douglas blair signal2noise

signal2noise is Douglas Blair and John Anthony: American pioneers of the power duo. Using invented and developed instruments, along with powerful influences and inspiration, this duo exists to rewrite the codes of musician interplay. Blair is also lead guitarist for USA's W.A.S.P., while John Anthony alternately drives his Boston-based Anthony's Planet.

"There's nothing duller than a band that have chosen to read the blueprint and have stuck to it. I wanna see bands that are reaching beyond, even what they think they're capable of, and that's what's really important."
Steven Wilson 11.10
What's New

11/15/11 - brand new Glue Factory live instrumental track Shuffle Kings can be heard on the audio player. Again, the vintage analog Boss RPS-10 is used as a key effect in the GX playing.

10/25/11 - work is progressing rapidly at Mixed Emotion Studios with engineer Kenny Lewis(Stryper) on six uncompleted s2n studio tracks!

10/14/11 - Blair's Hamer GuitarCross has been lent indefinitely to one of his BIG heros... let's see what the Hevy will do with it!

8/23/11 - Blair's Les Paul Blade II has been featured in the September, 2011 issue of Premier Guitar Magazine(US) in the 'Guitar of the Month' section. Check it out here.

6/18/11 - new photos of Blair Les Paul Blade stage guitars have been posted here.

4/14/11 - Heart of Darkness, a second instrumental tracked live at The Glue Factory, can be heard on the audio player.

4/04/11 - Mother, the first cut recorded live at The Glue Factory, s2n's Boston rehearsal facility, has been posted on the site-wide audio player. Creatively employed is a mid-80's Boss RPS-10 Pitch Shifter/Delay in its main riff on the GX.

4/02/11 - Check out the guitar page featuring Blair's custom-designed and hand-built instruments, from Super Strats to Turbo Les Pauls, Mutant Twin double necks and the ASIA, it's all here.

3/30/11 - New Run 21 page is under construction: check out Blair's formative years here, and see his first national US press here.

9/22/10 - See the Metal Hammer Germany review of W.A.S.P.'s performance at the 2010 Wacken Metal Festival here.

1/21/10 - Douglas has contributed an editorial article to the 1/10 issue of Finland's RYTMI music magazine. The piece, entitled Back To The Source of Music, can be read in English here.
Douglas' W.A.S.P. World

The studio Strats and Gibson Les Paul are being dusted off, tuned-up, and fired up for upcoming sessions on a new W.A.S.P. CD!

Sixteen successful shows in six countries have been completed. Douglas's revitalized 1980 Custom Mockingbird lights up the stage. Read here.

See photos of Douglas performing with W.A.S.P. in the Gallery section found here.

W.A.S.P. will reconvene in 2011 for a slew of European summer rock festivals. Douglas' updates and on-tour blogs can be read using the links below:
Read up on the recent European Fall Return To Babylon tour and Douglas' latest stage axe here.

Check out the band's summer 2010 European festival season, including the legendary Sweden Rock and Wacken here.

The group toured the United States and South America supporting Babylon on its winter/spring 2010 run. Hear about it here.

The powerful new CD Babylon was released, a full European tour and video were completed, and Douglas introduced a striking new stage guitar in the fall of 2009. Read here.

Douglas recorded leads for Babylon in Los Angeles during a busy summer festival season of 2009. Find some details here.

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