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Cosmosquad: Cosmosquad

Read "Cosmosquad" reviewed by Michael Askounes

by Michael Askounes
October 1, 2000

Hey isn’t that Steve Ray Vaughn?!?! No – wait a minute – it’s Clapton, I just know it! WAIT! It’s some cheesy new age acoustic guy! No, no, no... it’s Steve Vai! Hold on a minute... it’s...

It’s Jeff Kollman – man of 1,000 styles and studio guitarist extrodinaire – and a couple of his buds, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen bassist Barry Sparks and ex-Michael Schenker Group (remember them?) drummer Shane Gaalaas. These fellows have gotten together and created Cosmosquad, whose self-titled ...

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Jeff Kollman: Shedding Skin

Read "Shedding Skin" reviewed by Michael Askounes

by Michael Askounes
September 1, 2000

If there’s one thing you learn from listening to a lot of prog/rock/fusion music, it’s that lightning-fast guitar players are a dime a dozen. Listeners are generally impressed the first couple of times they hear a nimble fingered axeman set their fretboard on fire, but after you realize that there’s a ton of similar guitarists out there cutting CDs you begin to get a bit jaded. This causes the listener to begin looking for traits other than speed to set ...