Members of rock bands KOí¿N, Hollywood Undead, Fear and the Nervous System and Valora sat down with rap’s savior Hyro da Hero and actor Derek Mears [Friday the 13th, Predators, Pirates of the Caribbean] gathered around a conference table in the ARTISTdirect.com office the other day to discuss a variety of topics in ARTISTdirect.com‘s exclusive Rockin’ Roundtable series.
ARTISTdirect.com editor in chief and Dolor author posed the question, “What piece of music or work would you like to be remembered by?” – and each artist revealed what track he or she would want to be their legacy. Check out the video feature on ARTISTdirect.com by clicking here.
KOí¿N are heading to the UK in March and tickets for the tour are selling out quick. Click here to find dates and tickets in a town near you!
DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci spoke to GuitarTV and gave them some great insight on his approach to guitar playing before he hit the stage with DREAM THEATER at The Nokia Theater in Los Angeles recently. Check out the video interview below:
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KOí¿N were guests on the Jimmy Kimmel show the other day and whilst on the show they performed ‘Narcissistic Cannibal‘ with Kill the Noise and ‘Get Up!‘. Videos of the band’s performance are online now and you can watch both tracks below:
KOí¿N are heading to the UK in March and tickets for the tour are selling out quick. Click here to find dates and tickets in a town near you!
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Randy and Mark from LAMB OF GOD caught up with VEVO the other day to discuss the Super Bowl XLVI game taking place this Sunday. The Super Bowl XLVI is an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2011 season. Sunday’s game will be the 42nd annual championship game of the modern-era NFL and is scheduled to be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Whilst chatting American football, Randy and Mark recalled one big Sunday football party with label mates HATEBREED, where things got a little bit out of hand. Check out the video interview below to find out what happened:
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Our friends at Rhythm Magazine recently caught up with MASTODON‘s drummer, Brann Dailor, to chat about his kit, playing techniques and recording the new album, ‘The Hunter‘. The full interview is in the magazine (issue number 198) but you can check out some awesome pictures of his kit and extracts from the interview over on MusicRadar’s website now. See below for some extracts:
You’ve used the same set-up over years, is there a particular reason for that?
I don’t know, I guess I’m just a creature of habit. I get used to a set-up being a certain way. I know there are guys out there that will change it up from time to time to keep it interesting but I just really feel like I have a handle on the way my drums are set up.
When I write music with the band, I use those configurations so much, if I was to put something else in, I don’t know where I’d use it. I didn’t write the song with it. I would have to change it before writing. Like add a china or something like that.
I’ve always tried to keep it as simple as possible, but I can’t seem to get rid of the three toms up top. I like having the three toms there. I had a bigger kit when I was 14 or 15 and when we went to play our first gig, I couldn’t fit all the drums into one car, so I had to get a hold of a truck to come over and pick up the rest of the drum kit and bring it to the gig.
The songs on The Hunter are shorter and more compact. Was that intentional or just the way the writing happened?
It’s just the way it worked out. I guess it’s sort of a knee-jerk reaction to Crack The Skye, which was really long songs with lots of stuff going on. We wanted to go the other way with it.
But you can talk all day about what you want to do and then once you start writing, things just start happening. It takes on a life of its own. You have to trust it and follow it wherever it goes and hope for the best. There were a lot of weird, stressful situations happening with people in their lives outside of the band.
When you are writing lyrics, where does your inspiration come from, and do your lyrics inspire certain drum parts – or is it the other way around?
I see the way a vocal pattern lies over the top of something as also having a percussive element to it. I try to pick a subject matter for lyric writing but it’s hard because you want things to come to you naturally.
You don’t want to push for them to happen. I sit down with a song and listen to it over and over again and try to sing something over the top of it. Then I’ll get some sounds going, like some phrasings going. Then I’ll make those into lyrics.
I’ll say, ‘I can get four syllables into this space.’ that’s how you have to write the lyrics. They have to fit in these little spaces. You have to shoehorn them in there. Then you have to try to make lines one and three rhyme and make lines two and four. It’s really unorthodox but we make it work somehow.
Check out the pictures of Brann’s kit and read more on MusicRadar’s website by clicking here.
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As we reported recently, SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman COREY TAYLOR announced on Twitter that he had just been in the studio with Dave Grohl recording on Grohl’s still untitled upcoming album. Artisan News caught up with Corey and spoke about what it was like recording with Grohl and how he felt crossing off an item on his personal bucket list. Check out the video interview below:
Total Guitar have selected their ‘NAMM 2012: 10 Of The Best Electric Guitars‘ and the 5th place has been awarded to the ‘Squier Jim Root Telecaster‘. Here’s the lowdown on the guitar:
Fender say:
“The Jim Root Telecaster signature model promises star-like vibe and tone at incredible Squier value.”
Total Guitar say:
SLIPKNOT’s massive and loyal following, the stripped-down controls and a highly agreeable price tag (expect it to come-in nearer
‘Amaryllis‘ sees SHINEDOWN joining forces once more with multiple Grammy Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo (Kid Rock, Green Day), who previously collaborated with the band on the record-breaking ‘THE SOUND OF MADNESS‘.
MEGADETH stopped by New York with the 2012 Gigantour last Saturday and our US office was able to get some time with Dave Mustaine for an exclusive filmed interview. They discussed set lists and how the band decide on what to play, first night nerves, pre-show traditions and rituals and much more! Check it out below:
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