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Get Deep Into Green Day's Guitar Rigs – Billie Joe – Mike Dirnt – Jason White [VIDEO]

Johnnie Walker — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:16:05 +0000

For those of you lucky enough to get into the incredibly quickly sold-out show at Tricky Falls a while back, you got to hear how these rigs sounded. And apparently, you guys loved it. Even if you didn't get to go, like me, you might find this tour of all the band's gear pretty cool. How do they get the sounds for the songs, what guitars do they use?

Remembering Metallicas Cliff Burton

Dubba G — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:44:05 +0000

26 years ago, one of Metals brightest stars went out. Cliff Burton died in a bus accident in 1986. Cliff was and is, one of my all time favorite bassists. I discovered Metallica at the same time I was just beginning to learn to play the bass and he totally showed me (and everybody else!) another [...]

Epica Bassist Leaves Band

Amy Sciarretto — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:06:44 +0000

Just weeks after releasing the symphonically swirling ‘Requiem for the Indifferent,’ Dutch metal band Epica have parted ways with bassist Yves Huts. He had been a member of the band since the very beginning, but has decided that it is time to move on and follow a different career path that would not be sustainable if he were to remain a touring musician.

Disturbed Bassist John Moyer Releases Instructional DVD

Tree Riddle — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:12:14 +0000

John Moyer, bassist of Disturbed and Adrenaline Mob, has just released an instructional DVD that coaches aspiring players on how to create ‘Modern Metal Bass.’ Playing bass is much like playing guitar in the respect that there are a number of different approaches you can use to shape the sound of your playing. John Moyer [...]

DevilDriver Bassist Aaron 'Bubble' Patrick Hospitalized

Liz Ramanand — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:31:35 +0000

DevilDriver’s Metal Alliance Tour launches this Thursday at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, but the band’s bassist Aaron ‘Bubble’ Patrick will not be able to join them for at least the first show because he has been hospitalized. Patrick has been diagnosed with pneumonia and is currently undergoing tests which will [...]

Disturbed's John Moyer Joins Adrenaline Mob as Their New Bassist!

Johnnie Walker — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:45 +0000

A short while ago, Adrenaline Mob, the band featuring Mike Portnoy (formerly of Dream Theater and Avenged Sevenfold), Russell Allen (of Symphony X) and guitarist Mike Orlando announced that their bass player and second guitarist were leaving due to prior commitments with their other bands. They also teased that they were auditioning a new bass player that people knew pretty well.

Former Danzig/Hellyeah Bassist Hits Alleged Groupie With Restraining Order

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:56:24 +0000

Former Danzig / Hellyeah / Nothingface bassist Jerry Montano has filed a restraining order against aspiring model Priscilla Caputo. Montano claims that the former female fling broke down his door and trashed his room after he kicked her to the curb and ignored her “harassing” messages.

Periphery Bassist Tom Murphy Leaves Band

Liz Ramanand — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:39:38 +0000

With Periphery’s first headlining tour under their belt this year and the band working on two albums set to drop next year, bassist Tom Murphy has made the decision to depart from the group. On Periphery’s Official Facebook, the band released a statement saying, “We have some sad news to announce, unfortunately Tom Murphy has decided [...]

CJ Ramone Nixed Chance to Replace Jason Newsted in Metallica

Chris M. Junior — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:31:20 +0000

When CJ Ramone was approached a decade ago about possibly replacing Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, he declined the chance even though he took Dee Dee Ramone’s spot in the final years of the legendary punk band the Ramones.

Ramone’s reason was simple: Touring with the metal band would not have been beneficial to his family, specifically his son Liam, who had been diagnosed with autism.