Strung Out guitarist Jake Kiley checked in with Charvel.com with some pictures from the road.
The Cali punk band – who released Top Contenders: The Best of Strung Out in 2011 – are getting ready to hit Australia and Japan through March.
Check out Jake’s pics of his Style 2 Pro Mod below, and visit Strung Out’s official website for more information and tour dates:
Pennsylvania shredders This Or The Apocalypse officially announced a headlining tour of Canada for March on their official Facebook page.
Beginning March 15 in Montreal, TOTA will be playing with The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King, even though there is one kickoff date March 14 at the Morgan in Brooklyn.
This Or The Apocalypse 2012 tour dates:
Mar 15
Underworld
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Montreal, Canada
Mar 16
Salle Gaston Mandeville
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Drummondville, Canada
Mar 17
Le Petit Pavillion Agricole
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Rimouski, Canada
Mar 19
MAVERICKS
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Ottawa, Canada
Mar 20
Royal Canadian Legion
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Newmarket, Canada
Mar 21
The Rockpile
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Toronto, CanadaP
Mar 21
The Rockpile
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Toronto, Canada
Mar 22
Gig Theatre
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Kitchener, Canada
Mar 23
24/7 Live
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Burlington, Canada
Mar 24
Music Box
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
London, Canada
Mar 25
Dominion House
w/ The World We Knew and Beheading Of A King
Windsor, Canada
Apr 14
1200 Kvadrat
Gothenburg, Sweden
The band also announced via Twitter that more European dates will be coming soon.
TOTA’s latest album, 2010′s Haunt What’s Left, was produced and honed by Josh Wilbur (Atreyu) and Lamb of God’s Chris Adler.
For more information, visit the band on Facebook.
Bleeding Through guitarist Dave Nassie is set to hold two Charvel guitar clinics in Washington at a pair of Ted Brown Music locations.
On Feb. 28, Nassie will be at the Richland, Wash., store, and he’ll hit Tacoma, Wash., on March 1.
Nassie will introduce fans to the Charvel Desolation series with shredding in-store performances. Nassie will also participate in Q&A sessions and meet with fans at each clinic.
Nassie recently spoke with Guitar World about his desire to host Charvel clinics.
“I’m not one of those guitar players who are seeking out custom guitars. I don’t want to abuse the privilege of being able to get free instruments,” he told the music mag. ”All I really I want is to be able to go do my clinics and be able to teach — to be able to go to places like MI and have seminars and to have a company get behind me that has guitars that I just really like playing.”
As for Bleeding Through, the band recently released its seventh studio album, The Great Fire. For more information, visit Bleeding Through’s official website.
Adrenaline Mob – also consisting of guitarist Mike Orlando, singer Russel Allen (Symphony X) and drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold) – announced some big news on Wednesday via their Facebook page, as Disturbed bassist John Moyer will be joining the supergroup.
Moyer will be making his onstage debut with the group on March 12 at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom, a day before they release their debut full-length, Omertá.
“Mike Portnoy called me about auditioning for his new band Adrenaline Mob,” Moyer said in a statement. “He had heard through the grapevine that I was looking to stay busy while Disturbed is on hiatus. After jamming with Russ, MO, and Portnoy, the chemistry as musicians was undeniable. I am super stoked about joining ‘The Family’ and I can’t wait to hit the road with these guys and see what kind of musical mayhem we can create!”
Orlando, who also performs with Tred and Sonic Stomp, also recently sat down to run through his main guitar collection from the studio, picking up a Desolation Series axe, a So-Cal and a San Dimas.
Orlando then played “Shaga Duga” off Sonic Stomp II.
Check out the shredding action below:
It’s been a good year for Ratt guitarist Warren DeMartini.
He’s back writing for his massive rock band with singer Stephen Pearcy – with a new album and tour due out this year, according to Pearcy’s official Facebook page — and he recently recorded a song with Pearcy and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl that should be finished soon.
The Grohl song was special.
The Foos recorded everything from their latest album in a lost form – analog – and that inspired Grohl to cull together a documentary in which DeMartini was featured, because he’s used the same Sound City analog boards when recording for Ratt. Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails and Slipknot have also recorded at Sound City.
Coming back to this setup with uber-producer Butch Vig was fun for DeMartini.
DeMartini recently sat down with Charvel.com to discuss his latest endeavors.
Charvel.com: How did you feel after recording with such an iconic setup?
DeMartini: “Ratt recorded out of the cellar at Sound City. There was another studio, but a good portion was at Sound City. Nirvana recorded there. A lot of bands did. It was very famous for its drum room, too. When it closed, they had a list of people who wanted to preserve the mixing board. Dave went out and they gave it to him, and he built a studio of his own.
“They went around and did a film about the iconic stuff that was recorded at that desk, and it’s amazing to wrap your head around everything that came out of there.”
I heard you were writing new Ratt songs with Stephen Pearcy. When can we expect new material?
“I think it will be out in 2012. We’ve been doing this a long time together (laughs). I think we know each other pretty well.”
Would you like to do another record all on analog?
“I would work on it again. The trick is finding a producer who’s in to working with analog. You find that a lot of the new crowd is used to the immediate edit capabilities that can be had. It’s a new crop of people where, little by little, analog is known less and less.”
What about with Butch Vig?
“I hope that we work with Butch again. Based on that one track, it was such a great time. He was great to work with. If he wanted to and had the time right now, it would be great.”
Evanescence landed on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan last week, but they made sure not to perform the same song of their recently-released eponymous album.
Check out Terry Balsamo and Co. rocking out to “My Heart is Broken” below:
And on Conan, it was the hard-charging “Made of Stone:”
Evanescence currently has a few tour dates scheduled in Asia during February before hitting Australia in March. Check their official website for more information.
James Gericke has a busy start to the year.
Currently, he’s in studio with Austrian Death Machine recording a new record using his Charvel Desolation DS-1. And soon, Gericke’s hitting the road in Europe with his other band, Death By Stereo, along with Agnostic Front and Naysayer from Feb. 2 – March 4.
Gericke sent Charvel.com an exclusive photo from his latest recording sessions:
Check out the Facebook pages for Austrian Death Machine and Death By Stereo to get more information, including a full list of DBS’s upcoming tour dates.
Evanescence’s Amy Lee paints a dramatic and haunting picture in the band’s latest video for “My Heart is Broken,” off their 2011′s eponymous album.
Lee sings about being in a dark place while trying to overcome obstacles to free oneself. While guitarist Terry Balsamo and his bandmates flail on their instruments in the darkness, Lee finds herself in desolate places like a field of grass and a crumbling room.
Watch the action below:
For tour dates and more information about Evanescence, visit the band’s official website.
The 2012 Charvel Showcase at NAMM welcomed Italian website accord.it to the booth, where they got an up-close tour of all the guitars on display.
Unfortunately, there are no subtitles, but check out what they found below:
Weezer recently spent a few days at sea with 15 other bands and a ton of friends for their 2012 Weezer Cruise.
Those participating included Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Gene Ween and Dave Dreiwitz, Wavves, The Antlers, Yuck, Free Energy, Boom Bip, J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Keepaway, Ozma, The Nervous Wreckords, The Knocks, Sleeper Agent and Yacht Rock Revue.
Check out a highlight video of Weezer’s cruise-opening performance below:
For more Weezer information, visit the band’s official website.
