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Tabs, Tabs, Tabs.....and more tabs

Ultimate Guitar is the leading site to find your guitar tabs.  This place holds the highest rated, quality tabs known to man.  If you are like me, and can't learn as much by watching someone you'll like these tabs.  Guitar playing is so much easier with this site.  It'll tell you where to tune to, what sound to use, lyrics, and positioning charts.  Your opportunities are endless.  I truly love this site.

The Offspring

On days where you just need music, The Offspring is the place to go.  Their music is the most mood initiating music I've ever heard.  You can really here what kind of mood Dexter Holland (Lead Vocalist) is in.  It also can change my mood from happy to sad, or from sad to happy.  People usually say they are a cross between the "Amazing" Metallica, Linkin Park, and Blink-182.  If you like any of these bands you should really check them out. 
http://www.offspring.com/home

The Storm

Halestorm is a newer band that is quickly rising to fame.  The band was started by Lzzy Hale and Arejay Hale (Lzzy is singer and Arejay is drummer.)  Their music is usually a more hardcore kind of rock.  I have really started liking the Drop D tuning sound on my guitar.  I recently learned their hit song "Love Bites (So Do I)."  It has a complicated intro, but the rest is a walk in the park.  I'm going to continue following what this band does for times to come.
http://www.halestormrocks.com/

94.3 Kilo

One of the best broadcasters of music to the world is the radio.  They let you listen to all genre's of music at the push of a button.  Personally, my favorite station is 94.3 Kilo.  It plays the best music and has cool features that other stations don't have.  A feature that I really like is "Krank it or Kram it"(Spelled like it is in the broadcast.)  In this feature they play songs from artists that aren't very known, and people call in and vote (Krank it = Good, Kram it = Bad.)  As a whole this station is amazing.  I will hopefully continue to listen to it for years to come.

http://www.kilo943.com/

Rock of Ages

"Rock of Ages"
The movie shown above is the first rock musical/movie I have ever seen.  I've seen the hit "Greece," but never something like this.  Though I think it would be a hard hitter to those who grew up on 80's music, I liked it a lot.  They added comedy and weird twists that made it fun to watch.  Also it helped that I knew almost 100% of the songs in the movie.  Overall "Rock of Ages" is a 9.8/10 for me.  I would rewatch it in a heartbeat.
http://rockofagesmovie.warnerbros.com/dvd/

Country Guitar

I know the title doesn't sound like it should fit in my blog, but it is perfect for it.  Country was really the first genre to start putting a huge stress on guitar.  Mainly because artists would play acoustically and sing.  After about 10 years, rock music started leaning on the guitar leading the pack.  This made a huge impact on rock for years to come and even now.  The actual "Country Guitar" is a Gibson 580.  It is varied in many ways, but all guitars still have some tie to the guitar.  Country guitar shaped rock music drastically.

The Band that Almost Faded.

  On February 19, 1980, the lives of many changed.  The people that got hit the hardest were the band members of AC/DC.  Their lead singer had passed away.  Bon Scott was an amazing singer, with his famous quote, "We just want to make the walls cave in and the ceiling collapse. Music is meant to be played as loudly as possible, really raw and punchy, and I'll punch out anyone who doesn't like it the way I do." AC/DC was quick to find a new singer. Filling in in 1981 was Brian Johnson.  He had a depper, more crackly voice, but the band loved it.  Ever since the vocals change AC/DC has just gotten more popular.  "They are a band and a show," said one of the reporters for Rolling Stone.  Angus Young just makes you feel that much better about yourself.  I feel AC/DC will continue to be big for a long time.  Brian Johnson will continue to amaze us.
http://www.acdc.com/us/theband
http://www.rollingstone.com/