Unreleased Pink Floyd Coming

So what can fans expect? Check out details, via Spinner.com: * The "Discovery" collection: All 14 original studio albums remastered by The Wall co-producer James Guthrie, with new packaging created by Storm Thorgerson. Available individually or in a box set.

The "Experience" editions: The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall will be featured in two-disc editions, with the remastered, original album on one disc, and extra material on the second. For example, the Wish You Were Here edition will include live 1974 performances of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," as well as "Raving and Drooling" and "You Gotta Be Crazy" (which would turn into "Sheep" and "Dogs" on Animals). more goodies here

AC/DC Singer Slams Reality TV Talent Shows

(RockAAA) AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has hit out at reality shows which turn wannabes into overnight music stars and claimed the format is chewing up and spitting out young hopefuls.

In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph the legendary AC/DC singer insists the only road to glory is the old fashioned graft to the top method.
He said: "There's only one way to do it.

"You get on the stage, you learn your trade and you get out and play in front of people. You serve your apprenticeship just like anybody else. The shortcut ways leads to tears at the end of the day. It's all hype. And it's not fair on the kids to make them famous one week and then nobodies the next. It's just not right." more on this story

Steven Tyler Making Music With Johnny Depp

(Gibson) Johnny Depp might have based his Captain Jack Sparrow character on Keith Richards, but he's been hanging out with a different Rock and Roll Hall of Famer lately. According to Spinner.com, the actor has been working on songs with Aerosmith frontman and American Idol judge Steven Tyler.

"We've been hanging out here and there," Depp told Extra. "He's someone I've admired greatly for such a long time. The idea of writing songs with him is a dream come true."

Of course, this isn't the first time Depp and rock and roll have crossed paths. The Pirates of the Caribbean star played bass in a '90s band called P, which also featured Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In addition, Depp contributed guitar to a couple of Oasis records and played on Shane MacGowan's Snake album. more on this story

Bret Michaels To Tell All

(Gibson) Bret Michaels' autobiography, Roses & Thorns, is set to be released next year and he has a new album coming out later this year.

In an interview with Rick Andrews of 98.7 Jack FM in Texas, Michaels said: "This is a much-different-written autobiography; I'm not just trying to just get shock value out of people. What it does is it goes through, I call it, the moments and comedy of errors that is my life – the trying times, the good times, the bad times, the sex, drugs and rock and roll; everything that I went through – what led up to it, what happened, what I did about it."

As for the new album, Get Your Rocks On, due later this year, Michaels has promised a strong rock album. "This one is primarily straight-up rock songs, which I think people will like," he said. "I've written a lot of good stuff over the last few years that I think are just good rock songs. I feel really strong about it." more on this story

Beach Boys Brian Wilson To Retire From The Road

(Gibson) Beach Boys founder, singer and songwriter Brian Wilson has announced that, after he plays some London concerts this year, he may retire from touring altogether.

London's Evening Standard newspaper reports that Wilson claims touring is now hard work. "As I get older it gets harder for me," he said. "But when I'm sitting down at the keyboard and my band's behind me, I can do it. This could be the last time I play here. I'm going to miss it but I'm getting a little bit old for touring."

Wilson will be in London in for three nights in September at the Royal Festival Hall. "London is my favorite city in the whole world," he said. "I love the people here. I think the people appreciate the music a lot better than Americans do, they're a lot more sensitive to the music than Americans are." more on this story

Sebastian Bach Blames Breakup on Gossip

(Rock News Desk) Sebastian Bach says his marriage to childhood sweetheart Maria has collapsed because of lies written about him in books and online.

The former Skid Row singer announced plans to divorce in January after the couple split in April 2010. He said: "We've tried to work things out for the sake of our family, but it's become apparent our differences are irreconcilable."

Now he says the relationship crumbled after Maria began reading stories about his sexual encounters from the past – which he insists are untrue. more on this story

Sammy Hagar Disappoints Nikki Sixx - Adler's Big Deal?- Quiet Riot Reunion- Enslaved For Free- Less Than Warped- Queensryche Rockline- Billy Corgan Memoir- more

The Day in Rock Digest for 05/11/11: Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has expressed his disappointment at ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar. In an interview with Washington Post Express Sixx said "Sammy Hagar wrote a (critical) book ("Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock"), and, honestly, I'm very disappointed in Sammy, and it bums me out to even want to hear Van Halen. I'm a positive fan, and I have a hard time listening to Van Halen with Sammy Hagar singing now." more

Adler's Appetite bassist Chip Z'Nuff (also of Enuff Z'nuff) told Gerry Gittelson of Patch in a new interview that the band has inked a "massive deal" with an as-yet-undisclosed record company. "We just signed a new deal with this label — I can't mention the label's name right now, but it's a massive deal," Chip said. "Especially for me, being [that] in the early days of Enuff Z' nuff we signed with Atco/Atlantic, and then Clive Davis signed us over at Arista, we worked our way through Spitfire and Mayhem and all the different labels, even released a couple of records on Sony." more

This Saturday, May 14 at the Sunset Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, vocalist Paul Shortino and bassist Sean McNabb will rejoin Quiet Riot on stage to perform the song "Stay With Me Tonight" from the band's 1988 fourth album, "QR". Drummer Frankie Banali states, "Paul, Sean and I have not played this song together since 1989 in Tokyo, Japan!" more

Less Than Jake's JR Wasilewski recently revealed that the band is planning a new EP and is currently in the studio working on it. They have spent two weeks in the studio so far and the intent is to have the EP released in time for the band's run on Warped Tour this summer. more

Alex Skolnick says he chose not to join Savatage full-time because the move didn't feel right – but he's still proud to have played with a band he looked up to as a young man. more

Queensryche will premier their new album, Dedicated To Chaos, on US syndicated radio show Rockline on Wednesday, June 29th. more

Enslaved are set to release The Sleeping Gods as a free downloadable five song EP on May 10th. more

The Cars' Ric Ocasek discusses reuniting after two decades apart in a new interview here

Becoming The Archetype, Inhale Exhale, and To Speak Of Wolves will hit the road together next month for a five-week tour. more

William Tell released a new song this week entitled "Let's Go To Bed." "The song has been kicking around for probably close to four years," Tell told Alternative Addiction. "It never really fit in with any of the other releases. And it doesn't really fit with the new stuff I am writing either; it's just kind of an outlier." He has a lot more to say here

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan working on 'spiritual memoir' autobiography Singer's book is scheduled for release next year more

Motorhead have announced 11 shows for the end of the year, which has now become an annual event for the band. more

Scelestus, the new project featuring former Mushroomhead frontman Jason Popson (a.k.a. J Mann), current Mushroomhead drummer Steve "Skinny" Felton, and ex-The Autumn Offering guitarist Tommy Church, has just released its self-titled. more

Legion of the Damned have unveiled Twan van Geel as their new guitarist, following the departure of Richard Ebisch three weeks ago. more

Kevin Conklin from 93.7 KCLB Rocks Palm Springs interviewed Cody Hanson from Hinder. check it out here

Warner Music have seen income from digital sales jump by nine percent in the last quarter, leading the company to announce lower than expected losses. more

Jackyl will hit the road this spring and summer, playing a number of dates starting this Saturday, May 14 in Idaho Falls at Rock N Rally 2011. more

Status Quo are to go on an 11-date UK arena tour in December. more

On this day in 1963, The Beatles started a 30 week run at #1 on the U.K. album charts with their debut album Please Please Me, making it the longest running #1 album by a group ever. The band's follow up, With The Beatles, replaced it at the top of the charts on 7th of December 1963 and stayed there for 21 weeks.

On this day in 1964, during a U.K. tour The Rolling Stones were refused lunch at The Grand Hotel, Bristol, where they were staying because they were not wearing jackets and ties. The following day the Daily Express ran the story with the headline, The Rolling Stones gather no lunch.'

On this day in 1974, Led Zeppelin attended Elvis Presley's show at the Los Angeles Forum in California. After a shaky start to the show, Elvis stopped the band and jokingly said: "Wait a minute…if we can start together fella's, because we've got Led Zeppelin out there, lets try to look like we know what we're doing."

On this day in 1981, Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley died of lung cancer and a brain tumor aged 36. Had the 1981 single "No Woman No Cry," plus over ten other U.K. Top 40 singles. In 1990, the 6th February was proclaimed a national holiday in Jamaica to commemorate his birth. The compilation album, Legend, released in 1984, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies. Time magazine chose Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus as the greatest album of the 20th century.Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

Evile To Tribute Late Band Member With Ballad

(Rock News Desk) Evile have included a ballad on their upcoming third thrash album – and they're prepared to face down criticism for the move.

The track is dedicated to bassist Mike Alexander, who died on tour with the British outfit two years ago after developing a blood clot in a lung. He was 32. And guitarist Ol Drake says he doesn't care whether fans understand the motivation behind the song In Memorian.

"It goes without saying there would be an element of the album which was for Mike alone," He tells the NME. "We'd had a few ideas which were out of the ordinary for us, and when Mike passed away those ideas just started to make more and more sense. more on this story

30 Seconds to Mars Send Mix Signals Over Break Up Rumors

(Rock News Desk) 30 Seconds to Mars are refusing to take seriously rumors that the band is about to split but won't entirely discount the idea of taking a break.

Speculation has been building over brothers Jared and Shannon Leto's plans for the future after frontman Jared said the band might not record a follow-up to 2009 album This is War, adding: "We're not bound to continue walking down a path unless we're really inspired to do so."

But in an MTV interview they respond to straight questions with sarcastic answers. Shannon says: "We've been touring a long time, man. I mean, look at us – we're broken down. We're tired." more on this story

Judas Priest Prepare for Final World Tour

(hennemusic) Judas Priest have announced that they started rehearsals this week for their Epitaph Tour, billed as the final world trek for the band.

In addition to rehearsals, the band have been focusing on the forthcoming tour – doing press, photos, sorting out stage sets, special effects, and stage clothes etc - and they say that everyone is looking forward to traveling round the world again with the Priest machine.

Priest officially welcomed new guitarist Richie Faulkner to the lineup last month following the surprise retirement announcement by K.K. Downing, who just wasn't up for it after more than 40 years with the group. See a photo of the new lineup here

Ritchie Blackmore's Unlikely Deep Purple Fill In

(Rock News Desk) Christopher Cross is best known for his award-winning easy-listening hits… but he fondly remembers his hard rock background with Deep Purple, Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin.

As a young musician 40 years ago, his first big moment came when he hit the stage with Purple in place of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who'd fallen ill during a US tour.

"I grew up in Texas and played in a band called Flash. When Deep Purple first came over in 1970, Ritchie got ill," Cross tells Spinner. "A promoter friend of mine told the band I could play guitar, and I did the gig. The promoter offered the crowd their money back but about 80 per cent stayed – that was a fun moment." more on this story

Randy Rhoads Scared Steve Vai

(Gibson) In the forthcoming DVD Thirty Years After the Blizzard, Steve Vai admits that Randy Rhoads' guitar playing "scared" him.

The DVD is part of a major reissue of Ozzy Osbourne's early solo work, featuring the late, lauded guitarist Randy Rhoads. The DVD includes previously unseen footage of Ozzy and Rhoads filmed in 1981 and 1982, plus archive photos and films, alongside new interviews with Ozzy, Lemmy, Vai, Nikki Sixx, Rob Halford, Zakk Wylde, Bill Ward and more.

The DVD also contains more than 70 minutes of live performances and interviews; including more than 30 minutes of never-bootlegged footage of Ozzy and Randy from the Blizzard of Ozz tour shot from the front-of-stage at New York City's Palladium on May 2, 1981. more on this story

Strawberry Field Not Forever As Beatles Landmark Is No More

(Gibson) A Liverpool landmark made famous by The Beatles will no longer be "hung about." The wrought iron gates that marked entry to Strawberry Field were removed yesterday, according to the Liverpool Echo. The 100-year-old gate is being replaced by the Salvation Army, who owns the property, with replicas and has been taken into storage to avoid further deterioration.

The garden behind the former Salvation Army Children's Home was immortalized by John Lennon, whose "Strawberry Fields Forever" mixed nostalgia for a boyhood haunt with trippy, existential overtones to create a psychedelic masterpiece.

Major Ray Irving, Director of Social Services for the Salvation Army, said: "Care has been taken to ensure the original gates have remained in good condition, inevitably time has taken its toll." more on this story

A Perfect Circle Plan Reunion Album

(Rock News Desk) A Perfect Circle have now agreed to work on a new album after reuniting on a trial basis with the intention of just playing live shows.

Guitarist Billy Howerdel says: "We're going to have at least one new song on the tour. It's very close to being done, and from there, things could come together. Once we're on the road and start hashing through our ideas, they could quickly become a song and make it onto the stage.

"So there's an album in the works, but not for this summer. The idea was to get the juices flowing a bit and get back into A Perfect Circle mode, and go from there. But we do intend to record new material." more rock news

Singled Out: Knights On Earth's Missed

Today Grey Mcmurray from Knights On Earth tells us about "Missed" from their forthcoming new album "Move Slow, Life Ends," which hits stores on June 7th. Here is the story:

This was actually the coda of another song that we no longer play. A few years ago, I was visiting my then girlfriend in California and standing in a grocery store waiting on line to pay when I noticed the self-checkout area.

I'm sure it had existed for a long time, but this was the first time I'd seen any kind of self-checkout. I don't know if it was because my girlfriend and I were starting to grow apart or what, but the idea of self-checkout really got to me. You could walk into a store, by all the food you need - food handled and harvested by people (well machines and some people) -, but never have to talk to anyone and maybe never see anyone, at the time it was dramatically isolating.

The world has been getting closer and paradoxically more solitary since the industrial revolution, I learned that in high school. I learned about the coldness of urban life in high school too, but I suppose that moment on a very nice day in a very regular grocery store was one of the first times I had a personal experience with the world and my lonely proximity to it. The song itself wasn't that good and the words were too clever and confusing for their own good, but the last line felt like it succinctly said everything that I wanted to say. So we decided to just say it a few times in a row.

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Metallica The Ultimate Survivors

(Gibson) Mick Wall has known the members of Metallica since 1984, when he was writing for the English magazine, Kerrang!, and the group were making their debut at the Donington festival. The journalist would get to know them better the following year, hanging out with James Hetfield and company in Copenhagen during the recording of Master of Puppets. It is a relationship Wall has maintained for over 25 years, which makes Wall's latest book, Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica, so intriguing.

"The whole thing surprised me," Wall told AOL Noisecreep. "It was the same with my last book on Led Zeppelin [2010's When Giants Walked the Earth]. I went into writing Enter Night thinking I already knew a great deal about Metallica. Two years of writing and research and just sitting there really thinking about things made me realize I knew nothing."

Despite his pull-no-punches approach, Wall said he has a new appreciation for the band. "The whole thing was a huge journey for me. I guess the overriding impression I was left with was of a band of ultimate survivors, real rock 'n' roll frontiersmen who did what it took to make it and stay there, come what may. Not always pretty—far from it sometimes—but what guts, what glory. It's the kind of story that will never happen again in rock." more on this story

AC/DC's Angus Young Getting Older But Still A Schoolboy

(Rock News Desk) Angus Young says it's relatively easy to keep touring with at the age of 56, although life on the road does take its toll.

AC/DC completed a two-year world trek in June 2010, and are beginning to think about a follow-up to 2008 album Black Ice. And the guitarist reveals the secret to pulling off his energetic show is his school uniform stage outfit.

"I'm lucky – I've got a switch. I've got another persona: I put on the school suit and I become stronger, more powerful. Even my vision becomes better," Young tells the Toronto Sun. "But you do get these things that happen. On that tour I had a leg thing. It wasn't a hamstring – the doctor said it was something like a tube. But it was affecting me more offstage. Once I went onstage it was fine." more on this story

Dream Theater's Nerve-Racking Process

(Rock News Desk) New Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini says he was delighted when the band asked him to audition – then worried when he was told he was up against six world-class names for the role.

Once he'd auditioned he felt physically sick while others also made their bid to land the job he wanted. And he's relieved his hearing problems didn't make matters worse when it came to the grueling session itself.

Mangini, 48, has previously played with Annihilator, Extreme and Steve Vai, along with being DT singer James LaBrie's solo bandmate and a well-known session artist. He was chosen to replace Mike Portnoy in the prog metal band last year, but his name was only revealed ten days ago after a series of videos were released showing each candidate in action. more on this story

Kid Rock Discovers New Star At Ballgame

(RockAAA) Country singer Ty Stone has revealed how he went from flipping burgers to recording with his hero after fate led him to Kid Rock's favourite seat at the home of basketball team, The Detroit Pistons – and on the spur of the moment Stone left a demo in the seat pocket.

From there Stone hit the jackpot as Rock called him up just days later, invited him into the studio and eventually on the road together.

And Stone, who was slaving away in Los Angeles burger bar Molly Malones when Rock first made contact, admits he is still pinching himself as all his dreams have come true. more on this story

Lamb of God Have Two Dozen Song Ideas for New Album

(Gibson) Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler has told Ultimate Guitar that the band have 24 tracks ready, in preparation for a new album.

Adler told writer Steven Rosen: "We're doin' pretty well; we've got 24 ideas and we're up to about 10 of them in line of just kind of working through them. We've got plenty of time to work it out this year but we're really just getting started. But we have more material than we could ever use so we're pretty happy."

Adler also sheds some light on his musical apprenticeship: the acclaimed drummer started out as a bassist. "My favorite rock band at the time – I was into some punk and hardcore stuff – but my favorite kind of rock band at the time was Aerosmith," he said. "I just thought that Tom Hamilton's playing really stood out in that band as a very, very key element. In the other bands that I was listening to it was very different in that the bass was just following along and it seemed like a dumbed-down version of the guitar." more on this story

All Shall Perish, Animals As Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, Abysmal Dawn and more to Rock For Japan Relief

(PR) MMA star Josh Barnett is very open about his love of heavy metal and he knew it made perfect sense to put together a show that featured some of the metal's best acts to raise some money to help the victims of the recent travesty that hit Japan.

This special event featuring All Shall Perish, Animals As Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, Abysmal Dawn, Internal Corrosion and Thrown Into Exile is set to take place at the House of Blues in Hollywood on Saturday, May 26th and all proceeds go directly to the American Red Cross Japanese relief effort. Tickets are only $15 and are on-sale now at www.hob.com or at www.ticketmaster.com

Barnett states: "As someone that has worked in Japan over the last nine years and even lived there for a time I felt an obligation to try and help a country which has shown so much love and hospitality to me over the years. This event dealt a devastating blow to the 'Land of The Rising Sun,' not only economically but to the hearts, minds and souls of its people. I don't think that my event can in any way reverse what has happened or completely restore a country and its people, but music has the power to move the heart and soul. That kind energy can reach masses and be transferred to others and if even one person can be helped, it was worth it. In any form that we can generate funds, support and just simply the bushido spirit to all those affected by this we will be successful and keep the sun forever rising in Japan." more on this story

Mom Trashes Green Day

(Rock News Desk) A correspondence website has unearthed a letter from an outraged woman to Green Day's record label – and frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's handwritten reply.

Letters of Note aims to preserve written pieces of communication from all aspects of human life. Its latest haul includes an angry missive from December 1996 in which the mother of an eight-year-old boy explains her anger over the lyrical content of Green Day's Insomniac album.

"I am very disturbed by the cassette tape my son was listening to. His grandmother bought it for him and was totally unaware of its explicit content," She writes. "Isn't it possible to make music anymore? That tape is not something any singer/songwriter should take any pride in at all. It is horrifying and has got to be one of the worst interpretations of an 'artform' that I have ever had the misfortune to hear." She's not done plus Billie Joe fires back here

Listen To Sublime with Rome's First Single

Sublime with Rome have released the lead single from their forthcoming album "Yours Truly."

"Panic" made its world premiere on Los Angeles' KROQ-FM on Friday and hits alternative radio outlets nationwide today. "Panic" is also available now as a digital single at all DSP's – the song is currently streaming on band's official website, www.sublimewithrome.com.

A companion music video is currently in production with premiere details to be announced shortly. Sublime with Rome will release "Yours Truly" on Tuesday, July 12th. Check out the stream

George Lynch Recruits Powerman 5000 Star For Solo Album

George Lynch, of Dokken and Lynch Mob fame, will release his eleventh solo album, Kill All Control, on June 21st through Rocket Science, Inc.

What began as a follow-up to the Souls of We debut, Let The Truth Be Known, George quickly realized the project was taking on a new direction with the addition of Powerman 5000 drummer, Adrian Ost.

While writing with Souls of We singer, London LeGrand (Brides of Destruction), George noted, "The creative juices flowed and we wrote most of the CD in 10 days." more on this story

Tony MacAlpine To Deliver New Album Next Month

Tony MacAlpine's new self-titled album will be released June 21 on Favored Nations.

"When I set out to write a new album, I quickly realized that my urge to once again create and define myself as a solo artist had returned with a vengeance," said MacAlpine. "This is my strongest album to date. I can't wait to hit the road and play it live."

Recorded in his home studio in Pasadena, CA, Tony MacAlpine is the musician's 11th solo album. Featuring 12 tracks of guitar-laden progressive instrumental metal - MacAlpine performing 7 and 8-string guitar, keyboards, bass and programming, along with drum legends Virgil Donati (Planet X, Virgil Donati Band) on tracks 1, 5, & 10; and Marco Minnemann (Adrian Belew, Necrophagist) on tracks 3, 4, 8 & 12. Bassist Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai, Ring Of Fire) also appears on track 2. The album was mixed by Ulrich Wild (Deftones, Static X, Dethklok) and mastered by former Chief Mastering Engineer of A&M Studios, Dave Collins. more on this story

The Elected Summer Tour For New Album Release

The Elected have announced US tour dates in support of their forthcoming album, Bury Me In My Rings, due out May 17th on Vagrant Records.

The band will unveil new material to audiences beginning on June 13th in Phoenix, Arizona along with the previously announced shows at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on May 17th and Mercury Lounge in New York City on May 24th.

On Tuesday, May 10th fans can stream Bury Me In My Rings in its entirety exclusively on MyOldKentuckyBlog.Com. Produced and recorded by frontman Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley guitarist and co-songwriter) with help from Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis, Jason Cupp and longtime Elected contributors Mike Bloom, Bury Me In My Rings is The Elected's third full-length release, and first on Vagrant. more on this story

Remembering Jimi Hendrix Experience's Noel Redding

(Gibson) On this day in 2003, Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding died at his home in Ireland aged 57. Redding played on the classic Hendrix albums 'Are You Experienced', 'Axis: Bold as Love' and 'Electric Ladyland.' Gibson takes a look back:

Noel Redding was, according to his manager Ian Grant, "very kind-hearted and warm. Take away his role as the bass player in the largest rock trio of all time, and strip away all the glory of his musical career. As a human being he was a fabulous guy."

That rock trio was the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for whom the guitar-playing Redding switched to bass and ended up working on three seminal Hendrix albums.

Born in the seaside town of Folkestone in England on Christmas Day, 1945, Redding went the art school route into the music business, playing with various bands and culminating in a residency in Germany with the Burnettes. But it was going nowhere fast and Redding was contemplating applying to be a milkman when, in 1966, he saw an ad in Melody Maker. more on this story

Watch Def Leppard on Leno

(hennemusic) Tuesday night, Def Leppard stopped by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to perform one of their hits, "Pour Some Sugar on Me".

Def Leppard are getting in a few promotional plugs before launching their summer tour schedule.

The band is plugging both its upcoming US tour with Heart as well as its new live album, "Mirrorball," due out next month. Check out video here

Steve Vai Launches GuitarTV.com

Steve Vai has launched GuitarTV.com, a 24-hour interactive guitar channel dedicated to streaming videos of legendary guitar performances from the most accomplished guitarists in history, artist interviews, lessons, live broadcasts, and more.

"Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and it was this notion that led me to purchase the GuitarTV domain 10 years ago," says GuitarTV.com Founder, Steve Vai.

"Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV helps you tap into that connection, and to each other." Check it out here

Watch Experience Hendrix's Late Night Appearance

(hennemusic) The Experience Hendrix crew appeared Monday on Lopez Tonight for a performance of Jimi's classic cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower."

The lineup includes Jonny Lang, Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, Chris Layton (SRV & Double Trouble), Scott Nelson (Kenny Wayne Shepherd), Mato Nanji (Indigenous) and Chuck Campbell (The Campbell Brothers).

The 2011 edition of the Experience Hendrix concert tour launches May 20 with an all-star lineup of musical greats paying homage to the genius of Jimi Hendrix. Watch the Lopez Tonight footage here

. Rock Reads: Guitar Lessons: A Life's Journey Turning Passion into Business

Taylor is the president and co-founder of Taylor Guitars and this memoir is mostly about how the company came to fruition and the years of trial-and-error that got them to where they stand now as a leading maker of fine guitars. - Read the full Guitar Lessons: A Life's Journey Turning Passion into Business review