The Jeremy White Show welcomes Ben Bruce from Asking Alexandria!
Ben opens up about his influences growing up, why he sticks to "non-metal" guitars, recording their latest album and how sobering up helped him fall in love with the guitar all over again!
00:44 - every record being different
01:47 - grandparents introduced him to music
3:40 - appreciation for Mutt Lange
5:30 - not being classically trained
7:39 - guitar solos are important
9:22 - everyone LOVES Hotel California and Enter Sandman
10:35 - people saying he isn’t a good player
12:10 - James Hetfield and how important rhythm guitar playing is
12:50 - love for the Fender Stratocaster
14:33 - using real amps vs digital
17:12 - not using two in ear monitors
20:40 - recording guitar rig
21:24 - his $13,000 Stratocaster
23:41 - chasing tone and Bad Blood
26:33 - sobriety affecting his songwriting
29:16 - falling in love with the guitar again
31:00 - not touring to take care of his family
On their new album WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? that’s out today (August 25) via BETTER NOISE MUSIC, ASKING ALEXANDRIA- Danny Worsnop (vocals), Ben Bruce (lead guitar), Cameron Liddell (guitar), Sam Bettley (bass), and James Cassells (drums)-offer reverence to touchstone icons like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Queen, with a relentless urgency harkening back to their early days as hard-partying Warped Tour upstarts. It’s available now via digital download or physically on CD, cassette, or multiple color vinyl at askingalexandria.ffm.to/wdwgfh
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2 сен 2023