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I respect the Pantera fans with all my heart.
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When you're on the road, you've got to have your four-track - or some kind of recording device to jam on and have a good time.
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Sometimes it's cool to play major third and minor third diads back-to-back, or a minor third followed by a root/fifth diad - whatever combo sounds good.
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I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
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My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
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The local dudes who knew that my dad owned a studio would say, 'Ahh, dude is spoiled,' and this and that. But we didn't abuse it at all. I'd always ask if we could use the studio first, and if our dad didn't want us there he would tell us, and that was that. But I definitely tried to get down there as often as I could.
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'I'm Broken' was a sound check riff.
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All syncopation means is accenting beats that you don't normally accent.
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I used to skip school and paint my face with Ace Frehley Kiss make-up.
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I'll sleep anywhere!
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Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.
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To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.
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The easiest place to get a natural harmonic on any string is at the 12th fret. All you do is lightly rest one of your left-hand fingers on a string directly above that fret and then pick it.
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Using string bends instead of just playing regular, unbent notes can definitely help give certain riffs a cooler, heavier edge.
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Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs.
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I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.
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The most common power chord in metal is the root/fifth, but root/third diads are also worth checking out.
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Each track has to be precise, and that is a problem on a rhythmically complex track like 'Slaughtered.'
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With the right outlook, you can learn to entertain yourself and entertain each other so you can enjoy doing what you're doing. There's obviously gonna be highs and lows, and the trick to it is to be able to maintain composure and stay high even when you're in the lows. That way, when you hit the highs ,it'll be twice as killer.
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I really respect Zakk Wylde's guitar playing and his compulsive work ethic.
Darrell Lance Abbott