Guitar Today

In a recent interview with Mojo magazine, Trent Reznor had some less-than-kind words to say about Marilyn Manson.

“He is a malicious guy and will step on anybody’s face to succeed and cross any line of decency,” Reznor says. “Seeing him now, drugs and alcohol now rule his life and he’s become a dopey clown.”

Reznor’s criticism could be out of respect and admiration for the shock rocker and also could be a form of tough-love. It seems like Reznor is publicly trying to advice is former partner in crime.

“He used to be the smartest guy in the room,” Reznor said. “And as a fan of his talents, I hope he gets his shit together.”

Trent has been calling out a lot of musicians publicly lately though, even publicly slamming hitmakers like Prince and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo.

“I’m not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs,” Reznor said. “And to that I would say, ‘Prince, if you have a hundred great songs or a thousand, how about picking a few and putting them on your record that you’ve put out, because your last several have sucked.’ Same for you, Rivers. I say that constructively, you know.”

It seems to me like Trent Reznor is feeling pretty much ‘ten feet tall and bulletproof’ these days. For someone I had never even heard of before I started listening to Marilyn Manson… Nine in Nails have been a very musically succesful band, but taking Prince and Weezer, who each have dozens of hit songs to their name… How many top 40s have Nine Inch Nails ever had?

A recently launched guitarist community and marketplace called Guitaraholic was brought to my attention. It is a place where you can keep highly detailed profiles of all the guitars in your collections. Every minute detail of your baby is accounted for. The site also offers a marketplace for guitar buyers and sellers. So when you’re ready to trade in or trade up, you already have an expansive detailed listing of the guitar you want to sell. Membership to Guitaraholic is free!

Guitaraholic launched on a limited basis at the end of 2008 to select members of the
guitar collecting community.  The web site is now available to all guitarists.  Numerous upgrades are planned
through the remainder of 2009.

Before starting their huge reunion tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer, Blink 182 played two nights in a row on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

I really don’t know whats up with Tom’s voice. Hope his chords get a good workout before the tour starts.
Blink 182 plays “The Rock Show”

Blink 182 plays “All the Small Things”

THIS JUST IN>>>> The first band to appear on the Tonight Show with its’ new host will be….

Pearl Jam. June 1st when Conan O’Brien takes over the tonight show, Pearl Jam will be playing multiple tracks from their upcoming CD.