Category Archives: Music

Duff McKagan’s Loaded “The Taking” Ep.1 – Seattle

Exploring the lyrical content of The Taking album (released April 2011/Armoury Records), with a blend of documentary story-telling and music videos/live performance, The Taking was filmed in the band’s homebase of Seattle, WA. It is described as contemporary version of The Beatle’s “A Hard Day’s Night” meets Led Zeppelin’s “The Song Remains The Same”. In addition to band members Duff McKagan, Mike Squires, Jeff Rouse, and Isaac Carpenter, the film also features guest appearances by Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains), Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top), and Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), among others.

The Big Deal – “Amaranth” (Nightwish Cover) – Official Video

Please meet The Big Deal, a promising new melodic hard rock band from Serbia. The band is working on their debut album for Frontiers Records now, but in the meantime, enjoy their cover of Nightwish’s ‘Amaranth’.

“While we are waiting to present our music and debut album, we decided to have some fun in the studio and share it with you. The covers we’ve recorded in the studio are a sampling of our musical tastes and just us having some fun. Thanks to Anette Olzon and Nightwish for the inspiration.” – The Big Deal | Recorded in studio “Paradox”, July 2021.

Ghost – Hunter’s Moon cover (331Erock w/ Steve Welsh)

 

331Erock– I’m guessing you knew it was coming 🙂 First of all I want to thank my great friend Steve for laying down the wicked vocals and doing an amazing job with the video (and putting up with my Crow lines because I think he looks like my boy Top Dollar). It’s the first time ever I let someone else edit the video and I couldn’t be happier. He’s just awesome. And a perfectionist like me so working with someone as detail oriented as me was great. On top of that, one of those people too that you can talk with for hours. Second, I love the song. Threw in a solo or two to spice it up and boom! If papa ever needed some backup…give us the bat signal. All of Steve’s info is below too. As a bonus, he does some INCREDIBLE vocal mashups. GO!