Zakk Wylde Workshop

Zakk Wylde is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Playing with legends like Ozzy Osbourne he has greatly improved his playing over the years. Initially he made a solo album by the name of Book of Shadows and later on he progressed with his own band called the Black Label Society.

Zakk formed a band called Lynyrd Skynhead with James Lomenzo and Greg DeAngelo of White Lion fame in 1992 while he was still with Ozzy. They jammed a bunch of classic rock and southern rock tunes from bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Bros, ZZ Top, and Mountain. This lineup recorded the track "Farm Fiddlin'" which appeared on the "Guitars That Rule The World Vol. 1" compilation album, which is now out of print.

Black Label Society are currently on the mainstage of Ozzfest 2002, with Robert Trujillo, also Ozzy's bassist, playing bass for them. You can also catch Zakk playing with Ozzy's band as well.

Odyssey Releases Debut Album through Gasmask Holocaust Records

Odyssey is proud to announce the name and tracklist of our debut album!

The album is called 'Ghosts Of Yesterday', features 10 tracks (and one cover song) and has a total running time of 72 mins. Here's the tracklist along with the respective track times.

Odyssey - Ghosts Of Yesterday

1. Exordium (Instrumental) - 1:56
2. The Last Stand - 4:59
3. Falling Into Infinity - 5:56
4. With Him Came Destruction - 8:25
5. Frozen In Time - 9:07
6. Mind Over Matter (Instrumental) - 4:18
7. Devolution - 12:00
8 Nightmare Cinema - 6:48
9. The Razor's Edge - 4:06
10. Odyssey Pt.1: A Coming Of Age - 11:07
11. Hawa Hawa (Hassan Jehangir cover) - 3:54


An official release date will be announced soon, but the album will be released by GmH Records. We're also working on the album cover, booklet and an official website for the band. Once again, thank you for all the support. For any comments/remarks that you guys may have, you can post them here.

Thanks.

Run To The Hills

The eighties to the early nineties saw Iron Maiden ruling the roost, certainly in terms of the British, and arguably the world, rock scene. They were massive. Even nowadays, when this feat is a normal weekly event, it is rarely achieved by a rock band. Back then – when a number one hit couldn't be guaranteed by selling a suitcase full of singles – it was simply unknown. Given the repute of the band and my appetite for collecting, why then the marked gap where this band's portfolio should be?

There are, I think, a number of contributing factors. Firstly, their thrust into super-stardom came at the same time my personal finances were stretched to the limit. Secondly, my musical tastes were diversifying into more interesting fields. And, thirdly, and most importantly, rock music in general was rapidly losing its appeal.

With the advent of grunge and emo-core the more traditional rock fare became, in some cases, an object of ridicule but when they started remastering and reissuing Maiden's back catalogue I had a mighty big rethink.

With its absurdly pompous intro section, whacky-whacky video and metal-opera vocals, Run to the Hills is a proposition over which we should cast an extremely jaundiced eye. Once that's been accomplished, we can bung it on the record player and howl along to the chorus like we're crazy.

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine Demonstrates Signature MARSHALL Cabinet

In 1962, a new amplifier became available to guitarists, bringing with it a whole new approach to how the guitar was played. 21 years later, in 1983 a new band emerged on the San Francisco bay area, bringing with them a unique, new sound for a generation. The music had a distinctive guitar style, often involving complex, intricate musical passages. The lyrics were profound and gave a sharp, cynical view of modern society. The band MEGADETH, the visionary Dave Mustaine.

The Dave Mustaine signature range consists of two cabinets, the 1960A-DM, which carries the classic angled look, and the 1960B-DM, the base, straight front cabinet.

Hand-built in Marshall's U.K. factory, the company's development engineers have worked closely with Dave over the last year, and have devised Marshall's most visually and sonically striking product to date. This "sealed" construction gives tightly focused, aggressive projection to the sound and is exactly to Dave's specification.

The cabinet has a more open face look, with a diamond pattern, black powder coated steel kick grille to protect the speakers. Covered in rugged "Carbon Fibre" patterned, slate black vinyl, the cabs are finished with high impact-resistant cabinet fixtures and durable Manganese-Phosphate plated screws and rivets.

The final touch is a custom plaque in the corner of the cab, carrying the signatures of both Dave Mustaine and Dr. Jim Marshall OBE.

Included with each 1960DM cabinet is a DVD presented by Dave and featuring the building of the cabinet. There is also a heavy duty dust cover with a custom artwork and a product completion certificate hand-signed by the Marshall production staff.

NIGHTWISH Singer To Perform With THE RASMUS On Finnish TV

NIGHTWISH frontwoman Anette Olzon will join the Finnish rock band THE RASMUS this week on the Finnish TV show "Ne Salmiset" to perform THE RASMUS' new single, "October & April". The performance will be broadcast on Finland's MTV3 on Saturday, November 28.

Olzon teamed up with THE RASMUS on stage this past Friday night (November 20) at The Dome 52 in Graz, Austria to perform "October & April". The concert will be broadcast on Germany's RTL 2 station on November 27.



In a September 2008 interview with Italy's Musica Metal, THE RASMUS singer Lauri Ylönen stated that the idea for the song came to him nine years ago when Tarja Turunen was still the lead singer of NIGHTWISH, but he only got around to recording the track during the sessions for last year's "Black Roses" CD. "I actually asked Tarja, but she said no!" Lauri revealed. "Then I called Anette, and she was like, 'Yeah, I would love to sing a song with you, I'm a big RASMUS fan, actually two years ago before I joined NIGHTWISH, I was singing THE RASMUS songs in karaoke bars!' so we went with her."

"October & April" was not included on "Black Roses" because the CD was a concept effort and the song didn't fit in with the overall idea for the album. Instead, the track will make its debut on THE RASMUS' "Best of 2001-2009", a compilation of all the hit songs from their four latest albums, including the million-selling "In The Shadows", most of the singles and a few rarities.

SLASH Performs Song From Upcoming Solo Album - Nov. 24, 2009

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) performed a song called "By The Sword" off his upcoming self-titled solo album at a benefit concert this past Sunday (November 22) at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. The show, billed as "Slash & Friends", was a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN) is a non-profit organization providing services to homeless and runaway youth.

Fan-filmed video footage of the "By The Sword" performance can be viewed below.

"Slash" will see Roadrunner Records enter into a unique and innovative association with a U.K. media partner — the special-interest media groupFuture. In a brand new concept in record distribution the standard album release will be preceded by a "fan pack," in which the Roadrunner Recordsalbum will be bundled together with a highly collectable special issue ofFuture Publishing's Classic Rock magazine dedicated to Slash's career. This will be the first format of the album available anywhere in the world.

AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY Interviewed - Nov. 23, 2009

AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler joined Perry onstage in New York earlier this month while the latter was touring with his JOE PERRY PROJECT solo band, telling the crowd that he wasn't quitting AEROSMITH. "[Tyler] walked into the club right at the encore because he didn't really know what songs we had played up 'till them," Perry told Gazer. "But we had 'Walk This Way' left [to play] and I thought I would give the fans a treat and have him come and sit in with my band. He came in, he sang and he left. I looked around afterwards, because we played one more song, and I went back looking for him and he was gone. They said he just walked off the stage and left."

Joe Perry's fifth solo album, "Have Guitar, Will Travel", will be released in Japan on December 23. The Japanese edition of the album will include two bonus tracks — "Dream On" (AEROSMITH) and "Revolution" (THE BEATLES).

"Have Guitar, Will Travel" was released in the U.S. on October 6 viaRoman Records. The hard-driving, ten-song, in your face, collection features Perry's trademark rock and blues ferocity. Recorded this past spring at the BoneYard, Perry's state-of-the-art home studio, whereAEROSMITH's "Honkin' On Bobo" and "Just Push Play" were recorded,"Have Guitar, Will Travel" is entirely written and produced by Perry.

OZZY OSBOURNE/FIREWIND Guitarist GUS G. Featured In ROCK HOUSE Commercial - Nov. 23, 2009

Gus G., founding member and driving force behind the band FIREWIND, is featured in a new commercial for Rock House, the leader in music instruction. Check it out below.

Gus, who was recently seen performing live with the prince of darkness himself, OZZY OSBOURNE, has joined Rock House's roster of master instructors.


"Gus plays with a great sense of melody and when he combines his technical chops and tone, out comes mind-blowing riffs," said Joe Palombo, Executive Director of Rock House. "More than just a shredder, Gus really plays with tremendous amounts of feel. His work with FIREWIND andDREAM EVIL show his has incredible writing abilities and versatility."

Details of the programs are still being finalized with Gus, but you can bet that Rock House will take an in-depth look at his technique, how he constructs his leads, how he writes melodies and harmonies, and much more.

The new Rock House product featuring Gus G. is scheduled for release in May 2010. Stay tuned to RockHouseMethod.com for more details.

Gus' Rock House instructional product will be available at MI retailers around the world for $24.99. All Rock House instructional products are distributed through Hal Leonard Corp. 1-800-554-0626. Each one of Gus' DVDs will come with a free tab lesson booklet, iPod-ready video and membership to Rock House's lesson support site atRockHouseMethod.com. This feature, exclusive to Rock House and its partners, offers students supplementary support for the lessons featured on the DVDs.





Rock House has developed an accelerated yet easy-to-use system of learning that utilizes the functionality of DVD and print, integrated with the accessibility of the Internet. Aspiring musicians who have a product produced by Rock House receive free membership toRockHouseMethod.com for 24-7 lesson support. Students use this fully interactive site along with their product to enhance their learning experience, expand their knowledge, link with instructors, and connect with a community of people around the world who are learning to play music using the Rock House Method.