Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
If you think that there is any other guitar player that playes with more feeling than John Frusciante watch this video and leave a comment.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise
John Frusciante, John Mayer and Derek Trucks- Rolling Stone - February 7, 2007
JOHN MAYER
Gravity @ AOL Studio
VW Commercial
BOB MARLEY
STEVE STEVENS - Flamenco Guitar
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Brian 'Head" Welch -
Head,
Great Guitar Playing I have seen Korn sevcral times and miss him in the line up.
But Korn was amazing the last time I seen them they have adjusted well. Head has alot of tattoos. I will try and find as many pics as possible to show what he has.
Here is a look at his tattoos.
All photos found on the internet thanks.
Great Guitar Playing I have seen Korn sevcral times and miss him in the line up.
But Korn was amazing the last time I seen them they have adjusted well. Head has alot of tattoos. I will try and find as many pics as possible to show what he has.
Here is a look at his tattoos.
All photos found on the internet thanks.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Bob Vessells - Funny Farm Tattoo
I started getting tattoos in 1993 at Purple Panther my first tattoo was done by Kore Flatmo. As I continued to return to purple panther to get more tattoos I was getting tattooed by other artist there Mark Paramore, Tony and then I met Bob Vessells at Purple Panther Tattoo in 1994. I watched Bob tattoo many clients and was amazed at the detail he was producing in the skin. I wanted a statue of liberty crumbling so I brought the idea to him and this is what he did in December of 1994 and It is still amazing.
Bob did this heart tattoo for me about a week before he started the cross tattoo on my friends back. Bob's style is so distinctive, this was done just to fill in a small spot near my wrist. I was so impressed that I want to get another one similar but much bigger somewhere maybe on my hand, my leg or chest.
This is Bob Vessells Funny Farm Tattoo Shop at 4651 Melbourne Ave Hollywood, CA. it has been repainted since these pictures were taken many years ago. Bob is one of my favorite artist out there as a matter of fact in the last 14 years I have only been tattooed by Bob Vessells and Kore Flatmo. If you have the chance pay him a visit at his shop you wont be disappointed he is an interesting person. If you want to check him out on the web here you go. http://www.myspace.com/funnyfarmtattoos or http://www.bobvessellstattoo.com/
A friend of mine said to me that he wanted a cross on his entire back and where did I think he should get it done. The first thought in my head was Bob. He was doing his research on the web and magazines and I said well Bob's shop is close let take a ride so you can meet him and see what you think.
This would be the first time in 5 years that I would visit Bob. So we arrived and parked down the street as we walked towards the shop I could see Bob outside and was walking towards us but we were far away. He turned in the parking lot and continued to walk away we proceeded to the shop to see a post it stating be back at 3:30 signed Bob with a heart. We laughed it was only 3:05 so we waited around outside his shop. Just a little after 3:30 he was walking back to the shop and from where we were standing it was hard to tell but he had his hand in an odd position as we got closer it was because he had a fake monster hand (glove) on LOL. This pic is represenative not the exact style glove he was wearing.
We went in the shop he didn't recognize me at first but when we talked he remembered me sure enough. We bullshitted for a few minutes before talking business. This is a must when working with Bob he dosent want to talk shop all the time he wants to know what your about.
So my friend told him what he was looking for and he started to schetch it out, it took a couple of trys before Bobs vision was what my friend was looking for. Here's a couple of pics.
I hope to get more work from Bob in the near future some demon or devil girls. He is amazing. Here are a couple more examples of his work that you can find on his website or myspace page.
Some Tattoos
Some Art.
Bob did this heart tattoo for me about a week before he started the cross tattoo on my friends back. Bob's style is so distinctive, this was done just to fill in a small spot near my wrist. I was so impressed that I want to get another one similar but much bigger somewhere maybe on my hand, my leg or chest.
This is Bob Vessells Funny Farm Tattoo Shop at 4651 Melbourne Ave Hollywood, CA. it has been repainted since these pictures were taken many years ago. Bob is one of my favorite artist out there as a matter of fact in the last 14 years I have only been tattooed by Bob Vessells and Kore Flatmo. If you have the chance pay him a visit at his shop you wont be disappointed he is an interesting person. If you want to check him out on the web here you go. http://www.myspace.com/funnyfarmtattoos or http://www.bobvessellstattoo.com/
A friend of mine said to me that he wanted a cross on his entire back and where did I think he should get it done. The first thought in my head was Bob. He was doing his research on the web and magazines and I said well Bob's shop is close let take a ride so you can meet him and see what you think.
This would be the first time in 5 years that I would visit Bob. So we arrived and parked down the street as we walked towards the shop I could see Bob outside and was walking towards us but we were far away. He turned in the parking lot and continued to walk away we proceeded to the shop to see a post it stating be back at 3:30 signed Bob with a heart. We laughed it was only 3:05 so we waited around outside his shop. Just a little after 3:30 he was walking back to the shop and from where we were standing it was hard to tell but he had his hand in an odd position as we got closer it was because he had a fake monster hand (glove) on LOL. This pic is represenative not the exact style glove he was wearing.
We went in the shop he didn't recognize me at first but when we talked he remembered me sure enough. We bullshitted for a few minutes before talking business. This is a must when working with Bob he dosent want to talk shop all the time he wants to know what your about.
So my friend told him what he was looking for and he started to schetch it out, it took a couple of trys before Bobs vision was what my friend was looking for. Here's a couple of pics.
I hope to get more work from Bob in the near future some demon or devil girls. He is amazing. Here are a couple more examples of his work that you can find on his website or myspace page.
Some Tattoos
Some Art.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
INCUBUS - The Greek Theater Los Angeles, Ca. 7-11-07
It was the day of the show and I wanted to go really bad, it was on my mind all day at work.
I was listening to LIGHT GRENEADES since its release in November 2006.
I had gone to see Incubus at the Los Angeles Fourm previously A Crow Left Of The Murder Tour.
I did'nt want to miss them in such and intimate venue.
I looked on Ebay and found some pit tickets for a very reasonable price somewhere around $200 for the pair so I bought them. I printed them out and we were on our way to see what was one of the greatest shows I have ever attended.
As you can see I was lucky enough to get the set-list at the end of the show.
If your an Incubus fan you can see this was an excellent set.
Amazing in fact.
This was going to be something completely different from all the other shows I had been to. Being that close and acutally watching the show. I've been to other shows in the pit and you you really cant watch with all the energy around you. But I knew there wouldnt be any moshing in fact no one ever even got close to me all night it was awesome.
We got there in plenty of time to secure a spot up against the railing on the side of the bass player Ben Kenney. I would have much rather been in front of the guitar player Mike Einzinger. The more I listen to Incubus I realize how talented he is. The way he use effects to create sounds from his guitar and plain old talent.
Brandon Boyd is in my opinion the best singer in rock music today. Pitch, tone and vocal style can not be matched by any other since Robert Plant.
All I know is that standing there so close made me feel like no other show except John Frusciante @ The Roxy but that is another story soon to come.
The sound was amazing the performance was great and the setlist near perfect since im not a big fan of there early stuff.
Kiss To Send Us Off
Love Hurts
Dig - Official Video
Friday, October 17, 2008
Bradley Nowell - Hit Me With Music
Brad, One of the great guitar players/singers of the 20th centery. We lost this one way to early. For those of you who have not heard Brad's solo and acoustic stuff I will post some of it here.
Buy some cds if you can.
I own all that I can find and never stop looking for unreleased and rare music from this artist.
Bradley Nowell is probably the only person besides Bob Marley that can perform a Marley Song and make you feel good about it.
He was really touched by music and it shows in his soulful playing smooth voice and guitar playing. Some might even want to hurt me after what Im about to say but I like Brad's acoustic version of "Zimbabwe" better than Bob's and thats only my preference(MP3 Play Count is 50 times). I'm not saying it's better. What is better? Better is subjective to the listener. Could Brad write a song that good? yes, but he didnt write that one.
Brad is the reason I got into Bob Marley. I was listening to alot of Sublime when i discovered that they covered Bob Marley songs and an even better discovery was Brad's acoustic versions of a few Marley songs. That peaked my interest. He must have listened to Marley quite alot because his covers are amazing.
I let my friend Greg (I would say he's the Marley expert) hear Brad from the Firecracker Lounge and he thought "most people in the place were not listening and just talking, only Brad cared and he was singing with a lot of sincerity, he felt the music".
Sublime covered the following Bob Marley songs.
One Cup Of Coffee/Judge Not, Trenchtown Rock, I Shot The Sheriff
Bradley played these songs. Almost as if he was paying respect to the original artist for the love of the music that influenced him.
I think thats why his acoustic covers (studio and live) of Bob Marley Songs were so amazing the passion and the love of music.
Wanting to play music and sing regardless of how it sounds. Sometimes Brad was drunk when he was performing and his playing/singing wasnt always on key but it was passionate.
Im writing about Brad because I feel the muisc that he is performing I have just listened to Zimbabwe & Marley Medley over and over for the last hour. So I will share these heart-felt recordings with anyone who might stumble upon them.
DOWNLOADS:
Bradley Nowell - Firecracker Lounge - Zimbabwe - Marley Medley (Guava Jelly, This Train and Cornerstone) also Sublime Covering I Shot The Sheriff from a live performance on a boat.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=59f6cf975042c442d2db6fb9a8902bda
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=59f6cf975042c442d2db6fb9a8902bda
Please leave a comment if you download these tracks.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Bob Marley - I Can See Clearly Now
"It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)Sun-Shiny day"
Bob Marley one of the greatest song writers ever right next to John Lennon.
I grew up listening to music my mom listened to AM radio in California, my sister listening to rock such as Van Halen, The Eagles, Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper, and my brother listened to oldies while ironing his clothes with the TV on and the sound off watching soul train. We all know why.
So what am i trying to get at is that I Love Music and remember hearing "I Can See Clearly Now" in the 70's not knowing who sang it, that wasnt important anyways at that age.
As I got older and started to listen to what I wanted to hear vs. what everyone else was listening to, buying albums and converting them to cassette tape so I could hear it on my walkman. Of course im talking about after all the years of carying around a big radio to listen to cassette tapes.
My independent selection of music started out with The Beatles, then progressed into what was know at the time as hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and a bunch of British Bands.
By the early 80's I was listening to various music that Eric Clapton had recorded such as Cream, Derek and The Dominoes and as a solo artisit. So at some point in time I heard Eric Clapton's verson of I Shot The Sheriff.
I didnt hear the Bob Marley Version until the 90's and when I heard it I thought he covered Eric Clapton.
So what a surprise it was to me when I found out that "I Can See Clearly Now" and "I Shot The Sheriff" was written by Bob Marley songs that i sang along with on the radio.
I was only exposed to what is the official release called "Bob Marley Legend" in 1992 and loved those songs. But I didnt really get into it, I probably didnt listen to it again for many years.
Because I had really got into The Red Hot Chili Peppers at the time. They had just released Blood Sugar Sex Magic which is my favorite album of all time.
Then in 1996 I heard Sublime (self titled) and was blown away by this strange sound of Punk Rock, Reggae and Hip Hop style. I never heard anything like it and played it over and over and over. You get the point. Probably for 12 hours a day.
I had to know more about Sublime and this amazing singer/guitar player Bradley Nowell. I started to buy all the sublime I could find. I met a guy named Carlos Rollon who had been into Sublime for a while he was from Long Beach and had moved to Glendale. By the time I started to listen to Sublime he had moved on to other music since Sublime so was popular, He didnt care for the mainstream music. He gave me some of his original Sublime (rare) cd's Bad Fish E.P. and Sensimillia.
Then one day (around 1998) I went into this record shop on Sunset in Silverlake and found a cd called Bradley Nowell @ The Firecracker Lounge he did some Bob Marley covers. I listened to that for a long time. Amazing acoustic guitar and singing.
I met a couple of guys at work that really love music. Joe (worm) and Greg M. these two guys have an increadible amount of knowdledge about all types of music. We spent a countless amount of hours talking about music over the years.
I found out that Greg was a big Bob Marley fan and he offered me the Marley versions (I borrowed his Marley box set Songs of Freedom) and it was from that point that I was into Bob Marley.
Everyday I listen to Bob Marley and there is an unknown amount of unreleased material out there that I hope to hear a fraction of someday. We search the internet for these rare songs and occasionaly we find something we have never heard before.
Amazing songs that touch my soul and squeeze it.
If you would like to hear some of these rare and unreleased song go to..
http://marleyrarities.wordpress.com/
Look all around, there’s nothin but blue skies,
Look straight ahead, nothin but blue skies
Bob Marley one of the greatest song writers ever right next to John Lennon.
I grew up listening to music my mom listened to AM radio in California, my sister listening to rock such as Van Halen, The Eagles, Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper, and my brother listened to oldies while ironing his clothes with the TV on and the sound off watching soul train. We all know why.
So what am i trying to get at is that I Love Music and remember hearing "I Can See Clearly Now" in the 70's not knowing who sang it, that wasnt important anyways at that age.
As I got older and started to listen to what I wanted to hear vs. what everyone else was listening to, buying albums and converting them to cassette tape so I could hear it on my walkman. Of course im talking about after all the years of carying around a big radio to listen to cassette tapes.
My independent selection of music started out with The Beatles, then progressed into what was know at the time as hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and a bunch of British Bands.
By the early 80's I was listening to various music that Eric Clapton had recorded such as Cream, Derek and The Dominoes and as a solo artisit. So at some point in time I heard Eric Clapton's verson of I Shot The Sheriff.
I didnt hear the Bob Marley Version until the 90's and when I heard it I thought he covered Eric Clapton.
So what a surprise it was to me when I found out that "I Can See Clearly Now" and "I Shot The Sheriff" was written by Bob Marley songs that i sang along with on the radio.
I was only exposed to what is the official release called "Bob Marley Legend" in 1992 and loved those songs. But I didnt really get into it, I probably didnt listen to it again for many years.
Because I had really got into The Red Hot Chili Peppers at the time. They had just released Blood Sugar Sex Magic which is my favorite album of all time.
Then in 1996 I heard Sublime (self titled) and was blown away by this strange sound of Punk Rock, Reggae and Hip Hop style. I never heard anything like it and played it over and over and over. You get the point. Probably for 12 hours a day.
I had to know more about Sublime and this amazing singer/guitar player Bradley Nowell. I started to buy all the sublime I could find. I met a guy named Carlos Rollon who had been into Sublime for a while he was from Long Beach and had moved to Glendale. By the time I started to listen to Sublime he had moved on to other music since Sublime so was popular, He didnt care for the mainstream music. He gave me some of his original Sublime (rare) cd's Bad Fish E.P. and Sensimillia.
Then one day (around 1998) I went into this record shop on Sunset in Silverlake and found a cd called Bradley Nowell @ The Firecracker Lounge he did some Bob Marley covers. I listened to that for a long time. Amazing acoustic guitar and singing.
I met a couple of guys at work that really love music. Joe (worm) and Greg M. these two guys have an increadible amount of knowdledge about all types of music. We spent a countless amount of hours talking about music over the years.
I found out that Greg was a big Bob Marley fan and he offered me the Marley versions (I borrowed his Marley box set Songs of Freedom) and it was from that point that I was into Bob Marley.
Everyday I listen to Bob Marley and there is an unknown amount of unreleased material out there that I hope to hear a fraction of someday. We search the internet for these rare songs and occasionaly we find something we have never heard before.
Amazing songs that touch my soul and squeeze it.
If you would like to hear some of these rare and unreleased song go to..
http://marleyrarities.wordpress.com/
Look all around, there’s nothin but blue skies,
Look straight ahead, nothin but blue skies
Friday, September 26, 2008
Killer Tattoos and Killer Bass Playing
"This state is elevating, as the hurt turns into hating Anticipating all the fucked up feelings again "
Fieldy from Korn is one of my favorite bass players.
This guy has some serious art on his skin. Mostly Black and Grey alot of art work consisting of Korn album themes nicely done. In this video he is getting his arm pit tattooed "ouch".
He is bad ass: sleeves, legs, chest, back and neck tattoos.
Check out his music if your not familiar.
Korn - Untouchables
Here to Stay is an great example of that heavy 5 string bass that pounds right through you.
Fieldy's Dream - Rock and Roll Gangster
Hip-Hop, Rock Fieldy Raps about weed, women and sex, its not a serious record but I enjoyed it. Looking forward to his next solo project tentatively titled "Fieldy's Nightmare" which is supposed to be more serious and darker.
Feildy's Dream
Feildy gets tattooed
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