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Razorlight

SONG TITLE: BEFORE I FALL TO PIECES : RAZORLIGHT RELEASED: 2006 LABEL: VERTIGO GENRE:

PERSONNEL: JOHNNY BORRELL (VOX+GTR) BJÖRN ÅGREN (GUITAR) CARL DALEMO (BASS) (DRUMS)

UK CHART PEAK: 17 US CHART PEAK: N/A

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‘Before I Fall To Pieces’ was the third single from Since Razorlight’s early years it had been known Razorlight’s second album, the self-titled Razorlight. that the relationship between Johnny Borrell and his The song features the interplay between the guitars of bandmates was a strained one. The band made no frontman Johnny Borrell and Björn Ågren secret of it. So it came as no surprise when in 2009 that was a trademark of the band’s early material. Andy Burrows quit the group and was followed in January 2011 by Ågren and Dalemo. Their last album as a unit, 2009’s Slipway Fires, lacked the spark of their THE BIGGER PICTURE first two full-length releases and the single ‘Wire to Wire’ failed to chart. Borrell put Razorlight on hold to Razorlight formed in 2002 after Johnny Borrell work on solo material. placed an advert for a guitarist in NME, stating ‘Guitarist wanted. No pentatonics.’ Borrell was inspired by groups like Television and Velvet RECOMMENDED LISTENING Underground who shunned typical minor pentatonic leads in favour of more original guitar parts. In Razorlight’s debut album Up All Night featured Björn Ågren Johnny got his wish: a player who used an irresistible mix of The Strokes and The his musical intuition rather than familiar finger Libertines. ‘Rip It Up’ shows Borrell and Ågren’s patterns. This pair was soon joined by Ågren’s fellow guitar chemistry and betrays the influence of The Swede Carl Dalemo on bass and Christian Smith- Strokes. The highlight, though, is ‘Golden Touch’: Pancorvo on drums (replaced in 2004 by Andy an indie pop anthem that demonstrated Borrell’s Burrows). Razorlight’s debut album Up All Night was knack for crafting songs so effective you swear acclaimed by the media and fans of stripped-down you’ve heard them before. On their next, self-titled, indie rock on its release in 2004. Razorlight followed album ‘Kirby’s House’ could have come from the in 2006, an album written and recorded with hopes same mould, while tracks like ‘America’ with its of mainstream success. It debuted at the top of the Edge-like delayed guitar effect betrayed Razorlight’s British charts and was described by Q magazine as ambition to be as big as U2 and the other stadium- “the best guitar album since Oasis’s Definitely Maybe.” filling rock giants. Hot Rock Guitar Grade 4 Grade Rock Guitar Hot 5 6 Hot Rock Guitar Grade 4 Before IFall To Pieces [11] A A A B B B T & [7] T & [4] T & # # # # # # A . . . . ( ’ œ 0 Create rhythmpart A B & T D A ) D œ œ œ 6 5 5 # œ 7 # ’ q 4 4 = ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ œ 0

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Metallica

SONG TITLE: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS ALBUM: RELEASED: 1984 LABEL: MERCURY GENRE: METAL

PERSONNEL: (VOX+GTR) (GTR) (BASS) (DRUMS)

UK CHART PEAK: N/A US CHART PEAK: N/A

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‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ is one of Metallica’s The opening riff of ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ most popular songs and can be found on their second was written on by Cliff Burton before he album Ride The Lightning, released in 1984. It features joined Metallica. Footage on YouTube of Metallica an attention-grabbing chromatic intro riff that sounds performing at the Day On The Green, Oakland in like guitar but was actually played on bass… 1985 shows Burton playing the figure at the 16th fret of his bass while using a wah pedal. Burton was a hugely creative bass player and contributed much to the band THE BIGGER PICTURE before his death in a road accident during a tour of Europe in 1986. You can hear more of his bass playing Metallica began as one of the major on ‘(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth’ from the album Kill bands of the . Like their fellow thrashers, ’Em All – and listen out for his classical-sounding solo Metallica were inspired by the New Wave Of British on ’s ‘Orion’. Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and staple-gunned the riffs and motifs of this movement to the fast, aggressive drums of the hardcore punk scene. RECOMMENDED LISTENING

This was the sound of Metallica’s debut album ‘Whiplash’ and ‘Seek And Destroy’ off Kill ’Em Kill ’Em All (1983). However, by the time the group All epitomise Metallica’s early thrash sound. Master started to record their second album Ride The Of Puppets signalled the beginning of a move away Lightning they had begun experimenting with slower from thrash and was the peak of Metallica’s musical tempos and a more melodic style of metal. This was accomplishments during the Cliff Burton era. The evident on the power ballad ‘Fade To Black’ and title track summed this up best in its fusing of also on ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, which clocks in classical guitars with fierce thrash riffing. 1991’s at 120 BPM as opposed to thrash’s more common ‘Black Album’ was controversial for its introduction of 160+. It was the start of a progression from thrash to shorter, single-friendly arrangements but remains one something bigger and broader, which led to Metallica’s of Metallica’s finest records. ‘’, ‘Sad But becoming the biggest metal band on the planet. True’ and ‘The Unforgiven’ are just a few highlights. Hot Rock Guitar Grade 4 Grade Rock Guitar Hot 25 26 Hot Rock Guitar Grade 4 For Whom Bell The Tolls [16] [12] A A A A B B B B T & T & [9] T & [6] T & # # # # N.C. (PM) PM E E E PM 12 œ 0 (PM) œ œ œ œ œ 0 2 0 2 5 5 5 A B & T œ 0 œ 9 3 3 G G 11 œ 0 œ # œ œ œ œ 3 5 3 5 5 5 G 12 œ œ œ 4 4 3 5 5 q œ 5 = # # F F

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