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Glenn Raymond Tipton and Kenneth “K.K.” Downing, Jr. are the guitarists from English heavy metal band Judas Priest. Kenneth Downing earned the nickname “K.K.” from a girl in Denmark who could not pronounce his real name. Before joining Judas Priest in 1974, Glenn Tipton played in the Midlands proto-metal band The Flying Hat Band.  He [...]

David Scott Mustaine is an american heavy metal guitarist, vocalist and songwriter best known for his work with pioneering Thrash Metal band Megadeth. Dave is often referred to by Megadeth fans as “Megadave”. Mustaine was the original lead guitarist in Metallica in 1982.  He was fired, which led to his famous decades-long feud and rivalry [...]

“One of my favourite things on the album is the title track, where we can hear you flip the pickup switch… Oh yeah! I love that because usually you’d edit that kind of thing out, but hearing little details like this is just great! Oh yeah! I like doing things in one take, not chopping [...]

The big 4 of Thrash metal – Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax – played an unprecedented show together at the Sonisphere festival in Sofia, Bulgaria on Tuesday June 22. This was a massive event in the world of metal guitar, as Metallica and Megadeth have famously not been on amicable terms ever since former Metallica [...]

First question in from our new Ask a Question page, and it’s a good one! Hi, I’m 16, I’ve been playing for 5 years.  I want to play better lead guitar.  I have been learning the solos to Painkiller by Judas Priest, and Tornado of Souls by Megadeth, and I can kind of play them, [...]

This post is a bit unusual, and slightly off-topic for the site.  I normally try to post only about learning electric guitar, rather than just general music news.  But, because Ronnie James Dio has been such a hero of mine, I’ve decided to make an exception here.  Even though he is known as a singer, [...]