Megadeth Preparing To Record Next Album August 29, 2008
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsAcclaimed British producer Andy Sneap will fly over to Southern California on September 8 to start recording their next album.
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Talk Show Flashback: Backstreet?s Back?On Rupaul!
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsFor anybody who thinks the ’90s were nothing but dudes dressed in flannel and songs about heroin, take a look at the low quality clip above. It’s from Rupaul’s talk show, and it features a just-breaking-in-America Backstreet Boys, who have no idea what to make of Ru. The big highlight comes at the end when […]
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News Ticker: Bob Dylan, ?Guitar Hero,? Ruben Studdard
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyBob Dylan is endorsing his first-ever line of harmonicas. Hohner USA will release the Bob Dylan Signature Series, each branded by a Dylan-designed logo.Rush Hour auteur Brett Ratner has hopes of making a film based on video game Guitar Hero. “I love Guitar Hero and I think it’s a part of pop culture,” Ratner […]
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Stevie Wonder, Will.i.am, Sheryl Crow Close Out DNC Festivities
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyWhen a recording of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In the U.S.A.” blared through the speakers at Invesco Field at Mile High after Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night, it was official. Springsteen, rumored all week to close the final night, would not show. Thus did ex-Doobie Brother Michael McDonald have the last musical word […]
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Judge Says Arrest of ?Chinese Democracy? Leaker Was Excessive
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyIn his hearing this week, a judge questioned the necessity of arresting Guns N’ Roses leaker Kevin Cogill, calling it unnecessary. The man who posted nine songs from the previously unheard sessions for the forever-in-production Chinese Democracy was shown some leniency by the court as the presiding judge felt the proposed $50,000 bail […]
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The Democratic Convention: Total Coverage of Kanye, Death Cab, Rage and Obama
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsLast night, on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Barack Obama closed the Democratic National Convention with a stirring speech that laid out his plan for the rest of the campaign. Click below for Tim Dickinson’s live blog of last night’s closing ceremony in Denver, as well as […]
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Tommy Bolin Biography To Be Released
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsTommy Bolin, the late guitarist of 1970s rock heavyweights James Gang and Deep Purple, is the latest rocker to receive the memoir treatment.
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Brooks & Dunn Comment on Obama?s Use Of ?Only In America?
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyIf it felt familiar when Brooks & Dunn’s “Only In America” played after Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last night, there was good reason: President George W. Bush used the same song four years ago when he was rallying against Democratic candidate John Kerry. Brooks & Dunn were big supporters of Bush, even playing W’s […]
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The Return of Randy Newman
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: DimmockIn the past decade, Randy Newman has become known less for his excellently cantankerous work from the Seventies and more for his scores for Pixar movies. But with his new album Harps and Angels, the old Newman is back, led by last year’s biting single “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country.” Click […]
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Single Minded: Oasis & Jay-Z, Amanda Palmer and Radiohead
Posted by Chee Shan in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: GettyJay-Z vs. Oasis, OJayZis [Mixtape/Mashup]Ah, internet, the great unifier: ambitious DJ brings together two warring factions on a mixtape that somehow justifies its ridiculous premise with savvy arranging.Amanda Palmer, “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” [Death Cab For Cutie Cover]Palmer’s tremendous, trembling voice makes one thing clear: she has been to the darkness […]
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