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Johnny

About Me

I am a guitarist of 17 years experience, based in the Blackpool area of Lancashire. In the past, I have played and/or recorded with various covers and original material bands (including but not limited to) The Numb Place (rock/metal), Electric Stetson (country/rock), Cobalt (blues/heavy rock), Devil 2 Pay (classic British heavy metal) and until late 2008, I was playing rhythm and lead guitar in Blackpool-based alt-rock band Hind-D, composing and recording the guitar parts for their first album.I have also been privileged to play rhythm guitar for a great hero of mine, Gary Hughes (vocalist for British melodic rock/AOR giants Ten), on his most recent solo album, "Veritas". Another of my heroes, Chris Francis (Ten's lead guitarist), also played on "Veritas", which made it even more of a special experience for me.I'm always looking out for new people to jam/write with and if you fancy getting together, be it in person or online through mp3 exchange or similar, drop me a line at guitarist4hire(AT)googlemail(DOT)com and we'll sort something out.Cheers,Johnny

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/9/2007
Band Website: www.johnnygibbons.webs.com
Band Members: Johnny Gibbons - Guitar Various other musicians - Drums/Bass/Guitar/Keys/Everything else, depends on who the track was done with...
Influences: Zakk Wylde, Gary Moore, Slash, Chris Francis, Bernie Tormé, Shelly Still, Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King, James Dean Bradfield, Steve Lukather, Neil Finn/Crowded House, Supersuckers, Alter Bridge, Dan/Justin Hawkins, Backyard Babies, Albert Lee, QOTSA/Kyuss, Buckcherry, Frank Marino, Spiritual Beggars, Tom Morello and many others.

Sounds Like: A man fighting a guitar and quite possibly losing...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

"Dreams" - xkcd.com

I saw this on the brilliant xkcd.com site and thought I'd post it up because it made me smile...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:28:00 GMT

My Gear...

UPDATED - 08/06/2008 I use the following gear, live and in the studio (but not all at once, because that would just be stupid... ;-)  :Various Guitars (red italics are sold/retired):Adam Black Libra i...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:52:00 GMT

DEVIL 2 PAY LIVE VIDEO

I finally managed to get a decent quality rip of the Fleetwoodstock 2006 gig DVD, so I'm going to be placing the videos on my profile now and to kick it off, this is one that for one reason or another...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:13:00 GMT

My Influences

Key players and albums that have influenced me: Players:Zakk Wylde - Ozzy Osbourne/Pride & Glory/Black Label SocietySlash - Guns N' Roses/Slash's Snakepit/Velvet RevolverChris Francis - Ten/SoloBe...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:03:00 GMT