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Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Guitar Duel. Even though it is a day late. Last week saw Angus Young take on Kirk Hammett. Rolling Stone magazine placed Hammett 85 places higher than Young in their 100 Greatest guitarists poll, but you guys didn't see it like that, with Young winning by with 20 votes to Hammetts 13. Woah you guys really felt passionate about that one. They were neck and neck until a few days ago. Anyway now on to this weeks guitarists. They come from two of the biggest British bands in Rock n Roll[...]

Hello everyone hope you're all ok. It's feeling more like spring now with the sun. This weeks riff comes from one of the best, if not the best, rock guitarists ever. And from a band that plays rock n roll harder than any other. The guitarist was Angus Young, the band AC/DC and the song Back In Black. It came from the 1980 album with the same name and was the bands first album release since the death of their singer Bon Scott. Rolling Stone Magazine placed it at 29 in the 100 greatest guitar tracks of all time. And it is one of the best[...]

Alright everyone, hope you had a brilliant weekend. I'm currently skint so no outings to the pub for me :-( Bad Times. Anyway, as I write this I can already feel that the choice of guitar hero isn't going to go down to well. His band. The Darkness had only one truly successful album, their debut, and they got a lot of stick for prancing around in leotards. But I assure you, if you listen to the music, especially from the album Permission To Land you will find some outstanding guitar playing for a debut album. This weeks Guitar Hero is[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to a new feature within the blog... Guitar Duel. This is going to be a weekly feature where I pit two legendary guitarists against each other and you lot have to vote on who you think is the better guitarist. I must admit some of these choices will be hard to bare, almost like choosing who is the favourite out of your Mother or your Father. So grit your teeth and get ready to make some agonising but amazing choices. Right, lets get on with the first in the series. This weeks Guitar Duel is going to be[...]

I was walking through my city centre the other day and noticed something very strange. No, it wasn't the massive concrete playground that failed architects had created. Neither was it the still icy floor for the fifth week running. It wasn't even the increased Police presence that I had noticed. No, it was the Guitar shops, or, lack of. I remember when I started playing the guitar about 6 years ago, there were 5 guitar shops within at least five miles of my own house. Let me tell you a little bit about them. Shops, shops, shops! The[...]