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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Heavy Metal vocals | 9/17/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: should I have supplied you with info on the technique? well I really hope your collegue **B** can ... A: You may have answered your own question here. No one else is using this technique for a style you ... | ||
| Heavy Metal vocals | 9/17/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: should I have supplied you with info on the technique? well I really hope your collegue **B** can ... A: I know the technique you are talking about. This technique, as you said, is mostly used in genres ... | ||
| Avant garde metal | 8/8/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I have a question about avant-garde metal, which I've also seen described as experimental metal. I ... A: Post Metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal. It is ... | ||
| Avant garde metal | 8/8/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I have a question about avant-garde metal, which I've also seen described as experimental metal. I ... A: Now genres are tough enough to explain without trying to describe avant-garde! avant-garde(ag) is ... | ||
| HArd To Explainn. | 7/11/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: So I Listen To Like My Chemical Romance, Black Veil Brides, System Of A Down, Drowning Pool, And ... A: Labels are unfortunately handed out to fans of non pop mainstream music. The bands you listen to ... | ||
| What should I do? | 4/14/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: Hey, I'm wanting a better sound out my bass, but I'm not too sure on what to do. I currently have a ... A: It's technically a guitar amp but is very good for a bass amp. The only real difference between ... | ||
| What should I do? | 4/13/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: Hey, I'm wanting a better sound out my bass, but I'm not too sure on what to do. I currently have a ... A: Hey Cheers for the question I will say now that the equipment you have is most definitely starter ... | ||
| METAL music | 3/17/2011 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I have recently heard a few metal bands such as As I lay dying, Dark funeral, My Dying Bride, ... A: Firstly I would like to say that metal fans are not different to other people. Most of the music I ... | ||
| bass strings | 12/18/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: i would like to ask about bass strings. i know that when electric guitars are tune down very low ... A: Hey! You are correct about the guitar, though the bass of course is very different! When you drop ... | ||
| I need new songs | 8/11/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: My songs have gone stale and I need new songs. I enjoy mostly glam metal, guns n roses, nwobhm, ... A: A good place to look is just browsing through various sites. The following link shows someones top ... | ||
| I need new songs | 8/10/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: My songs have gone stale and I need new songs. I enjoy mostly glam metal, guns n roses, nwobhm, ... A: I am not really up on glam metal but I can definitely give you some artists to try. I will tell you ... | ||
| Money In Heavy Metal | 6/22/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: First thanks for the advice you gave me on the SIgnature Guitar (Slipknot Bass). I did buy it, now I ... A: Money is quite a strange thing in metal. You can make a living out of it but its not as rewarding ... | ||
| Black metal. Is it from its origin, just a dream living a life with its ideology or actually possible thing | 4/11/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I , as myself was trying what was really black metal ideology about. I have readed posts articles , ... A: Black Metal is massive. It cannot be summed up into one set ideology. Of course it can be said ... | ||
| Need help for a song | 3/26/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: This is second post,sorry there was something wrong with my email. I typed .yahoomail.com but it was ... A: Sorry I can't think of a song off the top of my head with an obscure line like that. If you could ... | ||
| 2nd attempt at question | 3/23/2010 | Michael Bower |
| Q: This is my 2nd attempt at asking you this question. You were going through a personal situation and ... A: I am sorry, but I cannot find that information. I have searched now for a couple of hours on the web ... | ||
| doom metal | 2/27/2010 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: i really like doom metal. but the only doom bands i have found that are good is paramaecium and ... A: Here are some bands for you Amorphis Doomsword Draconian Void of Silence Cathedral Heavy Lord Salem ... | ||
| Response | 2/20/2010 | Michael Bower |
| Q: What exactly did you mean when you responded to my queation with "Sorry, I Don't answer homework ... A: I apologize. My Dad just died, and I didnt have time to research it. You are correct that I did not ... | ||
| HR/HM band performing in German | 11/18/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I'd like to know Hard rock bands or Heavy Metal bands performing in the German language. And I hope ... A: It's quite hard to judge what you would like, I like a lot of German metal but they all sing in ... | ||
| bass guitar... | 9/28/2009 | **B** |
| Q: I've been playin' bass in a local community band for about a year, and since then, i've been using ... A: If you meant that best bass guitar. That's a bit hard, because it is different for everyone. In my ... | ||
| Megadeth and their new album | 9/6/2009 | **B** |
| Q: Do you know why Megadeth isn't getting played on the radio stations as much? They have a new album, ... A: To be honest, I am not sure why radio stations ignore a well known band that has been out for ... | ||
| how to start a metal band? | 9/1/2009 | Michael Bower |
| Q: Ok, so I've been playing guitar for a year and 1 month now. I want to start or join a metal band ... A: Well, alot of this depends on your current skills. If you feel you are good, you can put an add in ... | ||
| Bass Guitar | 8/9/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I wanna buy a bass guitar but i've never played before, so what would be a good bass to start with?? ... A: Well since you are starting out and would need an amp you should go for a "starter pack" , this ... | ||
| Bass Guitar | 8/8/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I wanna buy a bass guitar but i've never played before, so what would be a good bass to start with?? A: you will need to buy an amp as well which will cost more money obviously, you dont want to buy a ... | ||
| What band... | 8/5/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: My husband and I have been trying to illistrate the versitility of guitars and thinking out side of ... A: I only know one guitarist who used a drill to play the guitar and that guitarist was PAUL GILBERT. ... | ||
| "Screaming" | 7/20/2009 | **B** |
| Q: !! I'm Kyel (14 yrs. old, if that makes a difference). I'm a really big fan of metal of all types. ... A: Yes I do agree that each band you have mentioned have the scream and/or growl to them. I am going to ... | ||
| Opeth - Face of melinda | 7/11/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I want to ask about the meaning of song face of melinda for Opeth band, the song contains difficult ... A: Hey thanks for the question. When it comes to song meanings and Opeth it's always difficult to ... | ||
| metal music | 6/20/2009 | **B** |
| Q: I'm doing a adoption persuasive speech for a class, and it is to persuade people who do not listen ... A: To write a speech for the class to have students listen to metal that do not already listen to it. ... | ||
| Is using a signature bass ok ? | 6/19/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I have been listening to metal since I was a teen, now I'm 40, I always wanted to play bass. i want ... A: Hey thanks for the good question When it comes to signature instruments, people look at them ... | ||
| lyrics | 5/9/2009 | **B** |
| Q: if you know serenia[gothic metal] could you send me full text of lyrics,especially the part 2.30 to ... A: Sail Away, my little sister Sail away to the other side. There's a light and a darkened road. ... | ||
| Song lyrics and "growling" | 5/1/2009 | **B** |
| Q: !! I'm a HUGE fan of System of A Down and I have a question about one of their songs. I don't know ... A: Yes I do like System of the Down. I found this video at youtube of War: ... | ||
| Metal | 4/28/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: I am supposed to do a 40 page research project, and I picked metal, obviously as my subject. I've ... A: Hey there, thanks for the question, glad my old answers have helped other people out too I will ... | ||
| Artist & song identity, late 70's, or 1980 | 4/16/2009 | Michael Bower |
| Q: I just caught a bit of this song in the summer of 1980, on a Memphis, TN radio station. Medium tempo ... A: I believe it was "The Angels"--The name of the song is "Marseilles" off of their 197(8)? album. Look ... | ||
| Black metal/Goth | 1/22/2009 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: Okay, I know you may not be the guy for this question, but -B- didn't have a link to ask him a ... A: For the record, black metal has little in common with gothic, real gothic music was around in the ... | ||
| instruments | 12/12/2008 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: i need to do a class project and my part is to figure out the instruments for different types of ... A: Heavy Metal is a wide and diverse genre that has many sub genres within , the basic heavy metal band ... | ||
| Old metal bands | 12/12/2008 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: can you give me some bands from the early late sixties im having trouble finding metal bands that ... A: The original Heavy Metal movement did not start as early as the early 60s, you wont find any metal ... | ||
| who sings this song? | 12/11/2008 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: there is a song called "Requiem" that can be found on limewire that is supposedly performed by ... A: I am not a fan of Slipknot or the work of Corey Taylor but I have been able to find out what you ... | ||
| Can't figure out this song! | 12/11/2008 | Michael Bower |
| Q: There is a song from 1990 or 1991 and I don't know who it was by or what the song was called! I can ... A: I'm sorry. I looked everywhere I could think of on the web and otherwise...the video sounds like one ... | ||
| Music Study | 11/1/2008 | **B** |
| Q: I'm a student at UC Canterbury doing a research assignment. I chose the topic of Heavy Metal and ... A: In my opinon, it depends on how the person takes the heavy music. Some might take it to release ... | ||
| James Hetfield | 9/2/2008 | Steven Gibb |
| Q: Wasup!?,can u tell me which is james'prefered guitar? A: Hetfield has been a major endorser of ESP guitars since the 1980s, and is best known for playing ... | ||
| garth gone metal | 8/10/2008 | **B** |
| Q: did garth brooks go heavy metal for a while? if he did who was he with? A: How are you doing? You question is if Garth Brooks go heavy metal. My answer to my knowledge is no. ... | ||
Steven Gibb
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Expertise
Ask me anything, details about specific bands, albums, artwork, members(past or present), tours, songs, differences between sub genres, history of metal. You can also ask me questions about metal guitarists or guitars in general. I can help you discover more bands with ease!
Experience
I have been a big fan of this style of music for years, have learned about many bands and styles as I am guitarist in a metal band.
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