All Hail The King
Posted By: dustin hinz
Nov 14, 2009
On Thursday November 12th in front of a capacity crowd at House of Blues in Hollywood CA, Kirby Kelley of Sherman, Texas beat out more than 4,000 guitarists to be crowned Guitar Center’s 2009 King of the Blues. Kelley competed against four other undiscovered blues guitarists from all across the country to a panel of [...]
Public Enemies: Chuck D and Johnny Juice
Posted By: dustin hinz
Sep 17, 2009
To say that hip-hop legends Public Enemy were game changers is underselling one of the genre’s most important and defining acts. That’s because the Long Island-based act wasn’t merely changing the rules of hip-hop, they were writing the rules. Establishing a political and social consciousness as a common thread throughout their tracks. Merging traditional rap styles with hard rock bands— and in [...]
The Chosen: Tony Royster & Cora “CC” Dunham
Posted By: dustin hinz
Sep 8, 2009
Each year, thousands of drummers across the nation line up to enter the world’s largest drumming contest, Guitar Center’s Drum-Off, hopeful for the opportunity to rise through the various stages of the competition and eventually be crowned as the top undiscovered drummer in the nation. While many may call receiving such an award a success story all to itself, a [...]
At Guitar Center: Tom Delonge
Posted By: dustin hinz
Sep 2, 2009
Frontman, guitarist, producer, songwriter, businessman these are some of the many hats that musician Tom DeLonge has worn throughout his dozen-plus years in the music scene, whether as the on-stage co-lead to bassist Mark Hoppus in platinum pop-punk powerhouse Blink-182 or as the sole frontman of the more experimental, alternative rock act Angels and [...]
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All Hail the King
