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    Band & Musician FS, Feature Stories, Singers & Songwriter FS

    Tony Lewis: Once Again Stepping Up to the Plate

    You can’t talk about pop rock from the ‘80s without referencing The Outfield’s multi-platinum hit, “Your Love,” penned by a British group that was actually ...
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    Adopt The Arts: A Tribute to Sammy Hagar A Night of Giving and Gratitude

    "When you get bit by the charity bug, it makes you feel good. Anything that makes you feel good is addicting. And the more you ...
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    Steven Wilson From Prog to Pop...sort of

    Steven Wilson is known worldwide as the mastermind behind the progressive rock band, Porcupine Tree, collaborator with Israeli pop star Aviv Geffen in the rock ...
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    The Top 40 Under-appreciated Guitarists of the 1980s ...who didn't receive the press recognition they ...

    Every musician’s magazine routinely publishes a list of the greatest guitarists known to mankind. Some are reader polls where you vote on names from a ...
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    Dream Theater's Astonishing John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess

    Dream Theater’s thirteenth studio release, The Astonishing, is a grand, double-album, concept story that, if reduced to a single sentence, tells the fantastic tale of ...
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    Ryo Okumoto: Keyboards (Spock's Beard)

    Our strength is the live performance. MPc: Let’s start with a 30-second summary of your musical life. RO: I grew up in Japan. Started playing ...
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    Dave Meros: Bass (Spock's Beard)

    I found a really messed up Ric and used that for my experimentation. MPc: You’ve been with Spock’s Beard since the first record. How has ...
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    Alan Morse: Guitars (Spock's Beard)

    Mostly, I like playing songs with big guitar solos in them. MPc: So, Spock’s Beard is a band that’s undergone a lot of evolution over ...
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    Spock's Beard: The Prog Particle

    Spock’s Beard. Just the name is enough to conjure up thoughts of life in a parallel universe. But if you aren’t yet a fan of ...
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    Jordan Rudess: Interview from Heaven

    How can we use Jordan Rudess to the maximum and create a better Dream Theater? MPc: It seemed obvious from the very first listen of this album ...
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