ANZ Stadium, SydneySaturday, 20th of April and Sunday, 21st of April, 2013 The heavens opened up and decided to make an outdoor festival a challenge as The Superjesus played to a sparse crowd as did Richie Ramone and company for their very early support slot. For an arena split in half or more with staging
Slayer + Anthrax + Kingdom of Sorrow Big Top, Luna Park, SydneyMonday 25th February, 2013 One day after the massive Soundwave festival and half of the Big Four bands of thrash metal were to deliver a blistering battering ram on the remains of many eardrums. The two bands being Slayer and Anthrax. The diehards were
Blaze Bayley and Paul Di’Anno with Stand Alone and Hazmat Friday 30th November, 2012 Manning Bar, Sydney For anyone not aware, Paul Di’Anno was the vocalist for the first two Iron Maiden albums before Bruce Dickinson arrived. Things went globally massive and then Bruce went solo. Thus, from a myriad of auditions, Wolfsbane singer Blaze
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators + Rose Tattoo. Entertainment Centre, SydneySaturday, 25th of August 2012 Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo’s [Tatts] influence on ex Guns N’ Roses [Gunners] American guitarist Slash is well known. So, having outspoken vocalist Angry Anderson and his current cohorts as support act for Slash’s latest solo tour
www.vai.com Innovative American guitarist Steve Vai is still pushing boundaries of guitar technique whilst retaining tasteful melodies. That fact is clearly evident in his recent live recordings and the G3 tour to Australia that many witnessed earlier in the year. However, it has been several years since Steve released a studio album, the last being
London based power metal band Dragonforce have been called everything from Nintendo metal and speed metal to power metal or just mad shredders. They’re not overly fussed with genre labels. The guitar playing is meticulously fast with showmanship and mesmerising speed yet still with melodically structured compositions. Amusingly, their live shows have also included keytar
AG (Australian Guitar: Paul Southwell): How did playing with Alice Cooper come about? OP: I played ‘School’s Out’ with Alice on American Idol. Then Damon Johnson, Alice’s lead player, left to join Thin Lizzy. So Bob Ezrin and Alice were thinking about guitar players and they thought of me. They asked if I’d be up
The State Theatre SydneyFriday 13th April, 2012. English progressive band Yes were last in Australia in 2003. Since then the line up has changed again. New vocalist, Jon Davidson, from Los Angeles has replaced Jon Anderson and keyboardist Geoff Downes has replaced the legendary Rick Wakeman. Geoff was also in a band called Asia with
Interview: Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth has toured Australia a couple of times before yet fairly recently within the context of their international profile which has steadily been on the rise. They will be back here in support of their most recent album, Surtur Rising, sounding their horns and
Guitarists around the country will be eager to learn that the G3 tour will be here as G3 2012 for both an individual concert tour and as part of the Bluesfest lineup. The G3 idea was created by guitar luminary Joe Satriani [Satch] as a touring trio of talented guitar players that take the instrument