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Metal Mike: Are You Sweating Toxins Onto Your Strings?

Posted 09/11/2012 at 6:23am | by Metal Mike Chlasciak

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I spent some time speaking with the guitar tech to then-GN’R guitar player Robin Finck. In one of our conversations, I asked him how often he changes strings on Robin’s guitars. Since Robin then traveled with about 10 guitars, I thought to myself that this is quite a lot of string changing. Chris said something I've thought about ever since then.

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Interview: Rob Halford on the 30th Anniversary of Judas Priest's 'Screaming for Vengeance'

Posted 09/06/2012 at 3:02pm | by Josh Hart

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When Judas Priest convened at Ibiza Sound Studios in Ibiza, Spain to record the follow-up to the previous year's Point of Entry in early 1982, the band were not yet the heavy metal juggernaut that would play to over three-hundred thousand fans just over a year later.

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Metal Mike: How to Define Success As a Musician

Posted 08/29/2012 at 5:53am | by Metal Mike Chlasciak

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Just a few days ago, I spent a week with 42 metalheads aged 10 to 19 at a destination Metal Camp at Camp Lakota in Wurtsboro, New York. It was a fantastic, positive experience on several levels, fueled by young energy, enthusiasm and "go get ‘em" attitude from the young rockers. Many of them wanted to make metal music their life. While I was there, I started to collect my thoughts the definitiuon of "success," and what it could mean to them as metal musicians.

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Metal Mike Premieres New Song, "This Is War"

Posted 08/14/2012 at 11:56am | by Damian Fanelli

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Check out a new song -- "This Is War" -- by Halford guitarist, Guitar World columnist and GuitarWorld.com blogger Metal Mike.

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Metal Mike: Simple Truths Regarding Focus for Musicians

Posted 05/15/2012 at 11:39am | by Metal Mike

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In photography, the term depth of field is often used to describe what object retains the focus and what is blurred out. In a long depth of field, everything is sharp and ready for examination while in short dept of field you will see the sharpness emphasizing the main subject, while the remainder of the picture is blurred out.

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Listen: Metal Mike Streams New Single, "Hell No!”

Posted 05/14/2012 at 4:54pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Halford guitarist and Guitar World columnist Metal Mike Chlasciak will release his new single — "Hell No! — next Tuesday, May 22. However, he's streaming the song on his website and is sharing it with GuitarWorld.com readers. You can check it out below.

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