Henry David Thoreau once said, “Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw at it still.” Thoreau may not have known it at the time, but he was describing the blues. To play the blues is to draw from an inner fire that burns deep within the soul. It’s both passionate and effortless. For if the blues is to be played right, there must be honesty to it. It’s not something you can teach; it has to be felt, and if you’re one of the few who is naturally blessed with the gift of taking every emotion you’ve ever felt and conveying it to an audience through your music- well, you are in that rare class of musicians we call virtuosos. Blues guitarist Coco Montoya sits among the hallowed few that naturally possess this rare gift. (Continue)

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Jeff Hanneman
       January 31, 1964 – May 2, 2013

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            Aldous Huxley once said, “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” Huxley’s quote perfectly sums up the shell-shocked state of the music community with today’s tragic news of Jeff Hanneman’s untimely passing. Hanneman was one of the architects of thrash metal and a force to be reckoned with as a guitar player.(Continue)

Madcap Music Review's John Golden sits down with Chris Holmes to discuss his new album Nothing to Lose.

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      On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, the Metal Alliance Tour arrived at the House of Blues in Hollywood, California to a sold out crowd. With Anthrax headlining along with a solid lineup of bands in support, every headbanger in the Los Angeles area came out of the woodwork to mosh the night away. Merch booths, media and metalheads crowded outside for what would prove to be an unforgettable night.

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            In our consumer-based culture we’ve been taught that more is good; however this is often far from true. On Thursday, March 28, PHILM set out to prove that sometimes it’s better to scale things down. With a combined thirty-plus years in the music business, PHILM has become a creative home base for drummer extraordinaire Dave Lombardo (Slayer), renowned bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) and the ever impressive guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (Civil Defiance). (Continue)

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