Gwen Stefani on the only No Doubt song she's ever written on guitar
The Stefani-penned Simple Kind of Life proved to be the standout track of No Doubt's fourth album, Return of Saturn ...
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20 outlandish rock and roll cover songs
Rock and roll is capable of being a genre of great excess, but these cover songs are ridiculously over the top.
How Shel Talmy created one of the most thrilling sounds in rock
The sound is unmistakable. A barre chord slices through the speakers, the guitar edging into distortion. The snare kicks in ...
'Neil Diamond Musical’ delivers plenty of sweet, cracklin' tunes, but not much of a story arc
“Cherry, Cherry” features a dance solo from Hannah Jewel Kohn, who is incandescent as Diamond’s second wife, Marcia Murphey. The energy of the music is off the charts, and Hoggett’s choreography as ...
Guitar World on MSN3d
“I hit the first chord and my Marshall blew up”: Richie Sambora on Bon Jovi's nightmare arena debut
Reflecting on the experience decades later, Sambora said that – embarrassing as they are in the moment – mishaps like that ...
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How One Chord Helped the Kinks Change Rock and Roll Forever
The Kinks changed rock music forever with the use of one particular type of chord on their 1964 hit, "You Really Got Me." ...
Hooked on “bombastic lead rock guitar” before catching the songwriting bug, Seb Wesson is on a search for songs with meaning
Wesson's full-length solo debut was made in collaboration with his Martin D-28 and a ’68 Fender Pro Reverb amprescued from ...
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Review: California-based band Dawes begins their tour in Knoxville, TN
Despite the distance between Knoxville, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California both cities know a thing or two about good ...