Sick Riffs: Josiah Mazzaschi teaches you the electro-shoegaze thunder of Bizou's Crashing Sky

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Sick Riffs #113: Made up of former members of Light FM, the Smashing Pumpkins and Wax Idols, Bizou have been blending synth-infused rock with shoegaze guitars since 2017, performing with such acts as Drab Majesty, Ötzi and Hunny along the way.

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Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.

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