Monthly Archives: June 2010
Mike Campese Releases Disc
<em>Electric City<em> is the 7th solo release from guitar virtuoso Mike Campese. The 14 song, over 76 minute Cd is filled with some of the most blistering guitar work Mike has ever recorded. The CD kicks off with a bang with the tune &quo...
Scorpions To Launch U.S. Tour 6/18
As one of the most successful rock bands in the world with over 100 million records sold, the Scorpions announced this year that they will leave it ALL on the stage after 40+ years of entertaining fans worldwide. The band is currently out on their &qu...
New Models from Daisy Rock
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars continues to celebrate its 10-year anniversary with seven new guitar models and finishes, including the redesigned Rebel Rockit Supernova, the Rock Candy, the Rock Candy Xtreme, and the Atomic Green and Platinum Sparkle Rock Can...
New Video Game Uses Real Guitar Interface
Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews Band, and Kid Rock have entered into agreements with Seven45 Studios to provide songs for Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, a new video game for which the guitar peripheral is a functioning six-string electric.
Power Gig:...
Minnesota Man Wins Team Josie Guitar
Tim Sipprell, Edina, Minnesota, was the lucky winner in the Team Josie guitar raffle, held prior to Saturday's American Cancer Society Relay for Life event in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Tim's was one of 164 entries for the guitar, which was custom-buil...
The Stanley Clarke Band Set for Release June 15
Renowned bassist Stanley Clarke's new CD, <em>The Stanley Clarke Band</em>, is scheduled for release June 15 on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, and the Roxboro Entertainment Group. Clarke is joined on the recordin...
Los Lobos Announces Summer Tour Plans
Los Lobos is on tour this summer in support of a brand new studio album. The new release, titled <em>Tin Can Trust</em> will hit streets on August 3, 2010. The band's summer schedule brings them coast to coast, including a run of select sho...
Goo Goo Dolls to Release Something for the Rest of Us
One of rock's most beloved and enduring bands, Goo Goo Dolls, have announced that they will release their ninth studio album, <em>Something for the Rest of Us</em>, on August 31st, 2010. The album features the band's new single, "Home&...
Marvin Isley Passes
Marvin Isley, bassist for the R&B/funk-infused group the Isley Brothers, died June 6 in Chicago. He was 56.
Isley joined his older brothers in the group in the early 1970s, and started working on <em>3+3</em>, the group's first ...
New Verythin Range from Höfner
Influenced by the 1960s Verythin, Höfner's new Verythins combine '60s style with modern playability. Specs include all-nickel German hardware, Höfner Diamond mini humbucking pickups, ebony fingerboards, clay-dot inlays, spruce tops, flame map...