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REVIEW: Fender Jim Root Telecaster
When you think Telecaster, a variety of styles pop up: country twang, dirty classic rock, jangly indie. But it’s certainly not the kind of guitar you think of for punishing metal mayhem. The Jim Root...
View ArticleVIDEO: Jim Root’s guitar rig
Check out this video by the folks at Jim Dunlop. It features Slipknot/Stone Sour’s Jim Root going through his rig, including the MXR Carbon Copy, and showing off his new prototype signature...
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INTERVIEW: Stone Sour’s Jim Root
Jim Root is one of the most versatile guitarists in rock. He gets to explore the darkest corners of metal – thrash, death, grind – in Slipknot, and he stretches out even further in Stone Sour. The...
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CD REVIEW: Stone Sour Audio Secrecy
Let’s get this out of the way. Yeah, two members of Stone Sour are in Slipknot. No, it’s not a Slipknot side project – Stone Sour dates back to 1992. And no, Audio Secrecy as an album isn’t as...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Orange Flipbook
There’s simply no way to possibly dislike Orange. Their amps sound cool. Their amps look cool. Their amps are reliable. That’s pretty much all you need to know! Or is it? It turns out there’s much...
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NAMM 2012: Squier Jim Root Telecaster and more!
Oh now this is neat! The Fender Jim Root Telecaster is an incredible instrument and it’s great to see a Squier equivalent. PRESS RELEASE SQUIER® BY FENDER® PROUDLY PRESENTS ALL-NEW SIGNATURE MODELS...
View ArticleStone Sour hit the studio
Great to hear that Stone Sour have returned to the studio to record the follow-up to Audio Secrecy. I gave that album the ‘drag it out after about a year and see if it still holds up’ test last week,...
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INTERVIEW: Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor & Josh Rand
There comes a point in every band’s life when they start to long for something more. For some it’s an orchestral collaboration. For others it’s an elaborate narrative stage show. Maybe a film of some...
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Cool Video Alert: Stone Sour – Children Of The Grave
Stone Sour have done it: they’ve covered the most perfect Black Sabbath song for them to possibly cover, Children Of The Grave from 1971′s Master of Reality. Check it out in the YouTube video below....
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NAMM 2014: Fender Jim Root Jazzmaster
For a few years now, Slipknot/Stone Sour’s Jim Root has been appearing onstage with a Jazzmaster-based Fender kitted out with his preferred pickup combination of an EMG 81 in the bridge position and a...
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INTERVIEW: Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor
Photo by Travis Shinn If you look in the current issue of Mixdown Magazine you’ll find my interview with Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor about the band’s new album, Hydrograd (released today). We had a great...
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Five Great Covers EPs you should check out
Some bands build their early careers on a well-placed cover, like Van Halen blasting right out of the gate with a redefining take on The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” Some bands make a point of avoiding...
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