Recent content by RichardDeBenthall

I never really venture far from DADGAD as my "weird tuning" although I have dabbled in Open c before. Honestly though I feel that DADGAD almost turns the guitar into a different instrument, it sort of pulls me into playing it more like a Lute or Oud which is cool.

He;s such a good player and I really don't think that he gets his due these days. Obviously the thrash bands were all really influenced by him but his playing in UFO and MSG was absolutely stellar.

I think the three definitive Heavy Metal bands are Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Saxon. For me they each bear characteristics that later defined the genre in separation from the Hard Rock that came before it. My favourite metal song of all time is probably Stargazer by Rainbow and I think that...