5 for the weekend 1984
guitarnoize.com 8/9/2009 — Far Beyond the Sun (Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force) It’s hard to look back and quite understand the impact that Yngwie had on rock guitarists. If you were there you’ll remember. As if Eddie wasn’t enough to be miserable about. And if you weren’t there you ...

5 for the weekend 1994
guitarnoize.com 29 days ago — I’m Broken (Pantera ‘Far Beyond Driven’) I remember being so excited about the release of Far Beyond Driven. I’m Broken was getting good airplay on MTV and was just an amazing track. Dime was the main man at the time and everyone was anxiously awaiting his next ...

5 for the weekend 1985
guitarnoize.com 8/14/2009 — Lay It Down (Ratt ‘Dancing Undercover’) One of the 80s greatest guitar riffs! So much so I felt it deserved the headline spot for 1985. I said it last week that Warren DeMartini was and still is criminally the forgotten guy. Everyone was ripping him off. Everywhere. And who ...

5 for the weekend 1986
guitarnoize.com 8/21/2009 — Yankee Rose (David Lee Roth ‘Eat Em and Smile’) Following getting kicked out of Van Halen Diamond Dave put an EP out but it was his 2nd release, and first studio album proper, Eat Em and Smile that catapulted him and his band into the limelight. This was the album where ...

Allan Holdsworth Concert Review Chicago May 2009
guitarplayerdaily.blogspot.com 5/29/2009 — The following excerpt is taken from a concert review published by Modern Guitars Magazine. To read the full review please click here. It was a warm and windy evening in the quiet little Chicago suburb of Palatine, Illinois. Several hours before the concert started there was already a line of ...

Yngwie Malmsteen to Release "High Impact" and Covers Beat It
semolorock.blogspot.com 11 days ago — Having just released special outings earlier this year, which were an acoustic album titled "Angels of Love" and re-releasing "The Genesis", neo-classic guitar legend, Yngwie Malmsteen, keeps on giving special stuffs to his fans by preparing to drop a new album once again. According to the ...

NEWS: Rare Yngwie on the yng-way
iheartguitarblog.com 7/27/2009 — Here's an interesting release coming up from everyone's favourite donut-denier, Yngwie Malmsteen. Originally released in Japan in 2002, The Genesis is a collection of recordings originally made in 1980, when Yngwie was 16 or 17. It's a rare chance to hear Yngwie's wild fretboard skills before ...

Pantera: Albums, Songs, Bios, Photos
amazon.com 3/15/2009 — The preeminent metal band of the early to mid-'90s, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the '80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. Loathe to ...

Matt Warnock Reviews Allan Holdsworth Trio Concert
modernguitars.com 5/29/2009 — Modern Guitars columnist Dr. Matthew Warnock reviews a concert by the Allan Holdsworth Trio that took place on May 14, 2009. From the review: "It was a warm and windy evening in the quiet little Chicago suburb of Palatine, Illinois. Several hours before the concert started there was already a line of people outside Durty Nellie's Bar and Restaurant who had come to see one of the most respected, and often underexposed, guitarists of the past half-century, Allan Holdsworth. As they waited to enter ...

Allan Holdsworth to tour with Terry Bozzio and Tony Levin
guitar-channel.com 8/4/2009 — Major Allan Holdsworth tour news update courtesy of Leonardo Pavkovic over at MoonJune Records. Holdsworth will be touring the west coast with Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, and Pat Mastelotto early next year. As you may recall, this amazing super-group played...