Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath Writes Book About Journey Through (Axe) Heaven and Heavy Metal Hell

When a conversation occurs about heavy metal music, Black Sabbath is sure to be mentioned as one of the pioneers and greatest examples of bands in that genre of hard rock. Having a flamboyant and sometimes over-the-edge lead singer like Ozzy Osbourne brought the band quite a lot of attention during the early 70s, which… Read More

George Harrison of the Beatles Receives Recognition in New HBO Documentary by Martin Scorsese

Last week we began a series about the greatest rock guitarists of all time based on a list put together by Rolling Stone magazine. When we revisited that list for this week’s article, we were distracted by a section on the page with links to other top-100 lists they had created about the greatest singers,… Read More

Angus Young of AC/DC Ranks with Rolling Stone Magazine and AXE HEAVEN® Miniature Guitars

We mentioned in a recent post about Tom Morello that he is included in the Rolling Stone Magazine 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list, so we have decided to occasionally take a quick from-the-bottom-to-the-top look at other guitarist who are included on both that RS 100 list and the AXE HEAVEN® roster of miniature guitar… Read More

Classic Guitar Auction By Richard Gere Benefits Charity; Miniature Replicas Offered by AXE HEAVEN®

We did a double-take when we read this week that the actor Richard Gere did the same thing, because even though he is a cool guy, we did not know that he had amassed a valuable collection of great classic guitars. Gere’s collection did not feature any instruments of great notoriety due to having been previously… Read More

A Sad Day For Music Fans When Bert Jansch and Steve Jobs Depart This World For Axe Heaven

Fans of music, especially rock guitar music, lost two very influential individuals last week when Steve Jobs and Bert Jansch passed away on October 5. Jobs influenced they way most of us listens to music in the 21st century, while Jansch influenced many of the rock guitarists we have enjoyed listening to for the last… Read More

Nirvana’s Breakthrough Album “Nevermind” Celebrates 20th Anniversary; We Honor Kurt Cobain

It could be argued that September 24, 1991, was a day that changed the course of rock music dramatically. That was the day that Nirvana released its second album, Nevermind, and gave the word “Grunge” a whole new meaning. Led by the wildly popular “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nevermind went from an initial US release… Read More