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KORN
Rocks With Rocktron Tremolo

Surfs up for KORN, one of the heaviest of the metal
bands.  November’s Guitar Shop Magazine details catching up with the band during
their tracking for their new album.  Guitarist Head’s rig is stompbox setup, as
is shown, and it includes Rocktron’s notorious Surf Tremolo pedal.  KORN Rocks
With Rocktron Tremolo Good choice, Head!
Earth Crisis’ Scott
Crouse and Erick Edwards

Check out Earth Crisis and their new CD titled “Breed The
Killers.”

One press review for Earth Crisis stated, “the fivesome’s
sheer musical fury has visibly spawned or inspired numerous younger bands in extreme
hardcore.” Guitarists Scott Crouse and Erick Edwards are currently Rocktron
endorsers, using Rocktron gear for their powerful sound.
Tristan
Grigsby and Project:Storm 

Guitarist Tristan Grigsby is tearing up the hard rock/metal scene
with his latest group, Project:Storm and their new CD titled “The Reckoning”.

Tristan’s bio proclaims that his “guitar format
and attack provide and aggressive punch that delivers.” As Tristan states,
“It’s a major part of the music. The songs are built on the sound, which I hear
in my head first, then translate to a strong sound in mold of a Tony MacAlpine.”
We’re proud to see Tristan Grigsby as a Rocktron endorser.
Rob Johnson and
Magnitude 9

Rob Johnson, guitarist for progressive
metal band Magnitude 9 was “looking for great sounding rack gear.” He ended up a
Rocktron endorser. The Magnitude 9 CD , titled “Chaos To Control”,

has already been released in Japan, (where Rob
is extremely hot), and in Europe. He has several solo CDs released on Apollon/Bandai
Records. “I recently played a VooDu Valve while in Japan and I loved it!” said
Rob. Now he owns one which he purchased himself.
Limp Noise Needs HUSH

April’s Guitar Magazine details Limp Bizkit’s Wes
Borland’s rig. Pointing out that Borland’s rig is “relatively simple”
and that he “shies away from rack effects”, Guitar shows that Borland needs
Rocktron’s rack mount HUSH noise reduction to “help tame the noise” passing
through his amp’s effects loop. For nearly 16 years, players have chosen
Rocktron’s HUSH noise reduction to eliminate noise problems in their rigs. Is it time
for you to follow Borland’s example?
Meredith Brooks Chooses
Rocktron

Guitar Shop Magazine from September, 1998, reports that
Meredith Brooks, “a bona-fide picker who cut all the guitar parts on her
platinum-selling debut album, “Blurring The Edges” is a Rocktron user. 
Detailing her “hi-tech” rig, Guitar Shop notes her choice of Rocktron’s
Replifex effects processor.  Hey, nice to see Rocktron isn’t exclusively for the
male sex.
Cannibal Corpse
Quiets With HUSH

Long a mainstay with metal bands,
Rocktron’s HUSH noise reduction shows up in Pat O’Brien’s rig for Cannibal
Corpse.  Guitar Shop Magazine reports in their November issue that the death metal
guitarist is using a HUSH to chill his noisy setup.  The group’s new Metal Blade
CD is titled “Gallery of Suicide”. We don’t make the music, we just make
the gear.
Slayer Back In
Press With Rocktron

Rigs for Slayer guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman are
displayed in November’s Guitar Shop Magazine.  Combining vintage tube amps with
signal processing, these boys are using plenty of Rocktron in their rigs.  Their new
album is titled “Diabolus In Musica”.  Guitar Shop refers to their rigs as
containing “beefy rack effects”.  We’ll take that as a
compliment.  However, rack isn’t the only Rocktron gear used by the band. 
Kerry King points out in an interview in Shop that “we’ve got other stuff, like
the HUSH, obviously.  We need that.”  Kerry also points out that Jeff
“used a Surf Tremolo on this new record.”  Those Rocktron Surf Tremolos are
getting around.
Brett Scallions: Rocktron
Endorser

Guitarist/Vocalist Brett Scallions of the band FUEL
recently landed a Rocktron artist endorsement.  His touring rig now features the
Rocktron Replifex multi-effect unit and the
Rocktron All Access MIDI foot controller.
     Fuel’s new CD, entitled “Sunburn”, is currently
holding steady around #20 on many national radio charts with the hit single “Shimmer”. 
The rest of this CD is absolutely rockin’ and is definitely worth picking up!  Check
out sound clips on Fuel’s Web site.     
Rocktron
Endorser Gary Hoey and his Prophesy

Gary Hoey a Rocktron endorser for nearly a decade, Is now finishing his new studio
release and a new HO! HO! HOEY III CD both to be released this fall. “I’ve been
recording with the new PROPHESY pre-amp it just sounds amazing. I love how easy it is to
get great tone, with cool effects, straight to tape. When inspiration hits the PROPHESY
delivers killer tone fast”.
Max Cavalera and
Soulfly

Rocktron’s Intellifex and HUSH units are in place right now
with Rocktron endorser, Max Cavalera. Currently with Soulfly, and previously with
Sepultura, Cavalera is one rare player with one monstrously heavy sound. We know Max is
looking to pick up some more Rocktron gear soon, and we wish him well on tour.
Dave Mustaine Uses
Rocktron For Powerful Guitar Tone

EQ Magazine’s May 1999 issue features Rocktron endorser Dave
Mustaine of Megadeth in a cover story. EQ’s “Guitar Recording Special”
looks at how players “handle their six-strings” in a project studio environment.
Working with his longtime producer, Dann Huff, Mustaine has been “holed up at Emerald
Sound Studios in Nashville, creating the follow-up to Megadeth’s CD, “Cryptic
Writings.” According to the EQ article Mustaine is using his Rocktron Piranha preamp
and his Rocktron Intellifex in the studio. Mustaine says, “when we came in this time,
I started using a Piranha (preamp) from Rocktron. Dann really liked that. I know that I
want the guitars to sound powerful, but I don’t want them to be overbearing.” EQ
goes on to report that “the main guitars…are Dave’s rack – his
Piranha. It’s easy, we don’t have to worry about anything. We just plug in, put
a SM57 on it, go to tape, and we’re done.”
Jaye Foucher and
her CD “Infectious Licks”

A good friend of Gary Hoey, guitarist Jaye Foucher has endorsed
Rocktron. Rave reviews are in for her CD, “Infectious Licks”. Well known at the
NAMM Shows, and shaking things up internationally, Jaye is a tremendous talent. She uses
Rocktron’s VooDu Valve preamp in her rig. One review called her CD “…a
tasteful blend of metal, progressive, funk and blues.” Jaye publishes a guitar
newsletter along with seven other guitarists, called Guitarpalooza.
Guitar Guru
Angelo Janotti

Guitar guru Angelo Janotti tells us he is “excited about
endorsing Rocktron.” Originally from the Orlando area, Janotti says he has “been
a fan of Rocktron gear for a long time.” His CD titled
“eclecticacousticelectric” has had rave reviews. Janotti’s work includes
sessions with the Backstreet Boys, the 69 Boyz, and more and he is a featured columnist
for Buzz magazine. One review of his new CD described it as “phenomenal” and
says, “if you like the Steve Vai, Joe Satriani style, check this one out.”
Cantrell
Can’t Do Without Rocktron

Alice In Chains guitarist, Jerry Cantrell has recently moved on
with his new band and new sound, creating his first solo CD called Boggy Depot. As
reported in the March issue of Guitar Magazine, Cantrell’s rig includes two
of Rocktron’s RSP Intelliverbs. Based on Rocktron’s Intellifex, the Intelliverbs
provide Cantrell with reverbs, delays, and most of his effects arsenal which he used on
“his recent sojourn with the Jerry Cantrell Band.”
Judas Priest Still
Rockin’ With Rocktron

Seems like nearly everyone in the November Guitar Shop
Magazine is a Rocktron user.  Glen Tipton and K.K. Downing point out that
“basically we’re using a lot of MIDI-programmable stuff now.  Rocktron
preamps and Rocktron’s Intellifex” are two of the items in use right now. 
Tipton says “It’s more or less what I used for Juggulator.  K.K. uses more
or less the same thing.  He uses Rocktron’s Piranha preamp.  Other than
that, our live rigs are almost identical.”   K.K. states that “for the
most part, I’m just basically using the Rocktron stuff.  I find that it’s
pretty good gear.  The only thing I really need on the orad today is a good preamp
and I’m using the Rocktron Piranha, and the only effects unit I’m using is the
Rocktron Replifex unit, which is a very comprehensive unit.  It’s got just about
everything – it’s got allthe classic sounding stuff, it’s even got a rotary
speaker in there, flangers, phasers, and stuff we used to use back in the ‘70s. 
You can replicate any of those sounds with this one effects unit.  In addition to
that, you’ve got delay, chorus, compression, noise reduction, and just about anything
that you could want, really.”  Wow, K.K. knows his gear!
Slayer Still Rocking With
Rocktron

    Slayer Guitarist and Rocktron
Endorser Kerry King was featured in the June 98 issue of Guitar Player. 
The article, entitled “Raw Power”, covers Slayer’s formula for ferocious
guitar tracks…  Of course, their gear is covered in great detail, and where there’s
great guitar tones, there’s Rocktron gear. 
     Kerry’s rack is detailed in the article (see picture to the
left).  In it you’ll find the Rocktron HUSH IICX noise reduction unit, the Rocktron
Patch Mate loop switcher and the Rocktron VooDu Valve DSP preamp with effects.  Kerry
also uses the Rocktron All Access MIDI foot
controller for switching everything in his setup.
    Check out Slayer’s new release on American  entitled “Diabolus
In Musica”.  Thanks to the guys for kindly mentioning Rocktron in the Thank
You section of the liner notes!
Kat Dyson and Rocktron

  Long time Rocktron artist endorser Kat Dyson
was just recently awarded a full Rocktron endorsement!  Kat has spent the last 2
years touring with The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. 
Currently, Kat is performing 5 nights a week as the house guitarist of the Sheila E.
Band on FOX Television’s

all new late night show with Magic Johnson,
called “The Magic Hour”.   Kat is now using the New Rocktron Taboo Twin DSP combo amplifier as her main rig on the
show!
Kat also appears (see picture above) in the July 1998 issue of Guitar Player
where she is interviewed for a piece called “Side Orders, Session Guitarists Talk
About Life in the Trenches”. 
     Kat states in the interview; “The more
versatile you can be—the more sounds you can create with the gear you have—the
better position you’re in to say, ‘I can do that’. … After experimenting with lots and
lots of different setups, I now plug a Rocktron Chameleon
DSP preamp into a Rocktron Velocity 120 power amp,
and, with a two space rack and a pair of Rocktron SE112
speakers, I can pretty much get any sound I need”.
     Rocktron also recently shipped Kat a new Rocktron Jam Box for her song learning needs, and the new
Rocktron Taboo Artist floor preamp with effects
for quick gigs.
 
Brian May

The July 1998 issue of the U.K.’s Guitarist magazine
features an unbelievable interview/article on rock guitar legend, Brian May. 
Brian’s rack is detailed in the article and of course, includes his favorite multi-effect
unit, the Rocktron Intellifex.   Also in
pictured in Brian’s setup is the Rocktron Patch Mate and the Rocktron MIDI Mate foot
controller.