Review: Flying Colors – Flying Colors
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Sebastian
(before you get any ideas, I have the pre-order confirmation so I think it’s ok to write about it) Although it’s only March I can say without a doubt that this album will contend for album of the year. Flying Colors, the supergroup consisting of Steve Morse (Dregs, Deep Purple), Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic, […]
Review: Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth
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Sebastian
So, Van Halen has a new record out, some 13 years after Van Halen III. I am not a Van Halen super fan, I like 5150, OU812 and the one with Poundcake on it. And I wasn’t too thrilled after news got out that most of the songs came from the vault and came of […]
Review: Dream Theater & Periphery live in concert in Hannover 2012
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Sebastian
This was probably my 10th Dream Theater concert, give or take one, and this was in the top 3, along my first ever show back in Rendsburg for the Awake tour and probably one show during my ultimate fanboy-phase. Why? Probably because I was very much looking forward to it, after liking the new album […]
2011 in Review: Top 10 albums
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Sebastian
2011 marked a year that brought me back to music a bit more. I saw more concerts than last year, played more guitar and listened to more. My top 10 of the year: Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events Amos Lee – Mission Bell Trivium – In Waves Symphony X – Iconoclast Whitesnake […]
How Steve Lukather influenced my guitar playing and learning
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Sebastian
This is going to be a longer and stream of concsciousness-type of post, so if you lose interest just jump to the final paragraph for the morale of the story… My alltime top 5 guitarists are probably Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, who can ever tell. There was a time […]
Der schönste Tag in einem jungen Leben…
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Sebastian
Und auf einmal sprechen Dich die Jungs von Metallica an und bieten an, als Vorgruppe aufzutreten…