Ann Arbor, MI’s personal Taproot sent their demonstration to Limp Bizkit’s frontman/business business owner Fred Durst in 1998, never thinking Durst would contact them back again personally. Towards the band’s shock, Durst replied, encouraging the alt-punk metallic quartet the entire world. But Durst evidently took too much time to deliver …

Static-X’s roots track towards the Midwest, where vocalist/guitarist Wayne Static was raised in Michigan and drummer Ken Jay in Illinois. They finished up in Chicago individually and met in the record shop where Jay worked well, introduced one to the other by Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan. Static and Jay …

Few rock guitarists have a very playing design as instantly recognizable as Queen’s Brian Might. Along with his orchestrated acoustic guitar armies (multi-tracked acoustic guitar lines overdubbed together with one another) and immediately unforgettable, well-constructed melodic qualified prospects, May is within a class simply by himself. Created in Hampton, Middlesex, …

Dark Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is among just two guitarists (another getting Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Web page) that may take complete credit for pioneering the mammoth riffs of rock. Born on Feb 19, 1948, in Birmingham, Britain, Iommi found your guitar after becoming inspired by famous brands Hank Marvin & the …