Tag: bass

Power bass: An interview with Steve Slaughter of Octane Mob

Fleur the Kiwi Best known as the bass player for heavy metal band Octane Mob, Steve Slaughter is quickly making his mark on the LA/OC music scene. Although it is not his first band, Steve considers joining Octane Mob the first [...] Read more »

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Review: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx’s second book, This Is Gonna Hurt, comes out in paperback today; it first appeared in hardcover in 2011. We thought this would be a good time to revisit Fleur’s review of the book from last summer (first published on [...] Read more »

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Heart of Rock interview: Steve Slaughter. Bassist. Octane Mob.

Fleur the Kiwi Best known as the bass player for heavy metal band Octane Mob, Steve Slaughter is quickly making his mark on the LA/OC music scene. Although it is not his first band, Steve considers joining Octane Mob the first [...] Read more »

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Heart of Rock interview: Duff McKagan. Bassist, vocalist. Loaded, The Walking Papers (Guns N’ Roses).

Fleur the Kiwi One early December Thursday, DGT&G got word that Duff McKagan would be in town that Sunday, playing a gig at The Independent with Seattle-based band The Walking Papers. For the past year or so, we’ve been on a mission to [...] Read more »

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Bass God: I met my idol … and it was wonderful

A guest post by Cheriqui Someone once said, “Never meet your idol unless you are prepared for disappointment.” Whoever said that apparently did not have as brilliant an experience as I did. Since I was about 12 years old I [...] Read more »

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Walking Papers – Live at the Independent in San Francisco on 12/9/12

hazelzworld On a Thursday afternoon back in December, I sent Fleur a text telling her that Tesla guitarist Dave Rude was going to play at the Independent on the following Sunday.  At the time, we were only going to see Dave [...] Read more »

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Review of It’s So Easy and Other Lies

hazelzworld I just finished reading Duff McKagan’s autobiography, It’s So Easy and Other Lies.  If a book doesn’t capture me within the first chapter, I never finish it.  After reading the prologue — I was hooked! (Pun intended.)  I found myself smiling [...] Read more »

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I Got Your Apocalypse Right Here

spandexpanda Every year at this time I make a resolution for the new year, and every year it’s the same: to learn to play guitar with some sort of proficiency. I can’t say for sure how many years of my [...] Read more »

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Heart of Rock interview: Mike Dirnt. Bassist. Green Day.

Fleur the Kiwi From now until the end of time (or until too many people die for us to continue) DGT&G will be interviewing rock ‘n’ roll artists — famous, not-famous, and the vast numbers in between — and asking [...] Read more »

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Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, live at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA 10/02/2012

  hazelzworld Here are some shots of the Conspirators live in Oakland on October 2, 2012.  Check out the Kiwi’s review of the show here. Coming next … spandexpanda reviews Aerosmith’s new album, Music From Another Dimension 

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