits profits and pays the bands. The reports say, however, that Fehn recently discovered that his bandmates set up several other Slipknot affiliated business entities in different states that he was unaware of. Quick to post was Corey Taylor [...]
MySpace Lost All Your Music
The year was 2003 and it was starting to feel like the wild wild west on the internet. Napster in it's original form was dead but music was still strong as ever. Then came MySpace it was the absolutely the hottest site on the internet. It was really the first massive social media platform and it provided a spot for bands. Mine included. But as they say all good things must come to an end. And in many ways that included music with real instruments. And also.... Facebook. The decline of rock music and the explosion of the new [...]
RIP Jim Dunlop
American Music Supply posted on Facebook that Jim Dunlop has passed. This seems to be confirmed from his son Jimi on social media. No word at the moment on the company website or social media accounts. From Wikipedia, Scottish immigrant Jim Dunlop founded the Jim Dunlop Company in 1965 as a part-time business while working as a processing and chemical engineer at Barr and Stroud in Glasgow. He was an apprentice of creator of the first hip replacement, William "Bill" Wallace. His first product was the Vibra-Tuner, a small device that attached to a guitar with a suction cup and displayed [...]
Dio Returns Hologram Footage What Are Your Thoughts? Would You Buy A Ticket?
Some footage started to float around from the DIO Returns tour. For those not familiar it's Ronnie James DIO in hologram form playing with his DIO bandmates. The tour started December 6th at Matrix in Bochum, Germany. From other reports the set-list featured "Rainbow In The Dark", "We Rock", "Neon Nights", "King Of Rock And Roll, "Man On The Silver Mountain", Heaven and Hell", "Holy Diver" and more. The DIO Returns tour features Ronnie's actual live vocals with the DIO band playing backing. The band consisting of Craig Goldy on guitar, Simon Wright on drums, Scott Warren on keyboards [...]
Buckethead Suffering From Life Threatening Heart Problem
Buckethead (Brian Carroll) was recently featured on the Coming Alive Podcast please check it out and listen to the entire interview. "Well, really recently - I have a heart problem where my heart beats out of rhythm. "It's been doing it for a long time, but recently it just really kicked up and became really intense. I really didn't know what was going on. "I just tried to deal with it and let it do what it did, and eventually it would stop. But it got really intense, so I went to the doctor and they said, 'You're [...]
Sons of Apollo is the Super Group You Should Be Listening To Check It Here With Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Bumblefoot, Derek Sherinian, Jeff Scott Soto
Mike Portnoy has another super group and I dig it! He's reunited with former Dream Theater keyboard player Derek Sherinian as well as Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and also added Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force). Their debut album titled Psychotic Symphony was produced by Portnoy and Sherinian, also affectionately known as “The Del Fuvio Brothers,” which is the nickname given to them over 20 years ago during their time together in Dream Theater. Sons Of Apollo got together very organically, as Portnoy explains: “Derek and [...]
Check Out New Joe Satriani Tune “Energy” Featuring Chad Smith and Glenn Hughes
Guitar Superhero Joe Satriani announced his new album recently. "What Happens Next" is slated to be released January 12. He's discussed a bit of what we can expect from the record with his new single "Energy" Energy is a straight ahead rock track and won't sound unfamiliar to Satriani fans. "The son 'Energy' shows the power, fun and excitement of true and spontaneous musical chemistry," Satriani says. "Chad Smith, Glenn Hughes and me rockin' out, not holding back, reveling in the moment." Keeping things simple on this record is important for Satriani, who adds, "I said to Chad in an [...]
Metallica Rig Rundown from the “WorldWired” Tour
Metallica released a nineteen minute video with guitar techs Chad Zaemisch and Justin Crew doing a walk through of not only James Hetfield's and Kirk Hammett's guitar rigs but also some of the hurdles and solutions for providing wireless on huge tours. The rigs prominently feature the Fractal Audio Axe FX II XL's as well as Matrix amplification. Check it below. https://youtu.be/P6k2ghtbhoU
