JoeSatriani

Joe Satriani Talks Criteria, Wish List for G3 Tour

Since 1996, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has literally been surrounding himself with the competition. That was the year he launched the G3 Tour, featuring fellow shredders Steve Vai and Eric Johnson. Since then, the tour has continued semi-regularly, with Satriani the only original member...

Bram Teitelman

Chickenfoot Have Second Album, Tour In Works, Satriani Says

One jam session in Las Vegas brought Chickenfoot together, but chemistry is what's kept them together -- and that's what is leading to a second album. "Every time we play, we have a really good time, and we all play stuff that we'd never be able to play with our other bands," guitarist Joe Satriani tells Noisecreep about the supergroup, which also features former Van Halen members Sammy

Bram Teitelman

LoNero Coins ‘Guitarcore’ Genre

California instrumental rock band LoNero have coined the phrase 'guitarcore' to describe what they are doing. In a word, guitarcore is about the song, rather than a self-indulgent, masturbatory solo. "Guitarcore is also about the groove," Bill Lonero told Noisecreep...

Amy Sciarretto

White Noise: News on Mastodon, Guns N’ Roses, Converge, Bury Your Dead, Hypocrisy and More

Every morning, this writer wakes up at 6 AM to start working on this column. The tough thing about working from home, though, that early in the morning: Dealing with my cats. You see, by now, my two cats, Dante and Jezebel, are used to my routine...

Chris Harris

White Noise: News on Slipknot, Them Crooked Vultures, Kiss, the Sword and More

Today's going to be a good day, because today, the Noisecreep crew's taping our second official podcast. We'll start rolling at 1 PM, and we'll be discussing all the week's big metal news, all the latest heavy releases and some of the dudes from Evile will even be in the studio to take part...

Chris Harris

Joe Satriani Remembers Les Paul, a Musical Giant with a Giant Heart

Instrumental guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani had already released three solo albums, including the award-winning 'Surfing With the Alien' when Epic records invited him to interview Les Paul to help promote one of the legendary inventor's compilation albums...

Jon Wiederhorn

White Noise: Aerosmith Talk Summer Tour, ETID and The Red Chord Recording, Ross ‘The Boss’ Was “Kinda Fired”

There are a lot of bands doing the "whole album on a tour" thing, and its kind of awesome. You've got bands like Mastodon playing their new one, 'Crack the Skye,' from back to front on their current tour, and this summer, Mötley Crüe will be doing the same for their 1989 masterpiece, "Dr. Feelgood...

Chris Harris