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Level 42: “Living It Up” 30th Anniversary Release

Level 42 is celebrating their 30th anniversary with a new 4-CD box set, Living It Up, released today. The set brings together 34 tracks from Level 42’s A-side singles, 10 previously unreleased tracks and two B-sides only available on vinyl. The final disc is new material, recorded in early 2010 by singer/bassist Mark King and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Lindup, featuring acoustic...

Al Di Meola with Tony Scherr: Kiss My Axe

Here’s a live video from 1991 featuring Al Di Meola’s band with Tony Scherr on the bass playing the tune “Kiss My Axe”.

Rancid’s Matt Freeman Discusses New Devil’s Brigade Album and Tour

Rancid’s Matt Freeman will be making the switch to upright for his side project, Devil’s Brigade. Devil’s Brigade will be releasing a self-titled debut album on August 31st with a tour to follow through September and October. The project began between Freeman and guitarist Tim Armstrong, who wrote songs between their tours. Devil’s Brigade recorded a few EP’s, but ultimately...

Jaco Pastorius: Jazz Play-Along Volume 116

Hal Leonard has released a new Jazz Play-Along book featuring the music of Jaco Pastorius. As with all books in the Play-Along series, the book/CD set includes melody cues with proper style and inflection, rhythm tracks, choruses for soloing, removable bass and piano parts as well as the full stereo accompaniment tracks. Jaco Pastorius: Jazz Play-Along Volume 116 includes music...

Bottoms Up: Breaking Down Paul Chambers’ “Mopp Shoe Blues”

Today I’d like to talk about another historical great who I’m sure is familiar to many, Mr. Paul Chambers (1935-1969). I think I have a treat for some folks who already know about him: a transcription of a tune called “Mopp Shoe Blues” off the record First Bassman. “P.C.”, as he is commonly known in many circles, was born in...

This is bassist Paulo Gustavo playing his virtuosic bass version of Steve Morse’s tune “Tumeni Notes”. And pretty much nailing it.

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of July 25-31, 2010. 1. Video: Bootsy Collins: Stretchin’ Out 2. News: Joey Jordison: Slipknot Will Not Replace Paul Gray 3. Custom Shop: An Interview with Pierre Erizias 4. Gear: Industrial Radio Standard Midi Bass 4 5. Events: Detroit Bass Fest 2010 Lineup Announced...

Chuck Levin’s Announces Marcus Miller Clinic

Marcus Miller will hold a special Master Class at Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center in Wheaton, MD on August 16th. The clinic will take place two days before Miller’s performance at Wolf Trap, in Vienna, Virginia, as part of his Tutu Revisited Tour. Tickets for the Master Class are $50.00 and available for purchase online or at the store. A...

This Gov’t Mule clip begins with a solo by Andy Hess, where he makes a groove that just won’t stop and propels audience into a frenzy.

“Who Killed Nancy” Documentary Released in U.S.

A documentary claiming Sid Vicious could not have murdered his girlfriend Nancy Spungen has just made it’s U.S. debut. Who Killed Nancy covers the details of Nancy’s last moments, as well as Sid’s, with testimonials from the couple’s friends and followers, including Vicious’ predecessor in the Sex Pistols, Glen Matlock. The film points out that Sid had taken such a...

Tony Campos Announces New Projects, Possible Prong Album

Tony Campos, the bassist for Prong who also previously working with Static-X, has announced his intentions to move forward with some new projects. Campos admits that he’s been working hard to line up ideas since he left Static-X and pouring energy into Prong. He announced on his MySpace blog that we can expect a new album sometime in the next...

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, currently on tour with Rob Zombie, has announced that Slipknot will not replace Paul Gray and will continue making music without a dedicated bassist. Gray was found dead on May 24th, with the cause of death later revealed to be a morphine overdose. Slipknot is in the early stages of their next record and Jordison said...