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One of Nirvana’s most accepted songs, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was released in 1991 on their hit album “Nevermind”. The song could be found on top of the Billboard charts in 1992 where it peaked at number 6. When Kurt Cobain was asked about the song, he had the following to say: “I was trying [...]

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Released on the “Are You Experienced” LP in 1967, “Purple Haze” was the follow-up hit to Jimi’s debut song “Hey Joe”. Many believe that this song is about drugs and it may be but according to Jimi the song was inspired by a dream whereby he was walking under the sea surrounded by purple haze. [...]

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Released in 1979 on my favorite AC/DC album, “Highway to Hell”, “Girls Got Rhythm” was also released as a single in the same year. A live version of this song can be found on the album Let There Be Rock: The Movie, part of the Bonfire box set. It is also featured in the Movie [...]

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Learning rock licks, riffs and techniques and placing them into your bag of tricks is essential to becoming a great guitarist. The more you learn, the more ideas you’ll have to draw from when creating your own music. Below Nick Nolan gives us an interesting beginner’s lesson which teaches some common rock licks and other [...]

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“Bring it on Home” was recorded in 1969 for Led Zeppelin’s second album, Led Zeppelin II. Another Willie Dixon influenced song (of the same title), which eventually lead to Led Zeppelin paying royalties for the song and giving Dixon credit as the song’s composer. In all fairness it is apparent that the beginning and ending [...]

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Originally released as the B-side to “Hey Jude”, “Revolution” can also be found on the Beatles’ “White Album”. Written by John Lennon while he was at a transcendental meditation camp run by the Maharishi, Lennon recorded the vocals to the song while lying on his back in the studio in an effort to have them [...]

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Written by one of the founders of rock n’ roll (if not THE founder) Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode is considered by many as the ultimate rock song of all time. According to Chuck Berry, the song is loosely based on his life with a few details changed. Performed live by too many artists to [...]

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TNT is the song that started it all for AC/DC. It was originally released in Australia on their second album which was also entitled TNT. Later both their native Australia albums were to be combined and released worldwide on the album High Voltage. TNT also has the distinction of being the first single that featured [...]

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The title track to AC/DC’s bestselling album “Back in Black” with over 40 million sales worldwide. It was also the first album to feature Brian Johnson as lead singer, released 5 months after Bon Scott’s untimely demise. The song (and album) is a tribute to Bon Scott and with lyrics like, “Forget the hearse, cause [...]

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During an interview in 2004 with the Daily Mirror Paul McCartney stated this is one of the few Beatles songs that actually referred to illicit drugs, the drug being acid (LSD). Covered by such artists as Jimi Hendrix (in concert) and James Taylor, Day Tripper is instantly identifiable by the cool main riff that is [...]

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