In the video below, check out Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne's recent visit to "Black Sabbath 13 3D," a spooky, Sabbath-themed maze that's part of this year's Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights. As an added bonus, there's also a walk-through video of...

BIAS pushes the boundary, by focusing on just one thing, almighty TONE...  BIAS is an Amp Processor app for iPad. It is marketed as the most complete, accurate, and versatile modeling available in the world. Reviews so far position it as an excellent amp modelling app...

How to record guitars: getting to grips with the basics... A simple riff, in the right hands, with the right sound is nothing short of incendiary! When we imagine how guitar tracks are recorded by the major label bands, our minds-eye wanders into a big studio, perhaps...

Britney Spears is being used as a secret weapon… to scare off Somali pirates.  Her hits are being blasted out to deter kidnap attacks, merchant navy officer Rachel Owens revealed to the London Guardian Newspaper service. Spears’s chart-toppers Oops! I Did It Again and...

Former Judas Priest axeman K.K. Downing posted a birthday blog announcement on Sunday (October 27), reminiscing the old days and discussing the present... As somewhat expected, Downing also touched on the subject of internet, saying that; "it is for sure that the internet...

Besides his recent albums with Blackmore's Night, we really don't hear a lot from former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore these days. Which is why it's nice to have stumbled upon this recently uploaded (August 2013) video of Blackmore in full interview mode. "I've...

Watch as Polish celebrity Patricia “Patty” Dłutkiewicz performed her song “Krzyk” on her country’s national morning show Good Morning TVN earlier this week with a “guitarist” model named Angelika Fajcht showing off her uniquely pantsless, dazed and confused lip-synch style. Fajcht...

Gibson Press Release: Nashville, TN (October 16, 2013) From his own band Black Label Society, to tours and recordings with Ozzy Osbourne and a wide variety of solo outings and collaborations, Zakk Wylde has established himself as one of the fiercest players in rock. With...

Guitars like Gibson's iconic Flying V, just about any BC Rich model, or Bob Wiley's Ministar travel guitars may well stand out in any crowd, but they're not exactly built for comfort. Guitar maker Shawn Steen has spent the last two years tweaking and testing an instrument...

Judas Priest front-man Rob Halford was announced to make a guest appearance in a new episode of the iconic animated series "The Simpsons." As Entertainment Weekly reports, the episode's storyline revolves around online piracy and features Halford singing the band's staple...

The creators of the Gittler Guitar don't necessarily believe there's something wrong with the way guitars are built today. But they insist there's room for improvement and seem confident they've found the right formula. "The guitar is due for another step in its natural evolution." According...

by Ben-Rainey:   If you play guitar long enough you’re going to run into a wall at some point.  When it feels like you’re not making any progress, and you find it hard to get motivated to even pick up the guitar, it's time to find more motivation. This happens...

By David Sherman /the MONTREAL GAZETTE - Stewart Burrows spends most nights in pubs, playing cover tunes till 3 a.m., give or take, then driving back to the Châteauguay Valley. Waiting for him are his wife and three kids, and 20 heads of cattle from which he sells aged beef;...

Should Music Videos Receive Age Ratings? The media has been afire with debates surrounding the sexualized content in music videos in recent weeks after the controversial new clips from the likes of Miley Cyrus and Rihanna. Now, in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, former...

7  stages of Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS)... by Rob Power/Matt Parker / Music Radar You’re sweating, you haven’t slept properly in days, and you’re pretty sure that you’ve been talking to yourself. Your search history is an endless stream of forums and reviews,...

  Following controversial videos by Miley Cyrus and Rihanna, Lennox hits out at trend for female performers to behave like, 'pimp and prostitute at the same time' c/o Guardian music theguardian.com, Tuesday 8 October 2013 Dismayed … Annie Lennox attacks 'highly styled...

by Bobby Owsinski, (Original Article - Forbes Magazine) Today's main-stream music has become nothing more than a modern version of disco, with lots of synthesizers, effects and female vocalists... real guitars (along with other 'real' instruments; i.e., drums, bass, acoustic...

A pioneering electric guitarist, Jimi Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942-Sept. 18, 1970) had only four years of mainstream exposure and recognition, but his influential music and riveting stage presence left an enduring legacy. THIRTEEN’s American Masters series traces the gone-too-soon...

Gibson has reissued the M-III, a guitar that the company last built in the early '90s...  First released in 1991, the M-III was part of an effort by Gibson to embrace shred guitar players, and one that it has obviously felt the need to revisit. The M-III, with it's...

In the video above Gary Hoey demonstrates his new signature distortion pedal from Rocktron called the Intimidator. Control include a LEVEL, which controls the output volume, BASS to control the bass level and TREBLE to control the treble level settings. GAIN controls...

photographed backstage at the Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, Sept. 28, 2013 Head-to-head: Joe Satriani and Steve Morse podcast These guitar greats answer questions... Joe Bosso /Music Radar - October 02, 2013 Since late August, Joe Satriani and his killer band, (keyboardist...

Musicians spot mistakes more quickly and more accurately than non-musicians... New research shows the cognitive benefits of even a small amount of musical activity by JAMES VINCENT - The Independent New research has shown that individuals who play an instrument are more...