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There were a lot of bands like that in the dark hair-band years of 89-91 -- known for a sappy ballad or other not-so-good song that got radio airplay, but actually had some great album cuts. I never even gave Extreme or Mr. Big a chance after hearing their radio hits; still don't know any of...

I warmed to thrash a little more slowly than my peers when it was new in the mid-80s -- I liked Metallica, but some of the other thrash that was around was less approachable -- probably by design. Also, a lot of thrash vocals were not my cup of tea; the production on some of those mid-80s...

I'm the flip side of you; not the most well versed in Dream Theater, but I can answer why QR got tagged with the "prog" category. One big reason is that they did a big concept album, which is a prog hallmark. But a bigger reason (or reasons) is that they used a lot of chord voicings, scales...

Maiden California presents its Somewhere Back In Time Revisited show Aug. 6, 2016 at the Boardwalk, Orangevale (Sacramento area), CA.

The Hal Leonard "Anthology" book is decent, but I found inaccuracies while learning a lot of songs for a tribute band. Sometimes the tabs get the notes right, but the position wrong -- meaning it's easier to play that melody (or to be in position for the next thing you're going to play)...

I think you're half-right about the "half-played notes" / "random hand movements." But it's most definitely not random; it's all within the scale they're using for the solo. I was struggling with the notes during the second section of that lead for a long time too (if you break it into four...

I'm using a Line 6 POD HD Pro as a preamp / FX unit, into a Marshall 9005 power amp, for the role of Dave Murray in an Iron Maiden tribute band I just joined. (My first gig with them is in a couple weeks; I'll probably upgrade to a JMP-1 and TC G-Force after a few more gigs, but this setup is...

A couple of additions to the list: Dave and Adrian both had Ibanez Roadstar guitars around the Powerslave era. Never seen photos of them playing them on stage, but they were listed in the World Slavery Tour gear list in the booklet that came with the Live After Death LP. I have a Guitar for...