blood brothers

Andy Gill, the pioneering guitarist for maverick underground/alt-rock outfit Gang Of Four, died in a central London hospital today. He was 64. Gill, the last remaining original member of the band since its 1976 inception, was a guitar icon whose aesthetic and technique influenced multiple generations of players, regardless of genre. In addition to his […]

Music fans may remember Cody Votolato as the firebrand guitarist whose contributions to such maniacal post-everything bands as the Blood Brothers and Head Wound City pushed the realm of hardcore a couple of parsecs into the future. Having returned to his nom de plume JR Slayer,  he’s back stirring up some emotions—without a stack of […]