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“Octane” Ringtone Now Available @ Myxer!

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:07:26 +0000

With the recent release of the final version of the guitar solo “Octane” as part of Whole Damn Nation, we’ve gone ahead and put together a free new ringtone over at Myxer (which is the coolest place to grab free Fear Zero ringtones on the ‘net!)

Independent Rock Act Fear Zero Gets Huge Boost at Digg.com

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:53:13 +0000

Monday night was a very exciting time for us here at FearZero.com!

Ed shared with us some of his insights into creating the new “Octane” guitar solo in a blog post entitled “6 Face Melting Guitar Solos”.

Not only did the solos melt our faces off, it seems they melted our severs as well! The piece was picked up by social news site Digg.com and we received so much traffic that the site went down for several hours!

The article got over 900 “Diggs”, or votes, from those visiting the site, and over 200 comments were left by Digg users, often mentioning their own favorite guitar solos.

Check out the comments left over at Digg.com

Since then a few thousand people have gotten a chance to check out Octane, and the buzz around the solo has everyone happy that Ed created something unique to throw on the new album (and has us biting our nails in anticipation of the new tracks!)

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“Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!”

admin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:22:40 +0000

Below is a solo I wrote called Octane which may be on the new CD. I recorded it quite a while ago and next week I will post a video of me playing it. This is a demo and will be re-recorded should we decide to put it on the new CD.

Octane – Fear Zero from Ken Mason on Vimeo.

Download the Demo: octane

I wrote this after a request from one of Fear Zero’s managers that I do something to “prove” what I can do on guitar. It was a real pain to record and is probably the most demanding thing I have had to play guitar-wise. The influences are pretty obvious; Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen and a bit of Eric Johnson.

One of my favorite pieces of music to play when I was a kid just starting to play was a guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen called “Eruption.” I remember hearing this kid from my school play the end tapping part and I said to myself, “I have to learn that!” I spent the whole summer practicing that solo and by fall when my little band played our school dance, I performed it in front of the whole school to chants of “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.” It was pretty cool and must have been kinda like what EVH had heard on stage for years.