Category Archives: Fender Front Row
Adam Yauch, 1964-2012
Beastie Boys founding member Adam Yauch, 47, died May 4, 2012, after a three-year battle with cancer. Yauch’s passing comes less than a month after the enormously successful and influential Brooklyn. N.Y., hip-hop act he co-founded in 1979 was inducted … Continue reading
60th Anniversary Tele Notes & Trivia: 1992
The signature Jerry Donahue Telecaster is introduced this year. He is associated with two acts in particular; one a famous and longstanding U.K. folk-rock ensemble and the other a ’90s-era trio of top-notch Nashville session guitarists. Name them. Updated with … Continue reading
Greg Koch Guitar Center G-DEC® 3 Clinic Tour to Start July 18
Fender presents Greg Koch in a series of summer 2011 Guitar Center appearances nationwide in which the ace guitarist will educate all on the use of the Fender G-DEC 3 amplifier. Koch is an expert guide to the amp’s versatile … Continue reading
Clarence Clemons, 1942-2011
Fender is saddened by the passing of the Big Man. Clarence Clemons, longtime tenor saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, passed away in Florida on June 18 at age 69. Clemons was a beloved figure whose imposing 6-foot 5-inch, 270-pound … Continue reading
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Ryan Dunn, 1977-2011
Fender is saddened to learn of the tragic and untimely passing of Ryan Dunn, 34. The daredevil Jackass star was one of two people killed in a June 20 automobile accident in the Philadelphia area. Dunn was well known as … Continue reading
New Blink-182 Album Coming Spring 2011
Photo by Scott Dunlop Fender signature artist Mark Hoppus announced that Blink-182’s next album should be completed by April or May 2011.  Hoppus, who revealed the news in his blog, also posted several other details about the new album, Blink’s … Continue reading
