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Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley was honored last week, alongside Chuck Berry and Little Richard, with BMI’s Icon Award for his “unique and indelible influence on generations of music.” Diddley also received an honor earlier this year when former Clash frontman Joe Strummer cited the legendary guitarist as his hero in Mojo magazine’s 100th issue. In the Mojo article Strummer recalled riding in a bus with Diddley, who was sitting up late at night in a chair. “So I said, ‘You know you’ve got a bunk, don’t you, Bo?’ He said, ‘Come and look at this.’ He pulled back… Read more »

Two guitars belonging to Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia were sold at auction Wednesday for about $1.74 million, the president of Guernsey’s auction house said. The auction, held at Studio 54, was put together by Guernsey’s, and featured an assortment of items from the band and from Garcia, who died in 1995. The highlights were “Tiger” and “Wolf,” the custom-made guitars that were among the few instruments Garcia used during his career. Guernsey’s president Arlan Ettinger said an anonymous buyer made the highest bid of $850,000 on Tiger. With buyer’s commission, the total price came to $957,500. Another anonymous buyer… Read more »

Five days after being electrocuted onstage in Bangkok, Thailand and rushed to a hospital, Calling guitarist Aaron Kamin returned to his spot aside his fellow band members for a gig in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday (April 9). Kamin is in “great spirits and doing fine,” a band spokesperson said. Kamin received a jolt while soundchecking for a show on April 4-the sound equipment was “a little old and beat up,” according to Calling frontman Alex Band’s post on the group’s official website (thecallingband.com). Band says that for a brief moment following the incident, he feared the worst. “Me and the… Read more »

Thai fans of the Calling were surprised to discover the pop group canceled Thursday’s show, though they couldn’t have been more shocked than lead guitarist Aaron Kamin. Kamin was almost electrocuted during soundcheck at Bangkok’s Brew Pavilion Thursday night (April 4), according to an RCA spokesperson. He was treated at a local hospital and released and is now nursing burns to his hands. The band plans to reschedule the show in the Thai capital. The Calling’s international tour continues April 9 in Melbourne, Australia, and winds down April 30 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It wasn’t known at press time whether Kamin… Read more »

R.E.M.’s Peter Buck says he has no recollection of behavior on a Seattle-to-London flight that now finds him facing charges, including assault, in a London court, the BBC reports. Testifying on Wednesday (March 20), Buck claimed that after taking a sleeping pill on the April, 2001 flight, he felt “woozy” and “fear[ed] I had had a heart attack and was in a weird hospital in Disneyland.” When asked if he remembered details for which he is charged, the guitarist told the jury: “None whatsoever.” What Buck does remember is being in a police cell at London’s Heathrow Airport, saying he… Read more »

Wall of Voodoo guitarist Marc Moreland has died from complications after he received a liver transplant. He was 44. Moreland died last Wednesday in France, said his brother Bruce, who used to play bass in the band. Moreland was hospitalized for four months in France while visiting his wife. He then returned to the Los Angeles area and again traveled to France because he did not have health insurance. He received a liver transplant but his body rejected it after five weeks and he died. Bruce Moreland said his brother’s body will be cremated and that Moreland wanted his ashes… Read more »

Limp Bizkit’s nationwide search for a new guitarist has come to a close, and the hard rock group has invited several of its favorite picks from the auditions to continue jamming, in hopes that seeds for a new album will soon be planted. “We are so excited to bring several of the people we jammed with on the tour back to L.A. to see what could possibly become of it,” says frontman Fred Durst on the group’s official Web site. “You just never know. I am sure that this will be our best album yet.” Durst, a VP at Interscope… Read more »

Limp Bizkit’s Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is tour wrapped up Monday (February 11) at the Guitar Center in Hollywood. The band’s manager, Peter Katsis, revealed that the band may or may not find its new guitarist from the talent auditioned during the tour. “It was never a contest. We’ve always called it an audition because that’s what we’re doing, we’re auditioning guitar players,” he explained. “All we set out to do was to take the opportunity to the people rather than limit it to the available pool from the recording industry.” Some who have gone out for the… Read more »

Limp Bizkit’s New York guitar search at the Long Island City Guitar Center on Monday (January 28) was an example of the early birds getting a shot at the worm. More than 600 people showed up to the store to audition for the vacant guitar spot in the band, but only the first 319 people got to strut their stuff. Of that 319, two were chosen to jam with Fred Durst and the rest of Limp Bizkit, said the Long Island City Guitar Center manager Mark Lahey. Meanwhile, Limp Bizkit has rescheduled its postponed Northern California stop of the “Put… Read more »

Despite a cancellation and a police arrest, approximately 500 people in three cities have put their guitars where their mouths are so far, and more than a dozen have gotten to jam with the rhythm section of Limp Bizkit. In its quest to find a guitarist to replace Wes Borland, the band is holding open auditions at Guitar Centers in cities all over the country. The Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is auditions have drawn an average of 150 players each day in Fresno, California; Clackamas, Oregon; and Seattle, with the try-outs running from approximately 10 a.m. to 10… Read more »