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Lou Reed is about to take a walk on the wild side with Metallica. A few months ago, guitarist Kirk Hammett hinted that a new record was “not really 100 percent a Metallica record.” And so yesterday, the California-based heavy metal rockers revealed in a statement on their website that they have completed a full-length album with the legendary Velvet...

Last night Buffalo Springfield rocked the stage at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. "We're Buffalo Springfield, we're from the past" Neil Young told the audience. Original members, Young, Stills and Richie Furay, were joined by bass player Rick Rosas and drummer Joe Vitale, replacing deceased members Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin. A performance that marked the group's 7th time on stage...

Special Thanks To The Fender Website! Some high-end guitars and basses have “quartersawn” necks. What does this mean? Fig. 1 (above) and Fig. 2 (below) show the cross-sectional difference between plain sawn (also flat and slab sawn) lumber and quartersawn lumber. “Quartersawn” is a woodworking term that describes a certain specific and non-standard method of milling lumber from trees. Quartersawn...

Most of us have heard Dick Dale's classic "Miserlou" in its original form and in different stylized renditions, but this has to be the most ingenious one yet! Look at that train go!