{ Lick That Riff! }

Well hello there and welcome to another weekly riff! I know its been quite a few weeks but the World Cup was on, so you can't begrudge me that can ya? :-P This weeks riff comes from one of my favourite acoustic performances ever. The version that I have decided to do is from 1993 and an MTV Unplugged performance in New York, which was actually featured in my MTV Unplugged post a few months back. The original version of this song was released way back in the early 70's by the legendary David Bowie and then covered again in the MTV performance[...]

Well there have been some really iconic albums down the years, sparking a certain something in people when they listen to the album. A music album can take you back to a different time in your life, that great summer, that first love, or it can be the icon of a generation. But aside from the music, albums can be made iconic or more iconic with the artwork that accompanies them on the front of their album sleeve. There have been some great album covers over the years and today I am going to take a look at some of the best. But first we have to[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to another weekly riff. This weeks riff is another from the 90's and is one of the msot recognisable riffs in rock history. It propelled alternative rock into the mainstream and made one band extremely popular and famous. Today's riff was released in 1991 when i was just a lil one year old :) It comes from a band, which I'm sure you all know, called Nirvana. Credited to Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain, this riff defined a generation and had many youngsters moshing and throwing their hair around. The song,[...]

There have been  so many musicians that have died. But none so more than the guitarist. Such a demanding role within a band. Throughout the last 50 years of popular music, the lead guitarist has been an essential part of any band; to look amazingly cool, to cause a riot, to smash some guitars on stage, to show the groupies a good time ;-). Such a demanding role has seen so many guitarists die too young or before their time. So many that had so much more to give. So many that came and left their mark and authority on the world. Who all gave[...]

Hello everyone, hope you're all ok. Welcome to another quiz of the week. Hope you all did well on last weeks quiz and here are the answers: 1) Kurt Cobain 2) Black Francis 3) Duane Allman 4) Highway To Hell 5) Puddle Of Mud Hope you all did well. Now here's this weeks quiz: [quiz=8] Good Luck. :-) Amazon.com Widgets Other Posts in the Series: Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4 Quiz 5 Quiz 6 Quiz 7 Subscribe in a reader Enter your email address: Delivered by[...]