Josh Martin

If you ever wondered what to do with an 8-string guitar after counting your way through all the Meshuggah-mathematics, maybe this could give you an idea. This weeks YouTube -favourite is Josh Martin, grooving it out on an Ibanez 2228.

Brent Hinds of MASTODON

I just sat down with Brent Hinds from MASTODON, the great neo-metal band from the US. His precious 1979 Gibson V that got stolen in danish town of Odense in 2002, miracously was returned to him after a somewhat magic chain of events, two days ago. Hell, I suggest you take a look at www.myspace.com/mastodon to celebrate good karma in the world. And yeah, they have a new album coming out in february 2009 called Crack In The Sky. According to Brent it is "the most mature and amazing effort from the band."

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Jim Root of SLIPKNOT

Jim Root was in Stockholm with SLIPKNOT today and I was fortunate enough to meet him before the show. Do you know that he is 198 cm tall? That is quite a lot and it can be a problem. Jim spent the day in Stockholm looking for jeans, since he only brought two pairs and lost one. Two pair of jeans? On a worldtour? I should have brought at least three pairs. Jim is actually a big fan of Maton guitars, the same brand that Josh Homme of Queens of The Stone Age uses. They are cool. http://www.maton.com.au/

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