The Gretsch Electric Guitar Book So you know the story of rock ‘n’ roll, of Elvis, Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You know about the players, but what about the played, Gibson, Fender and Gretsch? The Gretsch Book is a story of American music and …
Limited Edition American Standard Blackout Stratocaster Now there’s nothing revolutionary about a black Startocaster, but the Limited Edition American Standard Blackout Stratocaster takes things to the extreme with a black pickguard, black control knobs, black pickup covers and an ebony fingerboard. The black fingerboard is standout …
Lambert and Stamp
The Who have always pushed the idea of what a rock ‘n’ roll band could be. The theatre of their performances, the cinematic scope of their songwriting, the rock operas, the 3 minutes of a pop song was never enough to contain their creative ideas. Now this is the band. Townshend and co. are artists beyond compare, but when you learn that behind the scenes they had two filmmakers as managers, it answers a lot of where did they come up with this sh*t questions.
Not your average Who documentary, Lambert and Stamp tells the story of how two filmmakers set out to make a movie about rock ‘n’ roll and ended up becoming the managers of The Who. Continue reading Behind of The Who’s cinematic tendencies.
Cliché Off The Wall Skate Guitar You gotta love the inventiveness of some people. What was it that made two Argentinians look at a skateboard and think, ‘That would make a good guitar.’ The Skate Guitar is made of two recycled maple skateboards. While we’ve …
Fender Kurt Cobain Jaguar With the distortion-level coverage of the Kurt Cobain documentary, Montage of Heck drops on May 5th on HBO, we thought we’d look at one of Fender’s signature Cobain guitars. In all, we counted 6 on fender.com The Kurt Cobain Jaguar is …
Original Sticky Fingers vinyl with zipper
The Rolling Stones are giving Sticky Fingers a deluxe reissue treatment. It’ll be interesting to see if the hype around the new package and the accompanying tour will have any effect on demand of the original Sticky Fingers vinyl with zipper collectibles. It’s always been a sweet item, but there has also always been a lot of them out there. Kinda wish I kept mine in better condition. Sadly my version looks like the jeans I wore in ’71.
Complete with working zipper and cotton briefs, the original art work conceived by Andy Warhol is one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most famous album covers. It was the first album the Stones produced under their own Rolling Stones Records label giving them full control. It was also the first album to have the lips appear on it. The initial distribution left some record store owners less than thrilled as the zippers would damage the vinyl if they were stacked a certain way. Upon its release it was also believed that it was Mick’s genitalia packed inside those jeans, but that has long been dispelled. Penis rumours aside, it’s a great piece of rock ‘n’ roll, album art, Rolling Stones and Andy Warhol memorabilia. And, oh yeah, the tunes are kick ass. Continue reading Warhol’s zipper. Not Mick’s junk.