Readers of "Total Guitar" and "Guitar World" magazines chose the greatest guitar riff of all time! In the July 2021 magazine of "Total Guitar" which was released on June 4, 2021 you will find the complete list of the 50 greatest riffs of all time chosen by the readers of the esteemed magazines. From the Beatles to Metallica you'll find Ozzy Osborne's "Crazy Train" in second place, AC/DC's "Back in Black" in third, Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" in fourth place, "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" from Van Helen in fifth, Metallica's "Enter Sandman" in sixth, Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" in seventh, Pantera's "Walk" in eighth, ZZ Top's "La Grange" in ninth and Hendrix' "Purple Haze" in 10th place. The list also includes Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Rage Against The Machine's "Killing in the Name", Slipknot's "Psychosocial" and Opeth and Heart are also there. And who in the first place you ask? So readers of the magazine chose Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" riff as the greatest of all time. This is the full list: 50: Heir Apparent – Opeth 49: Ticket To Ride – The Beatles 48: All Right Now – Free 47: G.O.A.T. – Polyphia 46: Outshined – Soundgarden 45: No One Knows – Queens Of The Stone Age 44: Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers 43: Life In The Fast Lane – Eagles 42: Message In A Bottle – The Police 41: Stargazer – Rainbow 40: Alive – Pearl Jam 39: Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf 38: Psychosocial – Slipknot 37: Scuttle Buttin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 36: Mississippi Queen – Mountain 35: Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses 34: Man In The Box – Alice In Chains 33: You Really Got Me – The Kinks 32: The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy 31: Lateralus – Tool 30: Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes 29: The Spirit Of Radio – Rush 28: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult 27: Barracuda – Heart 26: Breaking The Law – Judas Priest 25: Walk This Way – Aerosmith 24: 2 Minutes To Midnight – Iron Maiden 23: Beat It – Michael Jackson 22: Ace Of Spades – Motörhead 21: Money – Pink Floyd 20: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones 19: Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd 18: Angel Of Death – Slayer 17: Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana 16: Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine 15: Symphony Of Destruction – Megadeth 14: Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream 13: Money For Nothing – Dire Straits 12: Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry 11: Layla – Derek And The Dominos 10: Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix 9: La Grange – ZZ Top 8: Walk – Pantera 7: Iron Man – Black Sabbath 6: Enter Sandman – Metallica 5: Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love – Van Halen 4: Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple 3: Back In Black – AC/DC 2: Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne 1: Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

Singer David Lee Roth has released a brand new song called "Giddy-Up", as part of a planned 11-track album whose date has yet to be released. The song "Giddy-Up" was first introduced in November 2020 when Roth released a 17-episode online comic book called "The Roth Project", written and drawn by David Lee Roth himself (for those who have not listened and watched - recommended). David also painted the cover of the single. The online comic included four more songs: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill," "Alligator Pants," "Lo-Rez Sunset" and "Manda Bala," all written and recorded with guitarist / bassist John 5 in collaboration with drummer Gregg Bissonette, Keyboardist Brett Tuggle and percussionist Luis Conte. David and John have collaborated on a number of additional songs that are planned to be released in an album that will include 11 songs. These are materials Roth wrote for his solo career and for Van Halen, but were not released. Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

Friday Release #94 The project featuring former ACCEPT band members Udo Dirkschneider (vocals), Peter Baltes (bass) and Stefan Kaufmann (guitar) has released a new single accompanied by a video clip - "Every Heart Is Burning". The ensemble also includes Sven Dirkschneider (drums) - son of Udo, Manuela Bibert (vocals) and Mathias Dieth (guitar). This is the band's third single after "Where The Angels Fly" released in September 2020 and "Face Of A Stranger", released in April 2021. On August 27, all three songs will be released as a mini-album called "Arising". Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

Thirty Seconds to Mars are celebrating the post-Covid-19 return to live music with a new video for “Hail to the Victor,” taken from their 2018 album America. It looks like they were missing their fans, their music and their shows. A music video which is a celebration of freedom, out of the lockdown, out of the limitations and back to music, back to live shows. Not surprising that they choose this electro hype pop song, 3 years after the album America was out. Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

One day when I was 14, I read in the daily newspaper a review of two masterpieces that came out at the time, "Gentleman" by The Afghan Whigs and the other was Soundgarden's "Superunknown" ... these were my first years on my musical journey. That day, I went to the record store on a nearby street and listened to the marvel called Soundgarden and the unique, unrecoverable voice of Chris Cornell. From then until today my life has evolved and changed, Chris has also evolved and changed... for me while listening, even 4 years after he left. He created more wonderful and less wonderful things ... but always the same voice, the intensity (and in retrospect also with pain), they were an integral part of my life soundtrack. When I was alone, together with my amazing friends and later, even intensified with my beloved wife and our precious young daughters. To this day he is the artist we have seen the most ... every visit to the holy land, we were there. His death hit me so unexpectedly. Even after I lost relatives, I did not describe how you could feel that way with the physical loss of someone ... especially one you did not know personally. Crying in the office and not realizing / believing that I feel it in such a sharp way ... the tears have flowed and occasionally the same teary eyes revisit. Why? Through the sounds, words, emotion and messages he tried to convey / still conveys to us, every time we listened something that he touched... like any form of communication, he had an authenticity that penetrated, alongside rare talent he evoked empathy... as it also felt in every moving cover he performed ... as if without much effort "became his own". In retrospect, through the lyrics, Chris carried a lot more pain than we described ... and if we had to pick one song, it was easy to pick one with pain, that connects us to the last stop in our relationship - "the Farewell" with all the bumming emotions that comes with it. But he, like his music, evokes a lot more emotions ... and they keep pounding ... Through the masterpieces with Temple Of The Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave or the marvelous solo career, there is a connection of sounds and words that resonate and remind us that it is woven into our souls. Thank god🙏 for the privilege that we got and still get,to have this as part of the soundtrack in our lives ... like this song, it was and still is a thunderous ...LOUD.. LOVE ...this way we did got to know each other! Soundgarden - Loud 🖤 Love The Wiz On Facebook

Pearl Jam’s "Ten Club" announced today, May 6th the launch of DEEP, an immersive live web hub. Now, you can listen to 186 official shows - containing up to 5,404 individual tracks, spanning two decades of the band’s tour history. By accessing this hub, fans can now search their favorite shows by category and listen to custom-curated playlists, including “Best of CITY,” “Best of YEAR,” “Best Political Songs,” “Best Covers,” as well as playlists for new fans such as “Pearl Jam for Dummies,” and many more. By popular request, DEEP also features a Custom Setlist Generator. By inputting your name and birthday, you can receive a custom setlist generated in Eddie Vedder’s instantly recognizable handwriting. The setlist also transforms into a streamable, custom playlist that has the added bonus of written personal descriptions for the Bootlegs, by the fans. Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

Dave Grohl is well know for his love of Music History and his desire (which increased dramatically during the COVID) to share his backstage, inside stories. We already saw it in "Sound City" documentary. On April 30th Dave's new movie "What Drives Us" is out. The movie tells the stories of some of the biggest artists in music, recalling the romance and adventure, as well as the insanity and chaos, of their time on the road. It also outlines how a VAN becomes a band’s home of sorts and how its legacy endures all these years later. While the world has changed, the custom has not changed. There is no other way to know whether you can make it in this business. You have to get in the VAN !! Participants include Foo Fighters, Ringo Starr, Flea, Brian Johnson, St. Vincent, Slash, Duff McKagan, Ben Harper, The Edge, Mike Watt, Ian Mackaye, Exene Cervenka, Tony Kanal, DH Peligro, Charlie Gabriel, Jennifer Finch, Dave Lombardo, Kira Roessler, Pete Stahl, Lars Ulrich, and Steven Tyler. Dave stated: “This film is my love letter to every musician that has ever jumped in an old van with their friends and left it all behind for the simple reward of playing music,” The movie will stream on Amazon Prime Video WW beginning on April 30. Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

Suddenly, in complete surprise, the 77-year-old rocker Mick Jagger indulge us with a new song in which he collaborates with Dave Grohl which plays guitar, bass and drums. The two released "Eazy Sleazy" - a kind of COVID-19 rock anthem about lockdown, zoom app, masks, vaccine deniers and more, all while celebrating the return to freedom ... It has already been defined as the rock anthem of the "Post Covid-19 lockdowns". Mick Jagger tweeted about it as follows: "I wanted to share this song that I wrote about coming out of lockdown, with some much needed optimism - thank you to Dave Grohl for jumping on drums, bass and guitar, it was a lot of fun working with you on this-hope you all enjoy Eazy Sleazy!" And if you're already fascinated by the simple, kicking and direct rock'n'roll of "Eazy Sleazy", then it's hard not to mention the great resemblance to the song "Liar" by the Sex Pistols ... Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00

Friday release, sponsored by Covid-19 # 15 Another new single released yesterday, a new song by David Gilmour, his first in 5 years. The song was written by David Gilmour to accompany the audio book "A Theater For Dreamers", published by his wife Polly Samson, following the original novel released about three months ago. Gilmour noted that audio books have an unrealized potential for collaborating with musicians. It seemed natural to him that other artists should collaborate with writers to accompany the audio books in music, as his new song "Yes, I Have Ghosts" accompanies the book "A Theater For Dreamers". The beautiful acoustic song also features Gilmore daughter Romany, singing and playing the harp. Gilmour noted that he started working on the song just as the Covid-19 crisis erupted and he was in lockdown, so he was forced to cancel the sessions designed to take place with other musicians and backing singers. David Gilmour went on to work on the song with his daughter Romany and said he could not have been more pleased with the way her voice blends in with his and the way she accompanied him in playing the harp, which was a new discovery for him. For listening: Spotify, Apple Music. Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to our website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Podcast

Friday Release sponsored by Covid-19 # 6 And this time "Scorpions", who pamper us with a new song with a message of hope. The band is in the process of working on a new album due out in 2021 and promises that it is going to include strong hard rock songs, probably also influenced by the new drummer Mikkey Dee, known to us mainly from his work with "Motorhead", King Diamond and more. Until then, the band decided to pamper us with a ballad of hope, that the work on it was completed especially for the current Covid crises and is called, of course, "Sign Of Hope". The band is already waiting to return to the studio and continue working on the new album. They claim there are already a lot of finished songs just waiting to be recorded, but the situation does not allow them to arrive in Los Angeles, where they started working with producer Greg Fidelman, or alternatively the producer's arrival in Germany to finish work on the album. Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to our website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Poscast

Just to be clear from the start, we are devoted groupies of the band... During the show we went through a powerful experience to the point of insanity, so there is a more explanatory chance that the review below will not be objective and even materially flawed in the technical details, so we apologies even before we start. Hayehudim came to burn down Caesarea !! There is no other way to describe it !! We all already recognize the fact that we live in an age where "pop" rules, not only in our small country but also overseas. Not just a ruler but a ruler with a high hand, and in our small country this is even much more significant. Artists today are measured by the number of views on YouTube, Likes on Instagram and collaboration with commercial brands, there is no need to mention Facebook because it is already belong to the "old" of our age. When Omer Adam get a "Sold Out" in Hayarkon Park in two days, you ask yourself how you can compare it to Disturbed which brings 10,000 people to Live Park when the band at its peak !! So when Hayehudim decide to come to Caesarea for the second time, after 8 years, with more than 25 years of activity in their past, as a fan you sit and pray for the band... you pray for the rock in Israel... for your childhood heroes... please make this a successful and not embarrassing... I wish they will manage to fill the glorious amphitheater and not a single chair will be left empty. It's important to you that the band you love so much will not be disappointed and when it goes on stage full of energy as only it knows, it will look up and see a sea of ​​people, without bald spots in the shape of Roman stones. And indeed this was also the case this time, the aspiration, vision and desire came true !! Already at the entrance to the amphitheater, an impressive spectacle unfolds before our eyes. The stage looks impressive, a huge video wall in the background, two more walls on the sides of the stage and two more projecting what is happening on the stage. Hayehudim logo appears on the huge screen and the electricity has already been felt in the air. Yahav's drum set placed in the center of the stage with an impressive elevation and the guitars rested next to a large number of "Marshall" amplifiers, just like in the 90's. Undoubtedly an impressive construction that slightly hints at what is to come in a few minutes. Slowly the amphitheater filled almost to full capacity and the fears of baldness remained only on the heads of the growing men like us. But they were replaced by other concerns... Chairs ??? At Hayehudim Live Show ??? In the orchestra section ??? what's happening here??? Even in the band's unplugged tour, we barely managed to hold ourselves in a chair so in an electric show ??? We have already started preparing escape plan, riot and fighting scenarios dealing with the event's stewards and security guards! Then the it started... the lights went out... and the famous cartoon opening theme "Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes" began to play on screen, something that had not happened before in the band's performances, and it already felt that something different and special was happening here. The opening was replaced by a dramatic opening of xylophone-shaped electronic keyboards as the video art plays the band's logo, as if playing with our heart that explodes in a second of excitement, "Let's get started !!" They go on stage and then it starts... it comes up... "here it comes", not a typical opening because after the first two strong bars the song goes into a quieter state, but it's good enough and we love it, it builds our catharsis !! Orit Shahaf looks like "Hippolyta" Wonder Woman's mother to those who do not know, the Queen of the Amazons who came to show Caesarea that it is not an amphitheater but a rehearsal room in south Tel Aviv that has a hard time containing its tremendous powers. Tom Petrover looks like a warrior from the Underworld who with charisma and endless powers consumes every sound in the air and takes over the eardrums like a spell. Yahav Lipinsky gives a presence as if Caesarea is just a stop on his world tour and comes to give us a head start. The old fox Itzik Soulam, an experienced warrior, also seems to have gotten off the plane now and come to dedicate himself to his guitar, so that our heartbeats will play at his own pace... and Greg who looks like Mike Inez who came to dismantle all the ancient Roman stones and copy them from their place. The show was impressive in every aspect imaginable !! Only one thing was out of place... the crowd !! The crowd still remain seated, screaming and singing but seating glued to the chair as if the teacher is standing in the corner of the classroom waiting to punish the first student to stand up. In the second song, between the scream and the roar of the audience, the seated began to exchange puzzling glances with each other, as if they did not understand what was going on here. Why are they exploding from the inside but still sitting down? How can one enjoy such a performance of the biggest rock band in Israel? We will use this opportunity to give a little tip to the Nature and Parks Authority, note this down!! "You can't hold rock shows in a sitting down position! No discussion!" In the third song the audience could longer withstand the onslaught of energies and as if the social protest had just begun here, the orchestra section sitters broke through the orange plastic barriers, "moved" the security guards and stormed to the front of the stage with your loyal servants full partners in the assault. Officially now the show has begun !!! A tremendous explosion, unimaginable energies and tremendous power, there is no other way to describe this band. As with every show, the band came to give it all out, to give everything they have as if it was their last show on earth (knock's on wood). A show that started at 21:40 ended exactly at 00:15, almost two and a half hours of an amazing performance with endless energies of huge talents. They performed almost all the great songs from their rich catalog, "Stolen", "New York City", "Ella", "Sammy Free" and other songs that went crazy and almost completely dismantled the place. "Her Time", "Our Days", "Forever on My Side" which created an amazing moment between Orit and Tom (there were quite a few wet eyes) and other exciting moments. An impressive and perfectly built playlist that swept the audience and put on an" immortal "rock show. One thing we must note and it's even really hurting us, is that apart from the song "Sister" no other song from the band's latest and wonderful album "No More" was performed, a trend that has been repeated a lot since the album release and we still can not understand why. Especially when we love this album so much, it hearts because we feel like the band is trying to ignore it or deny its existence. And one more little thing... In order to be honest with ourselves mainly but also with the experience we went through, there was another little thing that bothered us... from the third part of the show something did not work out for Tom. He seems to be fighting with the guitar, not hearing himself on the monitor, taking off the ear piece, cut his finger, in short something there did not work for him and the frustration was shown. From time to time he seemed to be more focused on the problem than on the show, as in the song "New York City" that he hardly sang the first part at all. You can't blame him, it's very hard to enjoy and stay focused when so many things are bothering you. Daniel Barchar which we already mentioned in our shows was the first guest on stage, he is a talented musician and leader of the Drugstore Fanatics today and was part of one of the band's most talented eras, creating the album "Forte" and the unplugged tour. Undoubtedly he was a huge contribution on stage, the talented guitarist brought more volume to Caesarea and made a significant contribution to the madness. Another very surprising guest was Danny Sanderson, the man does not aged a bit and looks just like in the clip "At the Aunt and Uncle's" only with white hair. He said that he recorded the song "Far Summer" with Orit in 1994, even before anyone knew the two. They performed the song in an amazing way, he stayed for another song which he preformed together with band, "Yo Ya" together. Yes... yes... you heard right, we too rubbed our eyes and ears, but the band like every time they touch something or play something it becomes pure rock and roll. "Yo Ya" have sounded like a real hard rock song, an amazing experience !! Hayehudim with their huge decile and amazing abilities gave it their all and gave us an experience that will not be forgotten for many years to come. This is without a doubt a show that stands proudly (and even passes) in the series of shows that visit our tiny country this summer. We very much hope that they will read these lines and soon release a video of one of their performances so that we can occasionally cuddle up to this wonderful thing! Thank you for your amazing music and crazy performances, love you! Follow us on Facebook or Subscribe to the website "Face/Off" - Israel's Rock Blog & Radio show, Sundays at 11:00