More
- Megadeth: Poison Was The Cure - soloLEVEL 9Cover of Marty Friedman's awesome solo.
- Ratt StyleLEVEL 3Second lesson of my new hard rock series based on greatest rock bands ever!
- Whitesnake StyleLEVEL 4Whitesnake style ballad solo!
- Kiss StyleLEVEL 3Lesson covering the heavier side of this legendary hard rock band from NYC.
- Steppenwolf StyleLEVEL 3A song in the style of Steppenwolf, rock band from the 1960s & 1970s
- Airbourne StyleLEVEL 4Rhythm & Solo covering the style of this powerfull Hard Rock band from Australia.
- Dio StyleLEVEL 4Learn some riffs inspired by the music of the legendary Dio. Full of crunchy power chords.
- Volbeat StyleLEVEL 4Lesson covering the unique fusion of styles created by the band Volbeat.
- Kingsmen StyleLEVEL 4A song in the style of The Kingsmen, a 1960s beat/garage rock band.
more
easier
Feedback
Opossum3rd May 2015This is great! I use to listen to C.C. Deville's solos over and over! Me and a friend covered Every Rose has its Thorn in a school chorus show back when it went to number 1 in 1988 or '89 and we were in the eighth grade. Overall it was a great experience and taught me the importance of making sure you're tuned up before you start playing! It would air for years on a local channel and I would cringe every time I heard it.
Hajduk22nd April 2015Great job Ben
Guido Bungenstock22nd April 2015Really great really. Mister Shorthair! :-D
Kristofer Dahl21st April 2015YEAH!! God I miss the eighties - thanks Ben this one rocked.
- Lesson
- My notes
Welcome to my new lesson in the style of Poison!
"Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great commercial success in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Poison has sold over 45 million records worldwide. The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum Look What the Cat Dragged In, was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with the second album, Open Up and Say... Ahh!, which became the band's most successful album, being certified 5x platinum in the US." - Wikipedia
Poison are one of the big guys to emerge during the 80's glam metal scene, sometimes known as hair metal. Their songs were riff driven and generally focused on much of the same topics that their contemporaries were singing about: good times, women and... err... good times.. and women too.
Their classic line up features guitarist C.C. DeVille. DeVille has a very traditional hard rock style, no doubt influenced by bands such as Kiss, Aerosmith and many other US & British rock bands of the 70's. His lead guitar playing usually features pentatonic licks with wild bends and whammy bar scoops.
This lesson will work on:
-Rhythm guitar
-Palm muting
-Use of sus4 chords
-Alternate picking
-Bending
Tuning: E A D G B E - Standard Tuning
Tempo: 155 bpm
Key: A
Gear:
Nick Crow 8505 Amp Plugin, Guitar Suite Tube Screamer, Poulin LeCab 2.
Scales:
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
