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Abigail Ybarra with Los Lobos during her private retirementparty.  The Fender Custom Shop is both pleased and wistful to announce that one of its most revered employees, “pickup artist” Abigail Ybarra, is retiring after more than 50 years in the Fender family. In celebration, Fender arranged for multiple Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos to play at her private retirement party...

Creed during their '90s heyday. Unsurprisingly – Creed has been voted the worst band of the ‘90s by readers of Rolling Stone magazine. The real surprise actually came with the group voted in at number 5: Nirvana. In fact, even the Rolling Stone editors themselves were taken aback by the grunge legends' inclusion. “What the happened here?” they demanded. “Did...

Jeff Hanneman circa 1984. Details are finally starting to emerge on the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman and unfortunately, it’s a story that we hear all to often in the rock world. Slayer have revealed that Hanneman's death on May 2nd at the age of 49 was not due to the "flesh-eating" disease necrotising fasciitis that sidelined him in 2011...

Lombardo (left) and Hanneman (right) in 1982. It has been less than a week since the rock world lost legendary Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman to liver failure and fans are still reeling over the tragedy. Not surprisingly, a downpour of tributes rained in from the rock and metal community shortly after Hanneman’s death was announced last Thursday, May 2, including...

As I Lay Dying lead singer Tim Lambesis. The frontman of San Diego based heavy metal band As I Lay Dying was arrested yesterday, Tuesday, May 7th, for trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife, according to police accusations.  Tim Lambesis, who is the lead singer and co-founder of the group, allegedly asked an undercover detective on...