MOTLEY CRUE (Nikki Sixx) Interview

AG (Australian Guitar: Paul Southwell): The latest Sixx.A.M.album has some great production on it and obviously James Michael has done a lot of it, so how did you liase with each other? NS: We worked very closely together. James lives in Nashville and I live in LA.. DJ Ashba lives in LA as well but

Orianthi Panagaris Interview, 2010

Orianthi Panagaris, whose star is clearly on the rise, started out in cover bands reworking material to include her own slant on pop by infusing it with guitar arrangements. Most people know her as the stunningly beautiful lead guitarist for the ill fated Michael Jackson farewell tour. Yet, she was always a dedicated and driven

Zakk Wylde – Book of Shadows II – Album Review

Zakk Wylde Book of Shadows II Label: Entertainment One/ Caroline Records Release Date: 8 April 2016 American guitarist Zakk Wylde, best known for his workhorse tenure in Ozzy Osbourne’s band, may have a partially self-inflicted image of plundering rock guitar hero to many but his various ballads and solo albums provide well rounded depth of

Al Di Meola Interview

To dismiss such a superb player as America’s Al Di Meola as being purely muso friendly would be an injustice. As both an arguably driving force behind the now legendary fusion group ‘Return to Forever’ and having being a part of Chick Corea’s band should be cred enough. But Al has also worked diligently on

Zakk Wylde Interview, 2009

Zakk Wylde (ZW): It’s a sad day in rock [opening a non alcoholic beer]. AG: Do you think that was something that was inevitable? ZW: Well, eventually you’re going to have to stop fucking drinking. I mean, it was fucking that with even Dimebag, you know what I mean, we would have had to slowed

CRADLE OF FILTH Live Review, 2009

Tour: Godspeed on the Devil Down Under The Metro Theatre, SydneyFriday, 29th May, 2009 Tight fitting corsets, black leather, bat tattoos, eyeliner, piercings seen and unseen and offensive t-shirts galore told the world that ‘the Filth’ had yet again seeped their way down under and judging by the stage set, the legion of the damned

Michael Angelo Batio Interview

The world of instrumental guitar is a competitive realm. Given the names that inhabit it, your need more than just technique, speed and flash to get a look in. You need a marketable angle or time in a vocalist fronted band to build solid foundations. In the late eighties, a shredding metal band called Nitro