It’s official; Trans-Genred has smashed every record for a Six String Bliss album! You’ll have to wait for the “Official Press Release” to get the details as to a release date, but here are some facts that we’re delighted to reveal: This album has more songs (18), more collaborations (4 multi-national with 3 of those being trans-continental!), with more artists participating than ever before. Including the countries that collaborators submitted material from, this represents work from Australia, Canada, England, Germany,…

Dave Grohl, Slash and Metallica are set to appear in a new documentary movie about Motorhead’s Lemmy. The film, entitled Lemmy, follows the singer across the world over a three-year period. Shot by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, the film also includes extensive interviews with the star. “When it comes to rock n roll you need something to believe in. Integrity means everything,” Grohl said. “To me, more than any other rock musician, Lemmy is the baddest motherf*cker in the…

There are only a few days left for song submissions for the Six String Bliss Trans-Genred project. This will be the sixth album released by Six String Bliss, the longest running guitar podcast on the internet. As with all of the previous projects, listeners are asked to submit a song that fits within the framework of a central theme. For Trans-Genred participants are asked to record a song in a style other than the one in which it was originally…

Press Release for September 8th, 2010 Deadline for submissions – October 15th, 2010 Six String Bliss, the longest-running guitar-centric Podcast on the Internet is actively seeking contributions for their upcoming Album release, tentatively titled Trans-Genred. As with all previous Album Projects, this will be a collaborative effort by members of their listening community. The theme of this album is the “genre-bending”; taking a song and re-imagining it in a completely new and different way. As with all of our previous…

The Sex Pistols have launched a unisex scent, which comes in a tartan-topped bottle featuring the band’s “God Save the Queen” imagery, in collaboration with Paris-based perfume brand Etat Libre d’Orange, which licensed the Sex Pistols name from the band’s merchandising partner, Live Nation Merchandise. Etat Libre launched the perfume in France in mid-July through an exclusive deal with the Sephora chain of beauty shops, which has 150-plus stores across France. It retails for 40 euros (33 pounds). The scent…

In the late ’70s, 14-year-old Griffin Black wasn’t even born yet. But “Refugee,” the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1979 tune, is his favorite song. In fact, while most his friends would rather listen to hip-hop, the Heartbreakers are his favorite band. So it’s not uncommon for Black to watch old Tom Petty videos on YouTube. One night in front of the computer, Griffin was watching footage of a 1985 concert. “And Mike Campbell, the lead guitar player from Tom…

John Lennon’s toilet and one of his rarest albums are to be auctioned at Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. The lavatory from Tittenhurst Park, his Berkshire home between 1969 and 1972, and a mono-sound copy of Two Virgins go on sale on Saturday. The toilet which he gave to his builder for use as a plant pot is expected to fetch up to £1000. The album, which showed a naked Lennon and Yoko Ono, could fetch £2,500. The toilet…

A prolific burglar who tried to steal a musician’s guitar during a bungled burglary has been jailed for almost three years. Cornelius Price, 37, of Chatsworth Street, Fishwick, Preston, UK, forced his way through the side door of a house on Ribbleton Hall Drive, Ribbleton, Preston. Price, described as a career burglar by police, committed the burglary on March 11 this year after spotting the black acoustic guitar through a front window while the owner was out. However, as the…

Frequently named in polls for the “world’s greatest guitar solos”, and listed at #49 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, Don Felder and Joe Walsh’s dual guitar solo on the Eagles’ “Hotel California” tapped a searing tone and an atmospheric vibe that still resonate today. To give live renditions their maximum impact, Don Felder has–right from the start–played the hit song on a Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck, performing the haunting 12-string introduction on the guitar’s top…

Phelps ‘Catfish’ Collins, brother of Bootsy and guitarist with Parliament, Funkadelic and The James Brown Band, has died at 66, following a battle with cancer. With Funkadelic, Catfish played on albums including ‘America Eats Its Young’ (1972) and tracks like James Brown’s ‘Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine’ (1970). Collins’ death comes less than two months after Funkadelic’s guitarist Gary Shider, who passed away from cancer on June 16. Source: http://www.nme.com/