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Day 3 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to J.R. Bareis of Love and Death

December 16, 2013

For our Day 3 of 12 Days of Guitarists, I bring you one of most talented teens to the hit the stage in a very long time. J.R. Baries of Love and Death. J.R. was picked by Korn guitarist, Brian Head Welch to join his band, Love and Death when he was only 15 in March 2011. J.R. has been playing guitar since he was 11 and it is amazing to know that he never took any lessons, completely self taught. He shreds on the guitar and has quite impressive skills that definitely qualify him as our guitarist extraordinaire. J.R. uses PRS Guitars, Mesa Boogie, GHS Strings, 1964 Ears, In Tune Guitar Picks and Best-Tronics Guitar Cables. J.R. also shows how to play tutorials on his Youtube channel and you can learn how to play many of the Love and Death songs. We got to see J.R. play at Aftershock Festival earlier this year and I was excited to watch was Love and Death. I have really enjoyed their album “Between Here & Lost” as it has some of my favorite [Read More]

Day 2 of Guitarists goes to Sid Glover of Heaven’s Basement

December 15, 2013

Today is Day 2 of our Guitarists and we are proud to bring you Sid Glover of Heaven’s Basement. Sid is a madman on his Gibson. We saw Sid a couple times this year and he just doesn’t disappoint. Heaven’s Basement quickly rose to fame in the States this year and we couldn’t wait to see Sid play live at Aftershock Festival in September. It was our first time seeing them and it was awesome to see them play the big Monster stage. Read more about their Aftershock performance here. In October we had the opportunity to see Heavens Basement play a smaller venue in San Francisco when they opened up for The Pretty Reckless. It was a packed house at Slim’s and it was a stellar evening that included Louna from Russia and the whole night was amazing! Here is a video interview we did with Sid and Aaron from Heaven’s Basement when they played in San Francisco. Heaven’s Basement truly has an incredible electrifying stage presence. These four guys give a 150% [Read More]

Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule 2014! 11 goes to We As Human

December 14, 2013

We are counting down the top 14 bands that we think will rule 2014. Today is our day 11 and we are pleased to present We As Human for that honor. We As Human have had quite a successful year with the release of their self titled debut album and toured extensively in 2013. This year was the first time I heard We As Human and they really became the talk of the scene and within weeks everyone was getting to know their name. We were excited to catch them at the Aftershock Festival where they started the festival off with a kick ass in your face set. They were the first band of the day and everyone was rushing to get in to check them out after they hit the stage and played the first notes of their song. The crowd loved them and many came in not knowing who We As Human were, but left Aftershock with We As Human being one of their top festival highlights. You can read our show review [Read More]

Day 1 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to Jeff George of Harlot

December 14, 2013

Today we are starting our 12 Days of Guitarists and we are pleased to bring you the amazingly talented Jeff George as our Day 1! Jeff George was hand picked by Sebastian Bach to be his new guitarist in September 2012. He went on to play and tour with Sebastian until earlier this year when he directed his full attention to his new band Harlot. You can read our interview with Jeff George as he explained more about how Harlot began here. Jeff not only is a blazin shredder on the guitar but he is also a talented composer, producer and songwriter. He has everyone in excitement as to what Harlot has in store for us. I am excited to hear Jeff‘s shredding and his fierce solos on the Harlot album. He is spectacular and it is no surprise that we will select him as our first feature on our 12 Days of Guitarists. We had a chance to catch up Jeff about his guitars and we are pleased to share it with you here: [Read More]

The Lost Files…. Danko Jones at Uproar Festival

December 14, 2013

Well, let me tell you what a year it has been… Almost two months now our hard drive has been with our computer nerd, Al who has been trying to salvage almost 30 hours of video interviews and photos. Well today we have a breakthrough!!!! We received yesterday our recovered Danko Jones interview from the Uproar Festival in Mountain View in August earlier this year. Danko Jones put on another amazing performance during their set at Uproar Festival. They always deliver 100% pedal to the metal energy and this time there was no letting up. We had the opportunity to interview John Calabrese of Danko Jones and are pleased to share it with you here: You can also check out a tribute video that our Rockin Ryan put together with footage and photos from the Uproar Festival show here: Lastly, I will leave you with Danko Jones newly released video for one of my favorite songs, “Legs” here: Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on [Read More]

Day 5 of 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know goes to Delta Rose

December 13, 2013

Today on Day 5 of our 12 Days of Bands You Have to Know goes to the bad ass rockers who were our featured band of Warped Tour 2013…. Delta Rose! These guys truly know how to bring the old school rock and roll back to life with their young vibrant personalities that you can’t help but fall in love with. They are also one of the hardest working bands out there. You can catch them playing shows on the Sunset Strip at The Viper Room or House of Blues where they truly belong. If you can imagine Sunset Strip back in the ’80s and all the great rock bands during that time, well Delta Rose definitely channels those bands as they bring their energy and high spirited stage antics to life when they perform live. You will think you took a trip back in time. We had the opportunity earlier this year to interview Delta Rose right out on the Sunset Strip before their show at The Viper Room for the Revolver Golden Gods [Read More]

Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule in 2014! #13 goes to the Money Brothers!

December 12, 2013

Today for our countdown of 14 Bands that will rule in 2014, for our lucky number 13, we have the Money Brothers! We recently told you about former Escape the Fate members and brothers, Monte and Michael announcing their new musical venture, Money Brother$. They have been working hard on their new music and truly have what it takes to succeed in 2014. These highly talented musicians take a new meaning to a hands on approach to their music, each one performing many functions and Kicking Ass while doing it. Monte Money is on Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Composer, Production and Michael Money is on Guitar, Backing Vocals, Composer, Production. They have released their first single, Break Free and WOW! It is really good! You can pick it up now on Itunes, Bandcamp or Amazon. Check it out here: Break Free has a great acoustic intro and then starts right in to some heavy signature sweep picking guitar work. Vocals will definitely draw you in as well as the bad ass precision drumming. If this song is [Read More]