Honestly. Does any band rock harder than early AC/DC? And then there’s the Keith Jarrett Trio. Yes. Just… Yes.

Great news! According to this Antimusic article: On Thursday, December 4th D&E Entertainment will present the U.S. theatrical premiere of a newly-restored concert film from Cheap Trick that previously has only aired once on Japanese television in 1978. With a running time of just over 60 minutes, Live at Budokan captures the concert that catapulted Cheap Trick [...]

Todd Rundgren, who I’ve mentioned before, has a new CD coming out that apparently gets back to his guitar roots. Great! But after reading this quote from a review, I’m wondering if “Arena” is really the best title: Arena was recorded entirely on Rundgren’s laptop in a linen closet and a bedroom, and if there’s [...]

Looks like Extreme’s new CD is a winner. I know I’ll be checking it out today…

Metallica just started its first tour in 5 years. They put on a great show, that’s for sure. I still say Master of Puppets was the greatest heavy metal album of the 80′s. Good luck guys!

The Montreal Gazette has a nice article about Zappa Plays Zappa with a mini-interview of Dweezil. My favorite part: To keep the process honest, he decided to tackle the hardest part of the demanding instrumental The Black Page, a percussion piece that was not even originally written to be played on guitar. “I felt like [...]

According to Antimusic, Joe Satriani has been recruited as the resident guitar god for what I think is the new millinium’s first so-called super group. Now that would be something. So far, they’ve got: Sammy Hagar Michael Anthony Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) ?Joe Satriani?

I had a chance to see this show last year. Even if you hate Frank Zappa (I can’t imagine, just saying…), you should go see Dweezil and the band play. They’re incredible. Dweezil was always a good player, but he’s really smokin’ now. Oh, and they’re touring now. Here they are playing Call Any Vegetable: