Jason Hook was born and grew up in Canada. His mother enrolled him in piano lessons at 6 years old. It didn’t take long until he knew the piano wasn’t for him. So he asked his mother if he could take guitar lessons instead. His father bought him an imitation Les Paul from Sears and Jason started playing guitar. A neighbor was forced to part with a few Kiss records and gifted them to Jason. He would listen to them…
As a young child, Lita was more drawn to the guitar rather than her Barbie dolls, which she soon rejected after receiving her first guitar. It was an acoustic guitar and she couldn’t get the sounds she wanted out of the acoustic that was right for playing Jimi Hendrix and Black Sabbath Songs. She started taking lessons and was taught the chords to Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, but really wanted to learn riffs that were meant for the electric guitar.…
Rick Nielson guitar player from Cheap Trick talks about his early days as a toddler. Rick tells Rock Scene " My father was an opera singer, he would sing at churches, both my grandfathers were ministers. When I was 3 years old I walked onstage during the Barber of Seville and people started laughing and clapping 'thats what I like'. My occupation, my hobby and my love -- laughter and clapping.... Not the clap (ha!)
Before becoming a bass player, Geezer Butler started on a two-string-guitar. He played it for two years before he realized that if you put your finger on the fret of the string you're playing, it makes a different sound. He eventually graduated to a six string guitar and started learning Beatles, Kinks and Rolling Stones songs. He formed a band and started playing out. Everywhere they played, they only played once because they were so terrible. Disillusioned, the singer left…
Founder/Owner of Trash & Vaudville tells his story of the Rock Scene and how his store influenced the scenes rock style.
Jeff Keith of Tesla was first exposed to music by his father, who played guitar for a local bar band in Georgetown, CA. After graduating high school, Jeff bought a guitar chord book and learned his favorite Beatles and Rolling Stones songs to play at campfires. He later auditioned and got the gig for the band City Kidd. They played Top 40 hits with a few of their own songs mixed in. City Kidd was eventually renamed, Tesla. Tesla went…
Tommy Aldridge got his musical taste from his mother at a very young age. His mom was into all different artists including Dave Brubeck, Elvis Presley, and the Everly Brothers. He first came in contact with drums when he was six years old. His first real band was a trio that consisted of drums, guitar, and keyboard. Tommy has drummed for some of the biggest names in rock music, including Whitesnake, Gary Moore, Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, and Ozzy…