The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists

Author: Joel McIver
Publisher: Jawbone Press
ISBN: 1906002207
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists is a controversial and much-needed guide to the world of metal guitar, featuring the most accomplished performers from the vast legions of metal. As well as celebrating the classic metal musicians who have defined the scene since the 1970s, author Joel McIver delves deep into the modern thrash metal, death metal, black metal, doom metal, power metal and battle metal movements to unearth those players for whom no tremolo divebomb is too high and no tuning is too low.This book is no mere list for geeks, though. McIver's objective in writing this book is to recognise the incredible skills that these players possess. Moreover, although they're all masters of sweep picking, fretboard tapping and the other tricks of the modern shredder, these players are far from simple speed freaks: The 100 Greatest... makes a point of featuring players whose feel and instinct for the values of metal outweigh mere technical mastery. If you've ever wielded a tennis rack in anger in front of a bedroom mirror, or even if you're a metal musician yourself, you need this book: the world of the overdriven guitar will never look the same again.

Stompbox

Author: Eilon Paz
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1984860607
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 513

Book Description
A deluxe photographic celebration of the unsung hero of guitar music—the effects pedal—featuring interviews with 100 musicians including Peter Frampton, Joe Perry, Jack White, and Courtney Barnett. Ever since the Sixties, fuzz boxes, wah-wahs, phase shifters, and a vast range of guitar effects pedals have shaped the sound of music as we know it. Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World’s Greatest Guitarists is a photographic showcase of the actual effects pedals owned and used by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Zappa, Alex Lifeson, Andy Summers, Eric Johnson, Adrian Belew, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Ed O’Brien, J Mascis, Lita Ford, Joe Perry, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Vernon Reid, Kaki King, Nels Cline and 82 other iconic and celebrated guitarists. These exquisitely textured fine-art photographs are matched with fresh, insightful commentary and colorfulroad stories from the artists themselves, who describe how these fascinating and often devilish devices shaped their sounds and songs.

The 100 Best and Absolute Greatest Heavy Metal Albums in the World, Ever

Author: Jaclyn Bond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789185869657
Category : Heavy metal (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Cutting straight to the point, The Best Heavy Metal Albums offers just that. Readers can discover how and why these albums became the greatest, marvel at the iconically brutal cover art and cast their minds back to the rocking times when headbanging was a way of life. From Motorhead to Metallica, fans will see why these rock gods truly deserve their adoration and groupie action. Carefully selected by passionate disciples of the heavy rock genre, this collection of anthemic and seminal hard rock albums represents the heart of heavy metal history.

Guitar World Presents the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time!

Author: Jeff Kitts
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780634046193
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
(Guitar World Presents). This exciting book from the editors of Guitar World is a treasure trove for any guitarist. Featuring electrifying profiles of everyone from hard rock gods (Wes Borland, Dimebag Darrell, Tony Iommi) to British giants (Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, even Nigel Tufnel) to trailblazing bluesmen (John Lee Hooker, Reverend Gary Davis) to country gents (Clarence White, Albert Lee) to the founding fathers (Chuck Berry, Dick Dale) as well as jazzmen, progressive rockers, punks and rockabilly superstars, Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitarists puts all these inspiring masters at your fingertips. But the fun doesn't stop there. Guitar World has also assembled the riveting stories behind the 100 greatest guitar solos. You know them note-for-note, from David Gilmour's transcendent phrasing in "Comfortably Numb" to Jimi Hendrix's rich notes in "Little Wing" to Kurt Cobain's unforgettable melodic turns in "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and now you can get the inside stories of how these magic moments were captured for all time. Rounding off the collection is bonus material such as a lesson with Metallica's Kirk Hammet, a guide to the 12 greatest guitar tones, and 25 guitar masters weighing in on their favorite solos.

Legends of Rock Guitar

Author: Pete Prown
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1476850933
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 707

Book Description
(Book). This book is a virtual encyclopedia of great electric guitar players, with 35 chapters examining the major players in each important era of rock. The book begins with rock's birth from the blues, covering masters like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. It proceeds to cover rockabilly greats like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly; through the mop tops and matching suits of the British Invasion; to the psychedelia of the Dead and Hendrix; glam rock's dresses and distortion; fusion virtuosos like Metheny, Gambale, and Henderson; metal masters; shred stars; grunge gods; grindcore; and much more. Legends of Rock Guitar is not only a great resource for guitar fans, but an interesting and well-researched chronology of the rock idiom.

Dod Presents 100 Superstar Guitar Sounds on a Stompbox Budget

Author: Eric Mangum
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781575603421
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Gennemgang af en række rockmusikeres "guitarsounds" med anvisninger på, hvordan lyden frembringes gennem effektbokse

Metallica

Author: The Editors Of Guitar World
Publisher: Liberty Street
ISBN: 9781603209663
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The ultimate collection: the illustrated, behind-the-scenes story of three decades of Metallica, the world's greatest heavy metal band, featuring Guitar World's exclusive interviews and rare photos. For over 30 years, they've been the reigning kings of the heavy metal world-and deservedly so. Metallica have stubbornly persisted, doing their hard, fast and furious thing with as much passion as the day they started it all in a garage back in 1982. In Guitar World presents Metallica, read of the storied band's rise to prominence and dominance, learn how they coped with the accidental 1986 death of original bassist Cliff Burton, and go behind the scenes of the making of their greatest albums like Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All, Metallica and Death Magnetic. Dozens of rare, never-before-seen photos complete this astonishing tribute to America's foremost heavy metal team.

Heavy Metal Lead Guitar

Author: Rob Thorpe
Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
ISBN: 9781910403297
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Heavy Metal Lead Guitar goes way beyond technique and licks: it actually teaches you to be creative and musical when you soloing.

Confess

Author: Rob Halford
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0306874954
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir. Most priests hear confessions. This one is making his. Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." Raised in Britain's hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the Black Country. Confess, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock 'n' roll story-a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-fated sexual trysts, and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption . . . and finding love. Now, he is telling his gospel truth. Told with Halford's trademark self-deprecating, deadpan Black Country humor, Confess is the story of an extraordinary five decades in the music industry. It is also the tale of unlikely encounters with everybody from Superman to Andy Warhol, Madonna, Jack Nicholson, and the Queen. More than anything else, it's a celebration of the fire and power of heavy metal. Rob Halford has decided to Confess. Because it's good for the soul. Named one of the Best Music Books of 2020 by Rolling Stone and Kirkus Reviews

Rust in Peace

Author: Dave Mustaine
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0306846039
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Megadeth’s iconic record, Rust in Peace, from the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist. When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the record-breaking Monsters of Rock festival, and with knockout new albums from Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica dominating the charts, the pressure to produce a standout statement record was higher than ever. In Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece, the band's lead vocalist and guitarist, Dave Mustaine, gives readers a never-before-seen glimpse into the artistry and insanity that went into making the band's most iconic record. He recounts the arduous task of hiring the band and supporting cast, of managing egos and extracurriculars during the album's ensuing success, and succumbing to the pressures of fame and fortune—which eventually forced the band to break up. And yet, Megadeth's demise was just the beginning; the birth pangs of the record were nothing compared to what came next. Alcohol, drugs, sex, money, power, property, prestige, the lies fed to the band by the industry—and the lies they told each other-threatened to eat away at the band's bond like rust, devouring it until only the music survived. Featuring a foreword by Slash