#Lead Guitar

[pissworm39]

ray posting

[jarofalicesgrunge]

Jerry Cantrell Quote; I love his references….

📸:by Marty Temme

[untouchable234]

To any other rock fans out there, would you agree that Jimi Hendrix is The King of Guitar-Shredding? I don’t call him this because he’s my favorite guitarist (although he’s tied with Eddie Van Halen for that title); rather, I call him a King because he pioneered the art of guitar-shredding. Think about it: before he came along, the only guitar solos in existence consisted mostly of strumming.

What do you guys think? Does Jimi deserve this title, or no?

[corvusunnx]

I'm hard (I don't have a peepnis)

my fav era 4/prequelle ghoul is definitely sodo

[dana-the-transbian-fangirl]

I love it that Dave said nine years ago he was done making records. I’m glad he changed his mind.

[metalsongoftheday]

Friday, June 9: Van Halen, "China Town"

R.I.P Edward Van Halen (1955-2020)

David Lee Roth opened “China Town” with one of the most infamous newspaper headlines in history, using it as a springboard to spin his own adventurous yarn about the dangers of the big city.  But of course, Dave was still Dave, so when it came to actually singing those words he sounded much more bemused and excited than cautious or scared.  And with Eddie Van Halen opening the track with bumblebee tapping, the track made good on the promise of Diamond Dave rejoining Van Halen as it brought back all of the bombast, flash, dexterity and reckless fun of Roth’s original run with the band.  And as one of the few newly-written tracks for A Different Kind of Truth (although that remains unclear: Wolfgang Van Halen claimed about half the songs were fresh for the album, but later on Roth insisted nothing was more recent than 1984), “China Town” showed that Eddie and Alex in particular had lost none of their verve- in fact, they hadn’t sounded like they were having this much fun since arguably 1986.  And even if nobody could pretend Dave sounded great, he clearly put in the effort and sounded engaged.  This was the sort of track that had everything we originally loved about Van Halen, maybe a few years older and just a tiny bit wiser, but the magic was still there.   

[stone-cold-groove]

MXR Stereo Chorus pedal - 1979.

[rock--band]

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[rocknrolldamnation]

Well fuck me

[duke-gnarlington]

A slippery bluesy lick inspired by (or poorly stolen) from George Lynch's solo in Tears of Shara.

[house-of-slayterr]

I dress like Zack Mooneyham by day, and by night!

[asshole-rebel-psycho]

Treat your guitar solo like making love to a woman.

Start slow and warm her up with some sweet licks, when she is familiar with that one lick ease her in to it. Keep that nice rythm..then, give her a surprise! taker her to town with the fingers! End in orgasmic pleasure until you are back to that soft melodic lick.

Girls like it riff. Lol

[rabih-saad]

Let there be Rock thr Godie 💛 Kramer Pacer guitarra said.

[boscofuller]

These new songs of mine kick a fair amount of horse buttocks, dudes.

[thatcurlyhairmate]

The Artist In The Ambulance - Thrice 💥

[ponderingrandomthings]

A very famous [and great] album (that sadly eclipsed subsequent albums).

This album has some really melodic songs.

Highlighting this song in particular because:

At one point (at 2:50), the keyboard bits start...

Then there are two keyboards being played (3:00)...

The faster keyboard stays in the background...

The slower keyboard is the solo (unusual way to compose, I think); you can notice this at 3:08

Other memorable songs (besides the famous ones) in the album are:

(4) Danger on the Track

(5) Ninja

(7) Time Has Come

(8) Heart of Stone

(9) On the Loose

(10) Love Chaser

[So, you may end up listening to the entire album...]

The Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvBmSTLn7A0&list=PL6ogdCG3tAWhEnOgbSRbQVlGMwE0u7BPP&index=6

Just a few thoughts:

This is a great album cover.

Joey Tempest has written some very interesting songs. This one is about Red Indian tribes (you can go to the Wikipedia page and see how they were removed). Do also read 'Trail of Tears' on Wikipedia (lyrics: 'Cherokee; Marching on the trail of tears') It seems like his songwriting (not just this song) has historical basis. Like the song 'In the Future to Come', some of the lyrics are: So many years ago The people on this earth They were laughing They didn't think of anything else Than love and peace But generations failed to see That they were causing Trouble for the future They didn't know that one single war Would continue to increase For years, I found it odd for someone to criticize 'love and peace' (as concepts/values). How would 'love and peace' cause trouble for the future - for generations? That seemed contradictory to normal expectations. It remained a vague, unresolved thing for years, till much later, when I read that ' love and peace' was also a reference to the Woodstock Generation (LSD, love and peace). Also reminds me of lyrics to Rush's song 'Between the Wheels: 'And another lost generation…'

Some sites mention 'John Norum (guitarist) 'left after the controversial song Cherokee'. [Wonder if it was just a career thing.] Feels like reading 'Peter Gabriel left Genesis after the masterpiece album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.' Makes one feel a bit odd.