Moody Masterpiece: Textural Master Michael Ciravolo Discusses 'Finding Beauty in Chaos'

Beauty in Chaos' Michael Ciravolo with a Schecter TSH-1

Beauty in Chaos' Michael Ciravolo with a Schecter TSH-1 (Image credit: Eloisa Limon)

Over the years, L.A.-based musician Michael Ciravolo has played guitar with bands like Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel. But when it came to his new project, Beauty in Chaos, he had a particular goal in mind — to see if he could conjure in the studio all the sounds and textures he’d been hearing in his head.

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Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.