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Rig Rundown: Alluvial's Wes Hauch & Tim Walker
Rig Rundown: Alluvial's Wes Hauch & Tim Walker

Wes Hauch and Tim Walker dish out bleak brutality and darkened death metal (with a side of moodier moments) by way of choice Ibanez shredsicles, a signature set of Seymour Duncan firebreathers, and meticulously managed modelers dialed for pure power, diabolical dynamics, and technical ecstasy.

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Leonard “Hub” Hubbard was the founding bassist of the Roots, playing in the group from 1992 to 2007. He lost a long battle with cancer in December 2021.

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As a member of the Roots, Leonard “Hub” Hubbard created a vocabulary for live hip-hop.

What’s in a name? How do names define us and the lives we live? Within my culture, everybody has both a given and “chosen name.” A hub is literally the central part of a wheel, but symbolically it’s that thing around which all motion happens. Hub, aka Leonard Hubbard, was the original bassist in the Roots, and one could argue that if hip-hop had a hub, it would be bass. Sadly, Hub lost his long battle with cancer in December 2021.

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Which Album Would You Keep on a Keychain USB Drive? | Los Bitchos' Serra and Josefine The Big 5

Los Bitchos’ Josefine Jonsson on her party-saving jams, plus Serra Petale on the pedal she would “never want to play guitar without.”

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