Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is gearing up to release a new solo album called I Feel Like Playing on September 27th. Now while a solo album from Wood seems like a fun idea, it helps to know that Wood felt like playing music with some other big time rockers. Wood brought on Slash, RHCP/Atoms For Peace bassist Flea and Eddie Vedder to collaborate with him on the album (via CoS).… Read More
Slash has been touring Europe in support of his new solo album, Slash, but is finally bringing the show home to the U.S. and Canada. He has announced a slew of tour dates that will kick off on July 29th in San Francisco and will end on October 2nd in Seattle. He'll be playing songs from the new album as well as hits from Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and Slash's Snakepit. Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy will continue to be the singer for the… Read More
It's one thing if a rock star that you hate ends up getting attacked by an unruly fan while they're on stage (calling all Noel Gallagher haters) but if a rocker that I dig gets assaulted then I get upset at these "rock terrorists". An example of this happened recently in Milan, Italy where Slash was playing a concert. In the middle of his solo while playing "Sweet Child O' Mine", a large man came from the side of the stage and attempted to tackle Slash.… Read More
Slash has taken his new solo album one step further by filming a music video for the first single "By The Sword". The song features Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale on vocals and you can check it out down below. New tour dates for Slash and his live band, which features Myles Kennedy from Alter bridge on vocals, were recently announced. You can check them out over at Slash's Myspace page. That's pretty… Read More
Let me start off by saying that if you don't have tickets for the Glastonbury festival this year, you're shit out of luck because they're sold out. But if you do have tickets, then enjoy reading the following words. The lineup for Glastonbury was announced recently it is going to be a monster of a festival this year. First off the headliners include acts like U2, Muse, Stevie Wonder and Jack Johnson. Plus you've got other huge acts like Vampire Weekend,… Read More
If you thought the Download Festival was already nuts, then it's about to get even nuttier...I'm talking extra cashews nuttier! Thirty new acts have been added to the festival, which takes place in Donington Park in the U.K. from June 11-13. In addition to the already amazing headliners like AC/DC and Rage Against The Machine, acts including Slash, Atreyu, Halestorm, Nonpoint and more have been added to the lineup. … Read More
On today's Rock it Out! Blog episode, we ask the very debatable question: who is today's best guitarist? Is it based on technique? Familiar songs or riffs? Relevance? Genre of music? Experimentation? Who do you think is… Read More
I was sitting around earlier this weekend and asked myself a puzzling question. "Sami," I said. "When will you try that new Double Down Sandwich from KFC?" After nearly throwing up in my mouth, I moved on to the more puzzling question; who is today's best guitarist? Apparently, my question was answered twice over the weekend. Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante was recently voted "Best Guitarist" of the last 30 years according to listeners… Read More
