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HIM are probably one of my favourite bands at the moment. Their well crafted blend of gothic rock and pop sensibility have ensured they have crafted some truly memorable hits since their inception in 1991. The guitar playing of Mikko Lindström is superb and despite this heavy style of playing you'd be surprised to know that he has a particular fondness of Jimi Hendrix as well as Iggy Pop. He also idolizes Steve Vai, John Lee Hooker, and Elvis Presley.

In the studio, Mikko Lindström or Linde as he is more commonly known uses primarily Gibson SGs, and uses them exclusively live. For the recording of Venus Doom, Linde also used baritone guitars by ESP and Danelectro, and a Fender Telecaster for some solos. He has also used Gibson Les Pauls, Fender Stratocasters, and a Gretsch Chet Atkins model for his clean sounds.

You can find out more about this incredible band on their website. www.heartagram.com

HIM Videos

The following videos feature some of Mikko Lindström's best riff's. If you're interested in learning any of the tracks then check out the guitar tags section below the videos.



Passions Killing Floor



Wicked Game



Wings of a Butterfly

HIM Guitar Tabs

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/him_tabs.htm

Plenty of HIM guitar tabs here as you would expect. Quality varies as they are user submitted but there are plenty of quality tabs in the mix.

http://www.chordie.com/song.php/songartist/Him

This list of HIM tabs is impressive and there are multiple tabs for many of the tracks.

http://www.guitarmasta.net/h/him/

Includes the top 10 most popular guitar tabs from HIM.

Labels: guitar solos, guitar tablature, guitar videos

Richie Kotzen is an incredible guitarist and has played with both Mr Big and Poison. He has however truly excelled in his solo career where his singing and song writing talents have almost eclipsed his guitar playing ability.

"Doin' What The Devil Says To Do" is one of the stand out tracks from his album "Into The Black" and the video below provides a great lesson on how to play the intro chord sequence.

Intro Chord Sequence

Em11 Em9 Aadd9 Asus4(9) G D/F# Aadd9 (Played with a dirty clean sound and a phaser)



Doin' What The Devil Says To Do By Richie Kotzen

Check out the master himself. If you have enjoyed this track then I highly recommend the "Live in San Paulo" and "Into The Black" albums by Richie Kotzen.

Labels: guitar lessons, guitar tablature

Blues-rock guitar virtuoso, vocalist and songwriter Joe Bonamassa is widely renowned for his insanely fluid phrasing and post-modern fusion of electric British blues, traditional Delta blues and rock 'n roll chops.

His powerful blues/rock style reminds of Gary Moore at the height of his blues period and his song writing is even better.

Guitar Tabs for Joe Bonamassa.

35 Guitar Tabs for Joe Bonamassa at Tab Crawler

10 Guitar Tabs at AZ Chords

Sloe Gin Chords

Sloe Gin is one of Joe's stand out tracks and the chords are below.

Intro : Dm F G Bd C x4

Dm F G
Sloe gin sloe gin
Bd C Dm F G Bd C
Trying´ to wash away the pain inside
Dm F G
Well I’m sick and I’m all done in
Bd C D# F
and I’m standing in the rain
G Bd C Am7
and I feel like I’m gonna cry

G
I’m so dam lonely
Dm F G Bd C Am7
and I ain´t even high
G
I’m so dam lonely
Dm F G Bd C Dm (solo )
and I feel like I’m gonna die

Mayday, mayday I’ve been shot down
over the stormy sea
Well I swear that I’m drifting away
Just can’t get a grip on me
Well. I can’t even try

G
I’m so dam lonely
Dm F G Bd C Am7 ( solo )
and I ain´t even high
Dm C C
I hate to go home alone,
Bd F Am7
But what else is new ?
G
I’m so fucking lonely

Dm F G Bd C 7x (solo)
Dm F G Bd C Am7

I hate to go home alone,
But what else is new ?
I’m so dam lonely

BM A G
You stand and bleeding people pass you by
A
Don’t matter if you live
Don’t matter if you die

Sloe Gin, sloe Gin
Trying´ to wash away the pain inside
Well I’m sick and I’m all done in
and I’m standing in the rain
and I fell like I’m gonna cry

I’m so dam lonely
and I ain´t even high
I’m so dam lonely...

Labels: guitar tablature

I posted some Andy McKee guitar tabs on the website a while ago and since then its been one of the most popular entries on the blog. So we are going to feature more artists in the future and I couldn't resist starting with a band that have created a bit of a storm on Guitar Hero recently. They are of course Dragon Force, a power metal group that formed in 1999 in London England and have against the odds gained huge popularity.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that we had suddenly gone back to the eighties but the combination of sheer speed and melody is something quite spectacular and its no wonder they are so popular right now. Metals back alright! The stand out highlight is "Through the fire and flames" which you can see below.



Operation Ground and Pound is equally impressive.

Dragon Force Video Guitar Lessons

Herman Li and Sam Totman have really embraced their roles as guitar heroes and have posted several instructional videos on youtube. The lesson below is on how to play "Through The Fire and Flames".



This clip is from Young Guitar DVD and features Herman Li and Sam Totman in superb form during some excellent demonstrations.



Another Guitar Lesson this time featuring Herman Li.

Dragon Force Guitar Tabs

A full list of Dragon Force tabs

Through The Fire and The Flames

Operation Ground and Pound

Well thats it for now but if we find any more Dragon Force videos and tabs we'll add it right here.

Labels: dragon force tabs, guitar tablature, guitar video lessons

If like me your blown away by the guitar playing of Andy McKee then you've probably been looking for some guitar tabs. After searching for a while on Google I found the following songs below so you can try some of his more popular tunes for yourself.

18 guitar tabs for Andy McKee songs

Drifting guitar tab with video

Drifting guitar tab

Labels: andy mckee, guitar tablature