Author Archives: Alex

Robert Plant is on TV. Allegedly.

Heartbreaker Robert Plant‘s got a whole lotta love for TV, which is his stairway to heaven. (subtle, huh? hugz)

Problem is, nobody wants him, so he’s made up some news on his own. Read this paragraph and tell me if the name of the alleged host doesn’t sound made up.

“Plant will be the featured guest on tonight’s (Monday, September 20) edition of “George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.” The program, which airs at 11:00 p.m. on CBC in Canada, is hosted by Canadian television and radio personality George Stroumboulopoulos.”

Oh… Okay Robert. We’ll be watching (wink, wink). I hope you’ll catch us on TV as well, we’ll be the main guests on The Tonight Show with Jay Jeakerudoupulouslesuous next week.

Katatonia vs. Thieves

Katatonia, the band named after a lollipop flavor, had some bad luck. Their guitars got stolen.

“Unfortunately the gig reached an all-time low. Two of our guitars got stolen (including the straps and the wireless transmitters), obviously causing performance difficulties, frustration and anger.“

It’s not all bad, though. They had a competition where you could win a guitar and some pickups. Alex has a solution. Enter that competition, win the gear, continue touring.

Let's play pretend

I’m gonna pretend I actually know who Fozzy are, you’re gonna pretend you actually care that they’re going on tour in Australia. This is fun.

Play guitar like Mustaine

If you ever wanted to be like Dave Mustaine, you’re in luck. A guitar tab book transcribing Megadave‘s “Endgame” album is out and you can buy it here.

Of course, learning to play guitar like Dave is not enough, so the book “How to be jealous of Metallica and use their name to promote your own releases” will be out soon, too.

Slash is modest

“I have a hard time accepting myself as someone who is influential,” said Slash in an interview.

“So do we,“ answered Dose of Metal on this website.

Full interview here.