Me and Jay Schachter went to the NAMM conference in Anaheim this past Saturday and had a blast. Its like "Comicon" for Rock N Roll. "NAMM" stand for the National Association of Music Merchants. Similiar to a yearly auto show, the conference showcases the latest and greatest in music technology. But the best part about it is that all of the rock n roll stars go there for meet & greats! Members of GNR, Slayer, Judas Priest and others were in attendance.
Its an "Industry Only" event but we got the hook up from Taylor Guitars, who got us the passes.
Here is Taylor's website.
http://www.taylorguitars.com/
Below are some pictures from the show.
Me and Tom Zutaut. Tom is the A&R man who discovered Motley Crue and signed Guns N Roses to Geffen Records. This guy is a huge part of Rock N Roll History.
Me and Duff McKagan, the original bassist for Guns N Roses. I never know what to say when I meet any GNR band members. I try to play it cool, but I probably come off like a girl in the 60's screaming for "The Beatles." Duff is a great guy who will actually have real conversations with his fans. We did some small talk about the 49ers football game and I'm sure I mumbled something about how he "rules". He signed my Robert John GNR photo book and my "Use Your Illusion II" album.
Me and Warren DeMartini from the band "RATT". You know the opening guitar riff from the song "Round and Round", this is the guy that does it!
Tom Delonge from "Blink 182" and "Angels & Airwaves."
Rob Halford from "Judas Priest."
Matt Sorum, the drummer for Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver and Camp Freddy. I'd never met him before so that was an awesome surprise. Matt drummed on GNR songs like "November Rain", "Estranged" and "You Could be Mine".
Steve Stevens the guitarist for Billy Idol. Steve does all the cool guitar riffs on songs like "White Wedding", "Eyes Without a Face", "Rebel Yell" and "Rock the Cradle of Love." He was also on the VH1 show "Married to Rock" with his wife Josie.
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