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Hello and welcome to another in the Hero Worship series. Hope you are all ok? Anyway, this weeks post takes us to 70's Glam Rock in the form of the legendary Marc Bolan. Big hair, big riffs and premature death all make this guitarist and frontman an icon. What Total Guitar Said: You Know Him By His: Corkscrew curls, pre-Slash top hat, feather boas and glam rock riffs. Greatest Moment: 20th Century Boy. Who said galm rock couldn't be heavy? David Bowie had more staying power and the New York Dolls' burnout tale is more[...]

Ahhhhh well back to life, back to reality. It seems about a month since I last did a Hero Worship post, but in truth it's probably much longer than that. So, for that, I am sorry. But enough of me waffling on! Let's get to worshipping some guitar greats. And this weeks guitar god is the one and only Johnny Marr. What Total Guitar Said: You Know Him By His: Bittersweet symphonies and inspired songwriting, usually thrashed out on a Rickenbacker, Gibson SG or ES-355 Greatest Moment: The outro of 'the Boy With The Thorn In His[...]

Hello everyone! Good weekend? Here's to this weeks post in the series of Hero Worship. This weeks worship goes to Kurt Cobain. A genius. A Revolutionary. A true great. What Total Guitar said about him: You know him by his: Fender Mustang and Jaguars, staggering songs. Greatest Moment: That four chord riff! Ok, so it might not be entirely accurate to say that Nirvan's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single-handedly swept away 1980's metal: bands like Tad, Mudhoney and Dinosaur Jr had already done their bit to weaken the foundations.[...]

Hello Everybody, How are you all? So to another Hero Worship post! And to another truly great guitar hero, especially one of the 90s and 00s. Tom Morrello! The amazing guitarist better known for his work in Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave. What Total Guitar said about him: You know him by his: Revolutionary but slightly camp head-gear, aswell as Page-esque riffs and wacky sound effects. Greatest Moment: That dentist drill solo on, "Killing in the name of". Now that's how a whammy pedal should be played! The early 1990's[...]

Hello All, hows it hanging? Mines short, shrivelled and slighty to the left. Hope your all ok. Now to another post in the series "Hero Worship," Where I look at different guitarists using my handy Total Guitar mag for support. Hope you enjoyed last weeks post on Paul Weller. This one is about Nick Valensi. The guitarist from probably the most important band of the 21st Century, The Strokes! What Total Guitar Said: You Know Him By: Ice-cool stage persona, underrated technical ability and point-blank refusal to give a[...]