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Updated as of: 01/28/08

I have been meaning for ages to put a link up to websites of artists and bands that have supported my little website over the years. Here is that link! I will slowly be posting up as many as I can remember. I will try to remember everyone's links. If I have lost your link, please email me to remind me to throw one up here:

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Check out Jammit Music's site. It is chock full of info. The owner, Steve is a killer guitar player and a great tech as well.

Mikey Donaldson 1961-2007

In my opinion, Mikey was one of the greatest bass players to unleash the thunder. Truly an innovator. This is incredibly sad news....

Pat Doyle wrote:

"Mikey "Offender" Donaldson passed away in his sleep on September 22 in Barcelona Spain where he had recently relocated from Amsterdam. The cause s unknown at the moment. He was 46. He is survived by his brother Joe Donaldson, sister Marie Donaldson Ward, and sister Sumiko Hakari , all of Killeen, Texas.

Mikey was the bass player for Austin punk band the Offenders from 1978-86. He also recorded bass tracks on MDC's ground breaker "Millions of Dead Cops" and DRI's "Dealing With It." Mikey also performed regularly with MDC in the early 1980s. He moved to San Francisco in 1986 and went on to play and record with Gary Floyd (Dicks) and Lynn Perko (Imperial Teen) in Sister Double Happiness. After leaving the music scene for ten years or so, Mikey returned to Austin and reunited with the original Offenders line-up for a gig at Emos in March 2002. In 2003 MDC recruited Mikey and the original ine-up, recorded a new album, and have been touring all over the world ever since.

Mikey is universally regarded as one of the most innovative and inimitable masters of the bass guitar. He played his Rickenbacker like it was a out-sized rhythm guitar. Taking cues from Jack Bruce and Lemmy, Mikey pioneered an aggressive speed-picking style and liberal employment of bass chords that few have been able to emulate in the past 20 years. He will be sorely missed, certainly in Austin and his hometown of Killeen, but also across the globe. A memorial celebration in Austin is pending and the date will be announced soon."

Ron from MDC posted this page up. It is a real nice pictorial tribute.

	Johnny Ramone is the sole reason I finally learned to play guitar after wanting to for years. It is so sad that a band that worked so hard for so long doesn't get the retirement that it deserves.
	Long Live the Ramones!!!

Check this out: Aguitartuner provides free online guitar tuning with a microphone. Simply place your microphone close to your guitar and play a string.

A fantastic resource is tonefrenzy.com

The fellow who runs the site is the High Priest of Tone-Mastery and Fuzz-wizardry and a real Prince of a person. It is a great site that lets you listen to and see all sorts of great new and vintage gear. Check it out when you get a chance. I was the first Honorary Toneslinger (Bio Section Thingy) on his site!!!

Erie Music is a one of my associates' full-function Music Store located in Simcoe, Ontario. The proprietor, Charles is a great guy! His Predecessor, John is also a great guy, who was single-handedly responsible for importing most of the early 60's Vox AC-30s that now reside in the hands of many of Canada's Rock n' Roll community. But that is another story altogether...

Not many people on this green earth love crazy, bizarre guitars as much as i do, but I may have found my match. Please check out this great website:

Mike is a great guy to deal with and he is very friendly and helpful. Not to mention, he has great taste in music! He is the owner of the Eastwood line of guitars.

Put the pedal to the speed metal and check out my favourite record Shop, Speed City Records in shitty Downtown London, Ontario. Speed City Records is South Western Ontario's best Mom & Pop Shop for punk, metal, indie rock, funk, soul, jazz, hip hop and everything imaginable on vinyl! They also carry magazines, books, t-shirts and all kinds of hard to find videos:
Mike is a excellent guy and offers great deals on rare and not so rare stuff.

STEVE RUSSELL'S VINTAGE HOFNER SITE is a fantastic place to visit especially if you dig old Hofner Stuff. Chock full of info. Steve is a excellent resource... and very friendly and helpful to boot!!!

Perhaps the greatest Punk band to grace the Earth. Need I say more, check out the fantastic official Stiff Little Fingers Website:

Check out Marcus' Guitar Pages. Marcus is a great guy who has some incredible gear. If you dig Ibanez stuff, he has some great pics and info on the elusive "Artfield" Models. People like Marcus are the reason I love corresponding with people in faraway, distant lands!!!

Tym Guitars is grassroots venture (pun intended!!) based in Australia.

Tim builds excellent replicas of old Mosrites. He does a killer "Johnny Ramone" Model among others. He is also a great all-around guy who loves the Ramones as much as I do! Check it out!!! If any country folk know about Guitar Rock!!! it must be the Aussies. I mean it is the home of the Saints, Radio Birdman, the Hard-ons, Hoodoo Gurus, Lime spiders, Lubricated Goat etc. etc. etc.

Tom's Guitars, ibanez pedals & wahwahs Pages . is a great resource for pedal lovers. Tom is a great guy to correspond with and trade gear with. People like Tom are the reason that I really want to travel abroad some day!

Come wallow in the forest of Ibanez guitars. If the Ibanez Register can't induce some drool, you are likely too far gone anyway!

Stompnet is another great resource for info on Pedals etc. There are tonnes of great photos posted up. Some of the pictures of pedals are from my personal collection. It has just been expanded and updated. Check it out

Check out Mike's Excellent Electra Page for great info on these under-rated Japanese made guitars. Tokai and Ibanez get all the attention, but some of these were also amazingly sweet guitars (with built-in effects too!!!).

Cutie Morning Moon:Trans-World '60s punk is the most complete site I have found on the 'Net with respect to early Garage and '60's Punk Bands. It features bands from every corner of the world including a great feature on the fantastic Japanese GS/psych/garage band, the Golden Cups. Warning: It would be very easy to spend hours here without noticing. Thus, avoid this one if you are not hellbent on procrastination :-) While we are on the topic of Garage Bands!, do yourself a favour and hunt down all the back issues of UGLY THINGS It is an amazing Magazine that covers some great periods in Rock and Roll history. I will never miss another copy.

I went to see Canadian Punk Rock Legends, D.O.A recently in Hamilton. Although I have seen them numerous times, I was really knocked out by the amazing energy that Joey Keithley puts into a gig after 25 years of cranking it out full bore. I guess the fact that i am starting to feel my age (34) made me realize that this guy, who is around 10 years older than me, is truly a Canadian National treasure.

Long Live D.O.A.!!!!!!

Do yourself a favour and buy a bunch of their CD's and definitely catch them live ASAP.

Does that stodgy local Sound Engineer at the lame-ass Local studio not appreciate the subtle nuances of your grindcore band? Why can't he understand that Cookie Monster is a much better singer than Sinatra ever was. Tell him to go to hell and email Preston at Wounded Paw. He is in charge of recording, mastering, production, etc at Sound Foundation, a great 24 track Analog studio in the Toronto Area with reasonable rates.

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Check out the official website of the Kings of the Road, Fu Manchu. What can i say? These guys absolutely kill. As far as i am concerned, this is how heavy Rock and Roll should sound. Great heavy riffs!!! Huge drums!! They are certainly among my favourite recent bands. Please don't let tell them that the only VAN I own is my wife's Windstar :-)

While on the topic of fantastic bands, Swervedriver are admittedly among my very favourite bands. If you do not own all their records, i command you to find a decent CD store and proceed to purchase all of them post-haste. The fact that many of you may have never had the pleasure of listening to this band, once again proves that Record Companies and the Music Industry collectively blow dead goats.

Doctor Strange Records is a great place to buy Punk rock stuff (CD's, Rare Vinyl, shirts etc.) The Doc is a real decent guy. In my opinion, he represents anything that is still good about punk rock. He is totally DIY, but he is obviously a great businessman since he has been in business for as long as i can remember. He is extremely helpful and always has an absolutely killer inventory. Many of the bands that he has had on his label are among my favs including Guttermouth, Face to Face and Sinkhole.

This site is a great reference for those searching for info on lesser known axes. Steve Brown and Don Thompson designed this website to help you learn more about some of the lesser known vintage guitars produced in the 60's, 70's, and 80's. There are pictures and descriptions of electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and other musical gear from our collections. We also have a growing selection of vintage instrument catalogs to help you identify guitars

Feeling the urge to start a Cream tribute band? Want a paintjob that will set you apart from the crowd? Go check out Rick Giarmo's Guitar Guru site.

Nick's intention for this site listed below is to make it 100% about pedals. He wants to bring attention to some of the more unknown hand-built pedals and their builders, who are making some incredible pedals, and often at prices not much more than some of the mass-produced makes.

Altered Sounds

To get around town or hit the park with the Kids, there is nothing cooler than the GT/DYNO Kustom Kruiser line of Bikes. I have the Moto-Glide Four (shown below). Of Course, I kustomised mine with all sorts of nonsense including tailpipes and a skull tail light with flashing LED eyes. It is truly a shame that they no longer make these bikes. Get yours while you can!

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