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Solid Like A . . . Cable
Solid Cables Dynamic Arc Ultra Looking for a guitar cable that doesn’t fall apart after a few months? Solid Cables say they have an answer. They bill their Dynamic Arc Ultra as the world’s toughest guitar cord, designed to be “extremely rugged, gig friendly, abuse proof” and offer “exceptional tone.” Solid Cables also say the […]
Andy Austin, Courtroom Artist
“There’s been a lot of agitation on the part of the electronic media and regular press to open up the courtrooms,” says courtroom artist Andy Austin, author of the new book Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians, And Murders In An American Courtroom (Lake Claremont, $19.95). Rule 53 is a Federal Rule Of Criminal Procedure, […]
Ministry continued
back next “It was really important to us that we didn’t go out just Bush-bashing. So we started jamming with a bunch of different people who live around us [in Texas]: Burton [C. Bell] from Fear Factory, Wayne [Static] from Static-X. Just had a bunch of people dropping in and out. It wasn’t like we […]
Ministry end
home last One super-conscious model that remains in place is how Jourgensen’s career will play out over the next three years.
Day At The Park
When pressed to point out places on the map known for contributing recognized, high-end recording studios, Orland Park probably fails to make the short list. Yet, tucked within the vast span of suburbia, complete with Bar Louie chains and Borders and Barnes & Noble vying with each other for the same pool of book browsing, […]
Return To The Blues
“Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out/Here comes something, you never dreamed about/Life is so unpredictable, that’s the way it is. It gets a little hard to bear sometime/Things out of nowhere to blow your mind/But one thing I know for sho’/You’ve got to let life flow.” Kenny Neal – “Let Life […]
IE Photo Page Updated!
Bop on over to our photo page, where Timothy Hiatt has uploaded saucy pics of Santana, My Chemical Romance, The Black Keys, and Kathleen Edwards.
Cover Story: The 20 All-Time Greatest Chicago Guitarists
Perpetually under siege by synthesizers, jealous bandmates, “Guitar Hero,” and its own practitioners, it’s almost as if the guitar can’t exist without more tension than what’s going on between the neck and the bridge. So at IE we figured why not spray some gasoline on the fire and, for our annual Guitar Month, debate who […]
Joe Satriani interview
Joe Satriani Surfing With The Web Surfers Valentine’s Day was four days ago, but guitar instrumentalist Joe Satriani is just now writing his dearest a love note. He begins reciting it by phone from his small, professional recording studio on the ground floor of his San Francisco home. “Record Store Day,” he reads aloud, “April […]
The Black Keys interview
The Black Keys Brian’s Song Spikes in Black Keys activity are nearly imperceptible, akin to testing for jumps in a hummingbird’s fluttering heart rate. They are there, however. Appearing: Saturday April 12th at Riviera Theatre in Chicago.
Black Tide interview
Black Tide Age Old Question Alex Nunez definitely remembers his first impression of Zakk Sandler. “He was a dick to everybody,” Nunez recalls. Appearing: Sunday August 10th at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park.
The New Guitar Plek-trum
Putting It Down And Pleking It Up The Plek Machine Comes To Chicagoland George MacPhail is accustomed to leaving work at the end of the day with hands that hurt. Actually, he is accustomed to leaving work with hands, fingers, and arms that hurt. MacPhail is one of two guitar technicians at The Music Gallery […]
Hayes Carll interview
Hayes Carll No Longer A Mess In Texas Hayes Carll has just released his third album, Trouble In Mind. His first, Flowers And Liquor, for Compadre Records, was produced by Lisa Morales of Sisters Morales. His second, Little Rock, released independently, was produced by R. S. Field. One of its songs, “Down The Road Tonight,” […]
20 – 11
The 20 All-Time Greatest Chicago Guitarists 20. Son Seals Shootings, fires, amputations, W.C. Handy Awards: Son Seals seemed something out of an Andrew Vachss novel, which, in fact he also was. Frank Seals also knew a raw solo or two, we’re told.
10. Tom Morello
The 20 All-Time Greatest Chicago Guitarists 10. Tom Morello Tom Morello endured 18 years in Libertyville and graduated with honors from Harvard in 1986. Neither, though, had much to do with his greatest achievement: Rage Against The Machine (sorry Audioslave, your name fit your confined music). Rage ignited Molotov cocktails of post-“Bring The Noize” rap-metal, […]
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