Mike Mushok, lead guitar player for Staind and recent addition to Newsted's lineup, has partnered with JamPlay, which is a website where professionals and members of top bands provide insight and lessons on how to learn guitar fundamentals.
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Music licensing can cost a pretty penny, and oftentimes that's a big hurdle to cross for independent filmmakers. However, Foo Fighters, Gaslight Anthem, Cary Brothers, and Staind guitarist Mike Mushok have all given the filmmakers behind the 'Beach 119' Superstorm Sandy documentary short a break as they donated their music free of charge to the project...
For those who remember Massachusetts rockers Staind as the band signed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, the thought of frontman Aaron Lewis putting out a country music EP might seem a bit strange. However, if you consider the string of hit singer-songwriter style ballads that Lewis wrote for the band between 1999 and 2005, an EP of country songs is not much of a stretch...