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2013 Golden Gods Video: Danzig — "Mother"

Posted 05/20/2013 at 2:08pm | by Guitar World Staff

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The biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal rocked Los Angeles on Thursday, May 2, at the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show.

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Fred Mascherino and Terrible Things Launch Kickstarter Campaign to Create Guitar Tab Book

Posted 05/20/2013 at 1:23pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Fred Mascherino and Terrible Things want to put out a guitar tabs book of their songs, and they're using Kickstarter to get it done. It's the first time the band has used the crowd-funded platform, where they're also offering Skype guitar lessons, digital downloads of tabs and tabs from Mascherino's solo project, The Color Fred.

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Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Performs and Releases Single with Stone Temple Pilots

Posted 05/20/2013 at 12:57pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Fans attending KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast over the weekend got a surprise when Stone Temple Pilots took the stage unannounced, for a set with Chester Bennington of Linkin Park as lead vocalist.

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Album Premiere: “Metal” Mike Chlasciak — 'The Metalworker'

Posted 05/20/2013 at 11:41am | by Guitar World Staff

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Halford guitarist and Guitar World columnist “Metal” Mike Chlasciak is streaming his new album, The Metalworker, for free. You can hear it below. The album will be released June 4 through C.M.M. Entertainment, LLC. Fans can buy an exclusive pre-sale package including a signed CD and postcard, plus a guitar pick, at metalmike.net.

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Former Nine Inch Nails Guitarist Robin Finck Rejoins Band

Posted 05/20/2013 at 10:48am | by Damian Fanelli

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Trent Reznor has announced that former Inch Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck is back in the band.

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Behind-the-Scenes Video: Creating the Cover Art for Black Sabbath's New Album, '13'

Posted 05/20/2013 at 10:23am | by Guitar World Staff

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VIDEO: Black Sabbath – Creating the 13 album cover

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Queens of the Stone Age Premiere Music Video for "My God Is the Sun"

Posted 05/20/2013 at 10:11am | by Damian Fanelli

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Queens of the Stone Age have released another new music video for a track off their upcoming album, ... Like Clockwork. This time, it's for a song called "My God Is the Sun." The video, which you can see below, continues the storyline from the band's four previously released videos for "I Appear Missing," "Kalopsia," "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" and "If I Had a Tail."

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Rare Beatles Vox Guitar Sells for $408,000

Posted 05/20/2013 at 10:03am | by Guitar World Staff

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A rare Vox guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison sold for $408,000 Saturday in New York City. The guitar, which was auctioned by Julien's Auctions at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, brought in essentially twice its pre-sale estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.

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Photo Gallery: Top 10 Weirdest Custom Guitars

Posted 05/20/2013 at 9:50am | by Guitar World Staff

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Most guitarists at one point or another in their development have gone through some sort of “I want a custom guitar” phase. Whether it’s a funky paint job or a radical new shape, a custom ax presents the opportunity to express yourself. Or, in the opinion of some, the opportunity to say, “Hey, look at me, I’m a horse’s arse!”

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La Grunge: The Top 10 Blues-Approved Overdrive/Distortion Pedals

Posted 05/20/2013 at 7:33am | by Chris Gill

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The origin of guitar distortion goes back to the earliest electrified blues guitarists. They didn’t care that their primitive tube amps were breaking up and distorting, as long as they were loud. Soon, blues guitarists grew quite fond of those nasty, gnarly distorted tones, and they sought to replicate them by any means necessary.

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