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We’re pleased to welcome Farewell to Arms to our roster of world class players. The band use our Michael Amott signature strings, Nexus Coated Electric Strings, Rotosound Classical Guitar Strings, Roto Blues, and Rotosound Drop Zone strings. What Farewell to Arms say about Rotosound ‘I found Rotosound strings to be exactly what I was looking [...]
Bristol rockers RIOT|NOISE finally release their much-anticipated debut album ‘Stand For Something’ on June 3rd. Creating a buzz amongst critics with 2009’s ‘Fight The People’ EP, and earning a formidable reputation on the road in Europe and the US, where they’ve shared stages with the likes of Duff McKagan, Motorhead and The Blackout, the band [...]
Whitesnake are a British rock band, formed in 1978 by David Coverdale after his dearture from his previous band, Deep Purple. They released a string of UK top 10 albums, Ready An’ Willing, Come An’ Get It, Saints & Sinners and Slide It In, the latter of which was their first to shart in the [...]
Just wanted to share this email with you, from a loyal Rotosound fan: ‘My name is Dan Ranger and I’ve been playing guitar since ’83 – using Rotosound all through the 80′s most notably with UK thrash metallers Hydra Vein. Two albums and a few tours and no problems with your strings. What with kids [...]
Tomorrow sees the start of the annual Frankfurt Musikmesse and as always Rotosound will be present displaying our current product range along with some new additions. We are also pleased to announce that we will be joined bass players Billy Sheehan and Alex Lofoco during the course of the show. Billy will be with us [...]
Often, when we blog about new artists, we ask them for a biography of their band and edit it down a bit to make it a suitable length for a blog post. And with The Toy Dolls, we’ve discovered something. There Is No Way To Make Their Story Shorter. So here it goes – an [...]
Cavorts is a rock and roll band from the northern frontier town of Barnsley, a place where the coal is black and the riffs are blacker. The four-piece are ready to crank it up heavy, turn it up loud and party harder. If you wanted to pigeonhole it you could say Cavorts were a lethal [...]
Fatherson are a four piece based in Glasgow and formed in Kilmarnock, who have been making waves in the Scottish music scene following a string of supports with bands such as Frightened Rabbit, The Xcerts, Panic! at the Disco, Feeder, Twin Atlantic and Idlewild. The group have operated under the name Fatherson since December 2011 [...]
Rotosound’s paparazzi has been at it again… this time with Jake Burns and Ali McMordie of Stiff Little Fingers! Rotosound’s Nigel Clutterbuck caught up with them backstage at The Ritz Manchester. They’re currently touring the UK, and are heading to Europe shortly for one of their biggest tours in years. Find out more by clicking [...]
Chris Malin hails from Birmingham – home of Jeff Lynne, Ozzy Osbourne, Heavy Metal and the Spitfire. Despite hailing from such an important and historic birthplace, Chris wasn’t immediately seduced by the world of thrashing guitar and thundering bass. Thankfully, this affliction lasted only until he was fifteen, when everything changed. The ‘lightbulb moment’ occurred [...]