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Man, that first Leppard album...

Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Between the record companies ...

Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

The first time I heard 'Crazy...

The first time I heard 'Crazy Train,' I was crashed out in bed, definitely not wanting to get up and go to school, when my brother Vinnie came in and cranked it up.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Who doesn't like to play Blac...

Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

If you wanna get out of a rut...

If you wanna get out of a rut bad enough, it'll always happen. It's up to you, though. No one else is ever gonna do it for you.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

My hair's a pain in live perf...

My hair's a pain in live performance. I'm always inhaling it: I almost choked to death a couple of times.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Sometimes it's cool to play m...

Sometimes it's cool to play major third and minor third diads back-to-back, or a minor third followed by a root/fifth diad - whatever combo sounds good.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

I would just listen to record...

I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

We still get those kind of ca...

We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

It kills me when I see some m...

It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.'

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Music drives you. It wakes yo...

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

I'm not a super blues player,...

I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Find someone you can jam with...

Find someone you can jam with. That's a big deal. When you play with someone else, you gotta work together to get the thing started and in time, working and in the groove.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

All syncopation means is acce...

All syncopation means is accenting beats that you don't normally accent.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

When I first started experime...

When I first started experimenting with harmonics, I'd sometimes hook up two distortion boxes just to get my strings 'frying,' which helped bring out the harmonics.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

I do some three-part harmonie...

I do some three-part harmonies on 'Throes of Rejection' and 'Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks,' but I didn't go overboard with it.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

I'm into the whole song-as-a-...

I'm into the whole song-as-a-piece-of-music thing: if it literally doesn't call for it, if it already has enough stuff going on, then it's okay not to play a solo.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Most bands don't make it past...

Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool, but we got to the point where we knew it was time to take a break.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

To make harmonics scream, I f...

To make harmonics scream, I first dump my Floyd Rose real quick, hit a harmonic with my left hand while the string is still flapping, and then use the bar to pull it up to the pitch I wanna hit.

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

To me and my band, guitar rif...

To me and my band, guitar riffs are what it's all about. We know that every time we jam on a great riff, we've got a fighting chance of writing a great song!

Dimebag Darrell 19 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....