I never got the chance to see Extreme live back in the day and unfortunately couldn’t make their ‘Take Us Alive’ tour in the UK last year. So when a live DVD was announced I was overjoyed!

Recorded live at the House of Blues in Boston August 2009 the ‘Take Us Alive’ DVD is brilliantly shot, shots from the crowd perspective give the sense of actually being and there are plenty close up shots Nuno to see what he is up to.

The sound is also immense, in fact the DVD was mixed and engineered by Bob St. John who has worked with Extreme since their self-titled debut album in 1989. Gery Cherone’s vocals are clear and his singing on top form, the drums and bass are tight and sound thunderous and Nuno’s guitar tone is huge and 100% Nuno.

The setlist features:

Decadence Dance
Comfortably Dumb
Rest In Peace
It (’s a Monster)
Star
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Medley: Kid Ego – Little Girls – Teacher’s Pet – Play With Me
Midnight Express
More Than Words
Ghost
Cupid’s Dead
Take Us Alive
Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee
Get The Funk Out
Am I Ever Gonna Change
Hole Hearted

Nuno Bettencourt is one of my all time guitar heroes and he is on sublime form here, totally flawless with that arrogant swagger of his. The camera work allows you to get a great closeup view of his guitar powers. Showcase pieces like Midnight Express and Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee are executed with breathtaking ease. He even has the cheek to pretend to be bored and yawn during the blazing ‘Play With Me’ Solo!

If you’re an Extreme fan this is a must buy, even though I never got to see them live the DVD captures the band’s infamous live performance and it’s a nice touch to see it was filmed in their home town where they built up that performing reputation all those years ago.

Buybuybuy!

News from Lick Library:

Continuing in their quest to give guitarist the widest possible resources, Lick Library release the definitive Andy James’ Metal Rhythm Guitar in Six Weeks to follow on from the huge success of Andy James’ Shred Guitar in Six Weeks .

The six week DVD guitar tuition course has been put together in a way that sets sensible realisable targets, which teach you a wide range of different techniques, concepts and licks helping you understand and play metal rhythm guitar. Most importantly you can do it all at your own pace.

Andy James is one of the UK’s rising stars in the world of shred and metal guitar and has taught thousands of budding shredders world-wide through his DVDs and tutorials. He is also the lead guitarist for the band Sacred Mother Tongue, who played Download Festival last year and this year have just been confirmed for this summer’s UK Sonisphere Festival.

Lick Library is confident that by following the Andy James’ Metal Rhythm Guitar in Six Weeks course you will be able to see and hear genuine progress in the way you play metal rhythm guitar. Following the tuition DVDs week plan, your guitar playing will quickly begin to show discernable differences. Each DVD is broken down into easily absorbable logical sections which teach you different rhythm patterns to help your playing in real musical situations.

Here are just some of the areas covered in the six week series:

Week one includes: Standard tuning, palm and left hand muting, and more with four metal jam tracks.

Week two includes: Drop D tuning, chord progressions and phrasing, and more plus three metal jam tracks

Week three includes: Drop C# tuning, odd rhythms over a 4/4 beat, and more plus two metal jam tracks.

Week four includes: E flat tuning, complete song breakdown, triplets, and more plus a metal jam track.

Week five includes: Arpeggiated riffs, pedal tone riffs, and more plus a metal jam track.

Week six includes: Drop C tuning, odd rhythms, phrygian dominant scales, and more plus metal jam track.

All of the metal jam tracks have been specially devised by Andy himself to support your progress and help you practice all the things you have learnt. Stay with the six week plan and Lick Library guarantee your metal rhythm guitar playing will improve. The full set of six DVD’s retail for £79.99 or can be purchased individually at £16.99.

To find out more about this exciting new Guitar Lesson DVD format and all the other inspiring options Lick Library offer visit www.licklibrary.co.uk today and place your order now.

Yes!

The highly anticipated Chickenfoot live DVD ‘Get Your Buzz On’ will be released in the US on April 20th and in UK on April 26th on both DVD and Blu-ray formats.

Chickenfoot brings together the talents of ex-Van Halen members Sammy Hagar (guitar & vocals) and Michael Anthony (bass), Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer Chad Smith and legendary guitar hero Joe Satriani. Coming together initially in late 2008 they released their eponymous debut album in the spring of 2009 to unanimous critical acclaim and spectacular sales. With their combined pedigree they were always going to be a great live band and the album release was inevitably followed by tour dates in Europe and North America. This show was filmed at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona on September 23rd and proves that the onstage chemistry between the four performers is something genuinely special.

The Blu-ray and DVD editions of this exciting concert are jam-packed with exclusive, never-before-seen backstage footage, rare interviews, extra performance footage, photo gallery and hilarious segments featuring a host of surprise special guests, including Adam Corolla, Bob Weir and Christopher Guest (alias Nigel Tufnel) from the hit movie “Spinal Tap”.

Track listing:

01. Avenida Revolution
02. Sexy Little Thing
03. Soap On A Rope
04. My Kinda Girl
05. Down The Drain
06. Bitten By The Wolf
07. Oh Yeah
08. Learnin’ To Fall
09. Get It Up
10. Turnin’ Left
11. Future In The Past
12. Bad Motor Scooter
13. My Generation

Main Concert:

Running Time: 97 minutes (approx)

Bonus Features:

* Documentary
* Band Interviews
* Running time: 60 minutes (approx)
* Photo Gallery

Looking forward to this!

The concert footage was captured on 16 different hi-def cameras and I really loved the clarity and sound on my first live concert BluRay, Vai’s ‘Where The Wild Things Are”.

Can’t wait!

Video of Satch chatting about his upcoming live DVD and CD ‘Joe Satriani – Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock’ released on February 2nd:

Great promo vid for Vai’s upcoming ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ DVD/Blu-ray:

Guitar legend Steve Vai will release his concert film and live CD Where The Wild Things Are September 29th, 2009 on Favored Nations Records. The show was recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out audience as part of Vai’s successful Sound Theories world tour.

Where The Wild Things Are is Vai’s 21st solo project contributing to his 20,000,000 unit worldwide sales that have accumulated over his 30 year career. The 2 hour and 40 minute set contains several new tracks and re-orchestrated pieces culled from his rich catalog.

Track Listing:

1. Paint Me Your Face
2. Now We Run
3. Oooo
4. Building The Church
5. Tender Surrender
6. Band Intros
7. Firewall
8. The Crying Machine
9. Shove The Sun Aside
10. I’m Becoming
11. Die To Live
12. Freak Show Excess
13. Apples In Paradise
14. All About Eve
15. Gary 7
16. Beastly Rap
17. Treasure Island
18. Angel Food
19. Earthquake Sky
20. The Audience Is Listening
21. The Murder
22. Juice
23. Whispering A Prayer
24. Taurus Bulba
25. Liberty
26. Answers
27. For The Love Of God

Can’t wait to get this on Blu-Ray!

Oh and check out the PDF interview too.

Spotted over on truthinshredding, sneak video preview of the upcoming live DVD from Cosmosquad called ‘Lights…Camera…SQUAD!’:

Cosmosquad is proud to present their first live DVD entitled “Lights, Camera, Squad!”. The concert was filmed this past fall at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California and includes all the classic Squad tunes. There are also some cool extras, including a 20-minute interview, behind the scenes tour footage from Japan, a special look into Jeff’s guitar collection and many more.

Just spotted on myspace, a new Dave Martone DVD is in the works available in about 3 weeks!

Spotted on truthinshredding.Following on from the very cool Get Out Of My Yard Instructional DVD, Paul Gilbert has released another covering Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar!

As it says on the CD Japan site:

Latest guitar lesson DVD from Paul Gilbert features an easy-to-follow guide to Gilbert’s expressive growling guitars.

Released on June 25th.

Rockin!

Via truthinshredding:

New “Live Resolution” DVD from Andy Timmons just released:

The night it was debuted, the Andy Timmons Band gave a one time only, live performance of the entire Resolution CD in front of a hometown crowd. Professionally recorded at the Granada Theatre in Dallas, Texas, this DVD is a great sounding, close up look at the ATB in a perfect live setting. Includes several bonus features.

Track List:: 1. Deliver Us, 2. Helipad, 3. Ghost Of You, 4. Resolution, 5. Redemption, 6. Lydia, 7. Gone (9/11/01), 8. Move On, 9. Beware Dark Days, 10. The Prayer/The Answer, 11. Headed For The Ditch

Buybuybuy!

I’ve just ordered my copy

Looks like there will be a reissue of Satch’s Surfing With The Alien to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

This meticulously restored two-disc set includes the newly remastered album and a previously never-before-seen live show filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988. It will also feature new liner notes written by Joe and special deluxe packaging featuring photos, notes and other memorabilia from Joe’s personal archive.