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Day 9 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to Orianthi

December 22, 2013

Today is our Day 9 of 12 Days of Guitarists and we are pleased to announce Orianthi as our feature. Orianthi has had a long history shredding on the guitar and is absolutely amazing. She first picked up the acoustic guitar when she six years old and at age 11 she moved on to the electric and the rest is history. At the young of 28, this Greek Australian guitar virtuoso has led quite a successful career as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and an amazingly all around talented musician. Many might know her as the guitarist for late Michael Jackson and his ill-fated “This is It “Tour. She went on to not only perform with Alice Cooper’s live band, but her own highly successful solo career. Orianthi is amazing to watch. She makes it look so easy as she shreds on her PRS guitars. You are completely mesmerized as she displays her impeccable technique. This guitar rock goddess not only plays some bad ass guitar but she has an undeniable charismatic stage presence. You can [Read More]

Jeff George and Danny Worsnop of Harlot join Camp Freddy on stage at the Roxy

December 22, 2013

Ok… so now I am really bummed about not making out to the 3 Day Camp Freddy Residency at The Roxy in Hollywood. First I told you yesterday about Austin Winkler (formerly of Hinder) joined them on stage as he sang Born To Be Wild. (Read post here). Well, last night, I missed catching our featured guitarist Day 1 (Read Day 1 here), Jeff George of Harlot and his bandmate Danny Worsnop (Asking Alexandria) join Camp Freddy. Guess what song they played? Poison Nothing But a Good Time which is so perfect since in our interview with Jeff earlier this year we asked him to pick a song from the ’80s to be his anthem or theme song and he chose… Poison Nothin But A Good Time. You can check out Jeff and Danny here performing a cover of Poison’s Nothing But a Good Time here: It was a wild night that included many special guests including Moby, Donovan, Courtney Love, Billy Ray Cyrus , Moby, Slash and more! Danny came out and sang three songs, [Read More]

Gypsy Pistoleros release new video “The Dirty Side of Midnight”

December 22, 2013

Wake up everyone, it is Sunday morning and what better way to recuperate from a crazy weekend than by cranking up some new Gypsy Pistoleros!! Just this morning, Gypsy Pistoleros released their video for their new single, “The Dirty Side of Midnight” and it KICKS ASS!! It makes me wan to start my weekend all over. Here it is: We had the opportunity to chat with Gaz Harris, the new singer for Gypsy Pistoleros. You might remember Gaz from our interview with him when he was with Wratchild. Well, Gaz’s high energy and powerful vocals have found the perfect home in Gypsy Pistoleros. Here is Gaz to tell us more about the Gypsy Pistoleros: * * * * * * Music Junkie Press: HI Gaz, It is great to hear that you are with the Gypsy Pistoleros. How did that come to happen? Gaz: Well Mari, I was talking to Jeff Pistolero on a night out in Wolverhampton. We got talking and I wanted to be out gigging more than i was doing with [Read More]

Day 8 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to John 5!

December 21, 2013

Today on Day 8 of our 12 Days of Guitarists, we are pleased to feature John 5! John 5 has had quite an extensive guitar career, from playing with David Lee Roth, Marilyn Manson, and others. In addition to playing with Rob Zombie, he has continued to have quite a successful solo career. He is an amazing guitarist that shreds when he plays. He is a guitar virtuoso who can play you anything from bluegrass to flamenco, instrumental to country, and metal to rock and anything else in between. John started playing the guitar at age 7 and attributes his watching of Hee-Haw as a child for his love of Telecasters. He explains about on Hee-Haw, “they all played teles, so I thought that was the only guitar out there. I was so young and I thought I wanted an electric guitar and so it was a Telecaster. Lucky for me it was the greatest guitar in the world for me.” John has recorded six guitar albums; Vertigo (2004), Songs for Sanity (2005), The Devil Knows My Name (2007),Requiem (2008), The Art of [Read More]

Countdown of 14 Bands That Will Rule 2014, #4 goes to The Pretty Reckless

December 21, 2013

We are in the # 4 spot on our Countdown of Bands that will rule in 2014 and the honor goes to The Pretty Reckless. They are on fire right now and their highly anticipated full length album, “Going To Hell” hasn’t even been released. They have had great success this year with a couple of their singles off their new album and had a successful Going To Hell fall tour so far. We had the opportunity to catch them on their Going To Hell tour when they stopped in San Francisco at Slim’s. One thing is for sure The Pretty Reckless has amazing stage presence and their songs are so damn good. Taylor Momsen has stated in the past that her musical influences are Kurt Cobain and Joan Jett and that is exactly what you get with her! She has this amazing grunge style with this rockin attitude and knows how to work the crowd. Ben Phillips on lead guitar and backing vocals was spot on and had some incredible guitar licks and cool slide. Mark [Read More]

Day 7 of 12 Days of Guitarists goes to Soren Hansen of New Politics

December 20, 2013

Well, just yesterday we featured New Politics on our Countdown of 14 Bands that will rule 2014 and they took away the #6 Spot and you can read more here. Today on our 7 Days of Guitarists we are pleased to feature Soren Hansen of New Politics. Soren is one of the most energetic and captivating guitarists. His stage presence is non stop adrenaline filled. Through all his stage antics, he keeps smiling and you can tell he is loving every second of being on that stage. When we asked him What is the first thing he looks forward to doing when he is done with touring and his answer…… “Go out on tour again!” You can check out more of what Soren has to say from our interview at Uprorar Festival here: Soren is a dedicated Fender player and you can catch him wielding his Telecaster or Jaguar up to 10′ in the air and seamlessly catching and continue to play on. He is spectacular on that stage and I hope you get a [Read More]

Countdown of 14 Bands That Will Rule 2014, #5 goes to Tempting Fate

December 20, 2013

Here we are in the Countdown with the Top 5 Bands that will rule 2014! Number 5 spot goes to Tempting Fate. Hailing from Los Angeles, California is American Metal band Tempting Fate and was formed in 2009 by brothers Shane and Cory Beecher. Tempting Fate has Cory Beecher on Vocals, Shane Beecher on Guitars and Electronics, Matt Campbell on Bass and Austin SinClaire on Drums. Tempting Fate have literally created their own style, they call Dub-Metal with their last EP, Hate Nation but be prepared they are taking a bit heavier direction with their new album. It is going to KICK ASS! Listening to their music, you really appreciate their creativity in developing their unique sound. You can get a feel for their Dub-Metal style with their last EP, Hate Nation that is available on Itunes here. We are anxiously awaiting their new album and Shane tells us more about it, “We wanted to make an album that we wanted to listen to. You always hear about bands making an album for the fans, [Read More]