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Hello everybody and here's another weekly riff to get your teeth into. The last one I did was a looonnnnggggg time ago which I do apologise for and it was Boys Don't Cry which coincidentally was released in the same year as today's riff. This week sees me return to the United States for my riffing excellence and to the lovely Los Angeles. It is one of the catchiest riffs to ever be made and is instantly recognisable to a particular girls name. It comes from 70's LA band The Knack and is from their debut album Get The Knack. I was recently[...]

Ok, so I know I haven't posted on here in absolutely ages, I do apologise. Anyway lets not dwell on my lack of motivation and discipline and lets look at this weeks Guitar Hero instead. This hero hails from the biggest metal band on the planet, no question. They formed in 1981 and he was part of the original line up. They appealed to both mainstream and die-hard metal fans and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. They have had 9 studio albums since they formed with their best selling being their self-titled "Metallica" album or "The[...]

Hey there everyone, hope you're all feeling ok. I would like to welcome you to a new series of posts that I shall be writing every Saturday. Basically I will be showing you guys all the best Guitar blog posts on the web from the current week. So its all in one nice handy place. Guitar Round-up Share My Guitar So you think you can rock world music? - A clever look at the genre that is 'World Music'. It details that as westerners we categorise anything that doesn't fit into our culture of music, to be classed as world music, when in[...]

I have to really get back into posting more often. It's just not on. Anyway I welcome you to quite a sad post today, as I look to remember some of the greatest guitarist that were tragically murdered or assassinated. Luckily in my whilst doing my research for this post I didn't find that many, probably about 6, but that's still 6 too many. All these musicians wanted to do was play music and make the world a better place, and instead they got savagely gunned down or killed. So let's remember them. So here are the best guitarists that were[...]

Hello everyone and I appreciate that I haven't posted in a couple of weeks but hopefully today's post will spark more. This is more like a list of the guitar blogs that I read on the internet, but nonetheless it is still a list of awesome guitar blog thats you must read. I've been wanting to do this list for some time now because it's sort of a thank you to these blogs aswell. This blog wouldn't have been possible without some on this list showing me that a guitar blog would be a good place to jot down my thoughts. So lets have a look at some[...]