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Children of Bodom Premiere Music Video for "Transference"

Posted 05/14/2013 at 10:47am | by Guitar World Staff

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It's spring, a time when scores of bands are releasing new albums, debuting singles and posting videos — and Finland's Children of Bodom are no exception.

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Listen: Queens of the Stone Age Premiere New Song, "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"

Posted 05/14/2013 at 10:39am | by Guitar World Staff

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Queens of the Stone Age have posted another song from their new album, ... Like Clockwork, and you can check out the song — "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" — below.

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Magnificent Seven: The 10 Greatest Seven-String Guitar Songs of All Time

Posted 05/14/2013 at 10:07am | by Josh Hart, Compiled by Guitar World Staff

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Why ain’t six strings enough? This was the question we posed to one of guitar's all-time greats in our September 2012 cover story.

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'Skydog: The Duane Allman Story' is Newly Revised and Expanded

Posted 05/14/2013 at 8:05am | by Guitar World Staff

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Now in paperback, Randy Poe's Skydog: The Duane Allman Story (Backbeat Books) is revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, plus a foreword by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. It's the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation.

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Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Debut New Song, “Usurper’s Bastard Rant”

Posted 05/13/2013 at 11:52am | by Guitar World Staff

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Walk Through Exits Only, the first solo album by Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, will be released July 16.

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Black Sabbath Release Behind-the-Scenes Video from 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'

Posted 05/13/2013 at 10:52am | by Damian Fanelli

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This coming Wednesday, May 15, Black Sabbath will premiere the studio version of a new song, "End of the Beginning," during the season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS.

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Exclusive: Scale The Summit Release Dual-Guitar Play-Through Video for "Odyssey"

Posted 05/13/2013 at 6:05am | by Damian Fanelli

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Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive dual-guitar play-through video of Scale The Summit's new single, "Odyssey." The video features Scale The Summit guitarists Chris Letchford and Travis LeVrier, both of whom are playing seven-string guitars.

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1969 Telegram from Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis: Can Paul McCartney Come Out to Play?

Posted 05/11/2013 at 9:11pm | by Damian Fanelli

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It's well known that Jimi Hendrix was looking to branch out and make some stylistic changes not long before his death in 1970. It's also well known that Hendrix and trumpet master Miles Davis were making plans to work together in a new project.

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Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart Abandon Blues Album Project

Posted 05/11/2013 at 2:43pm | by Damian Fanelli

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In 2011, longtime Jeff Beck fans were excited by rumors that the legendary guitarist was about to record a blues album with Rod Stewart. The album would've marked the first time the pair worked together since the mid-'80s ("Infatuation," anyone?) and their first full-length album of new material since their days in the Jeff Beck Group in 1969.

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Video: Paul McCartney Swarmed by Grasshoppers at Concert in Goiânia, Brazil

Posted 05/11/2013 at 9:05am | by Damian Fanelli

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During Paul McCartney's show in Goiânia, Brazil, earlier this week, the stage was invaded by a swarm of grasshoppers. As McCartney, 70, played his three-hour set, several grasshoppers settled in on his shirt. As you can see in the video below, McCartney even introduced one of them ("Harold") to the audience.

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