r a n d y   m c s t i n e

Randy McStine is without a doubt one of the best young guitar players you have ever heard and his guitar playing & music is right up there with the best of them including the most seasoned accomplished players in the world. Despite his young age, (skeptics take note: it’s not a gimmick) Randy McStine’s incredible guitar playing includes all of the classic elements (technique with feel + substance = TOTAL GUITAR) that define classic guitarists, complete with an incredible sense of depth, maturity and authority that add up to make him a true legitimate guitar hero of the highest caliber. Not only is his guitar playing phenomenal beyond belief and way beyond his young age, on “Guitarizm” he has written & recorded powerful, stand-out, material that far surpasses and goes way beyond the norm of most instrumental guitar discs. “Guitarizm” is an incredible instrumental guitar “shred” disc that actually features strong memorable “songs” to back up his incredible, talented powerful guitar playing. “Guitarizm” is all about substance and style and not about “shred for the sake of shred”, although there is more than enough insane over the top “shred factor” displayed on “Guitarizm” to satisfy even the most hard-core heavy guitar “shred” freaks out there in guitarland! Randy McStine is definitely the REAL deal when it comes down to REAL guitar music.

p l a n k t o n

... "Out of this world and incredible dual heavy guitar beauty from Sweden"...

PLANKTON is an amazing dual instrumental heavy guitar band hailing from Stockholm, Sweden and featuring CHRISTIAN NEPPENSTROM and EMIL FREDHOLM on guitar.

Armed with an arsenal of STRATS and MARSHALLS (and a vast array of vintage stomp boxes) PLANKTON pushes the envelope of TOTAL GUITAR into the "outskirts of infinity" and beyond.

Taking their cue from the classic retro-bluesy heavy guitar heroes of the late 60's & 70's, PLANKTON has created their own original and unique brand of "EARTH BLUES FUSION". Complete with an incredible rhythm section which we like to refer to as the "BROTHERS IN GROOVE", featuring TOMAS THORBERG on bass and SEBASTIAN SIPPOLA on drums and brother LARS NORMALM on various percussion instruments, further embellishes the overall deep plankton vibe.

With influences and inspirations that range from HENDRIX (long live JIMI), ROBIN TROWER, FRANK MARINO, ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER, LESLIE WEST (MOUNTAIN), CREAM, GOV'T MULE, TOMMY BOLIN, ERIC JOHNSON, STEVE MORSE, RITCHIE BLACKMORE, WISHBONE ASH, BROTHERS (featuring EEF ALBERS & DARYLL THOMPSON) to just about any other killer guitarist you can think of, the band have legitimately created their own style, voice and vibe.

Guitarists (stratmasters) CHRISTIAN NEPPENSTROM & EMIL FREDHOLM, each with their own individual styles & tones, work together as a tight musical team as they weave intricate lines of outstanding rippin', bluesy heavy guitar riffage. Both guitarists complement each other and the band with every note that they pull from their instruments. They have created their own original voices and have achieved true greatness on the guitar.

The music of PLANKTON ranges from hard-assed funked-out Hendrix wah-wah land to the deepest Trower to Uli's astral skies to elegantly diverse trippy tones that are guaranteed to blow your heavy guitar mind.

Plankton's music is inspirational on many levels, and we strongly urge all the "serious guitar freaks in guitar land" who dig REAL guitar playing (technique with feel) to tune into the "PURE HEAVY GUITAR BEAUTY" of PLANKTON.

For more info on this awesome band, check out the groovy PLANKTON site @
www.plankton.nu

t h o m a s   l a r s s o n

Freeride, the first solo disc from outstanding Swedish guitar virtuoso THOMAS LARSSON, is a landmark heavy guitar statement that digs deep into a bluesy 70's vibe with a modern approach rich with inspiration and influence.

Originally released on the prestigious Japanese guitar label ZERO RECORDS, THOMAS LARSSON recorded Freeride after recording two awesome discs and touring with the ever-amazing GLENN HUGHES (Deep Purple soul brother).

With the help of some of Sweden's finest musicians and the incredible vocal talents of GORAN EDMAN (who has recorded and toured with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN & MADISON) and produced and mixed by famed Swedish producer MATS LINDFORS, Freeride is the perfect showcase for THOMAS LARSSON and his world class brand of heavy guitar music.

Freeride features 11 trax of outstanding, blistering, intense, top-shelf retro-70's heavy guitar rock of the highest order that ranges from hard-assed grooved-out bluesy heavy riffage to classic mid-tempo bluesy heavy rock swagger to clean beautiful melodic ballads. Including four incredible INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR trax which showcase THOMAS LARSSON's vast talents on the guitar, Freeride is a well-rounded diverse musical trip of "pure heavy guitar beauty" which features a little something for everybody; highly recommended for people who dig REAL guitar music of the highest order.

THOMAS LARSSON is one of those rare guitarists who has the ability to combine incredible technique with feel, creating his own style and sound complete with strong material (SONGS) to match, and on Freeride he has achieved true greatness on the guitar, or TOTAL GUITAR as we like to call it at GROOVEYARD RECORDS.

Find out why THOMAS LARSSON is one of Sweden's best kept secrets in rock guitarland.

THOMAS LARSSON makes his "MARK" on Freeride.

... so you think you can SHRED?!!!
... you ain't seen nuthin' yet!!!

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