April 2010
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NY PRESS - Bash Compactor: Shred Heads
By Danny Gold  Photo by Jammi York Ah, the beauty of the guitar solo, which lets even an awkward 15-year-old shyly step on stage and capture the hearts and souls of an audience. It was the sixth annual Shred For Your Life guitar solo competition at Webster Hall Saturday night, and that meant head-to-head, balls-to-the-wall guitar shredding as 12 contestants competed for the crown. After...
Apr 28th
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T MAGAZINE - Ready, Shreddy, Go!
By ANDY GENSLER Photos By Cheryl Dunn Photo by Cheryl Dunn This past Saturday at Webster Hall’s grand ballroom, it all came down to two very different but equally impressive New York City “shredders”: Dylan Brenner, a 15-year old Les Paul-wielding prodigy from Long Island, and Lily Maase, a 27-year old guitarist who splits her time between Bushwick, Brooklyn, and Spanish Harlem. Both had...
Apr 28th
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TEEN VOGUE - Super Shredders : Who won the shred...
Dylan Brenner gets his shred on. This past Saturday the sixth annual Shred For Your Life competition took place at Webster Hall.  Twelve brave guitar heroes stepped up to the footplate and performed in a knock-out contest to find the best guitar soloist. After an intro from the event’s MC and an electric guitar interpretation of the national anthem, it was game on.  The battles were...
Apr 28th
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Photos: Shred for Your Life. By Chris Owyoung.
 Contestants were critiqued by Andrew W.K., Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio and Les Savy Fav’s Seth Jabour. The field varied wildly from adolescent to old(er), from death metal to jazz and from ordinary to downright strange. After a series of brutal face-offs that included 20 second speed rounds and blindfolds, Lily Masse, the event’s only female competitor, was declared winner over last year’s...
Apr 28th
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4 More Days!
Shred For Your Life from All Day Everyday on Vimeo.
Apr 13th
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punx!
via othelogervacio
Apr 13th
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8 MORE DAY!
Apr 9th
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Shred Love via the Internet
More press for the event from the good people at PaperMag and Frank 151. Thanks guys!
Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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Theme Magazine loves Shred!
Theme Magazine is just as stoked as we are! Check out the post they made HERE.
Apr 2nd
March 2010
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Mar 31st
Mar 31st
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Happy Birthday Slowhand
Wait for the solo, its a beauty.
Mar 30th
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Born Again Rock God : John Frusciante
John Frusciante was born in 1970 and by 1989 he was in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They had just lost their drummer due to madness and their guitarist to a heroin overdose. John was just a fan who joined when he was 19, they recorded an album Mothers Milk and made their first top 40 single in 5 years. After a world tour they went to record 1991’s Blood Sugar Sex Majik on that record are 2...
Mar 30th
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SHRED OF THE DAY
To introduce our little buddy to the team, Van’s just released this two page spread. Kickflip back 50 on some gnarly fence pole. Click here to see the large version.
Mar 30th
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For the Kids.
Mar 30th
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EVENT UPDATE!!
BEGINS AT 8 instead of 8:30. Snooze you lose. See ya there!
Mar 29th
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6th ANNUAL SHRED FOR YOUR LIFE !!!!!!!!
 
Mar 26th
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Jimi and the Stones
Mar 26th
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Shred of the Day : Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page God type : Dark Prince Axe : Gibson Les Paul Special move : violin bow
Mar 19th
Mar 17th