8.1.11 AUGUST 20th at the Cedar Mill Hot Rod Cruise In
                             MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE / GEARHEAD
                                                 Bands start at 10 / MDM on at 12:30 
                                    The new and improved line up
                                  features Matt 'Wild Dog' McCourt
                                 on bass, vocals and overall coolness.

6.1.11 Tony has added yet another project to his list for 2011, and he sounds pumped for these shows!
 HITMAN has signed on as the guitar wiz in the new lineup of CRAZY TRAIN 
THE premier Ozzy Tribute Band on the West Coast.
 "The band sounds monsterous. I am thrilled to get to play some of my favorite Randy songs and solos Live for the first time in years! I'll be doing them with as much reverance and perfection as I can. The Sabbath, Zach and Jake E stuff will get a little personal adjustment here and there." Yeah, we can imagine!
 When asked if SUICIDE SOLUTION was in the set, the response was a raised eyebrow.
"That's in my contract."
 The first show for the new band is at the OHSU Cancer Center Benefit on July 10th in Hubbard OR. Music starts at 4pm. It's a great show for a great cause, featuring three other tribute acts as well as Tony and the new crew. Also at Malibu's in Vancouver on the 30th.

              


5.1.11                           Happy 29th Birthday HITMAN!

4.1.11                          Happy 29th Birthday Paul Newman!

3.15.11 THREE MINUTES OF FURY 
The new CD from THE KARLTON COFFIN BAND is due for release any day. Tony is soloing on six of the songs, along with  Jason 'Bully' Moser on bass, Mike Bacon, Brian Richey and Jared Edeger on guitar. Check out Man On The Inside on the Music page.


 
3.1.11 Paul, Tony and their partners in GEARHEAD will be performing as CHURCH OF DIO in a Tribute to Ronnie James Dio at the Red Room on the 18th. The setlist is full of Sabbath and Early Dio songs. You don't wanna miss this one!


2.15.11 The California Power Punk Bulldozer that is 900 POUND GORILLA has called on HITMAN once again to trade solos with guitar monster John Baker on their new CD. An encore to their Grammy Nominated Instrumental Rock Effort Roller Derby Girl, check out an advance mix of Buzzkiller on the Music page!

12.25.10     HAPPY HOLIDAYS from MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE!
                                    Here's a present for ya...
                                  Marisa Gaglio's version of
                             'Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer'
                          from Christmas 2008! Enjoy the memories.

11.15.10 Tony is off to Arizona this week to record solo tracks for the debut CD from Dark Metal Diva BELLADONNA BLACK. As suspected, his flight back has a connection in Anaheim....



8.1.10  FINALLY... ANOTHER LIVE SHOW!!
 Tony and Paul have assembled a Super Group incarnation of MDM for a set this Saturday August 7th at the Cedar Mill Hot Rod Cruise In. The corner of Murray and Cornell next to Sunset High.
 The new band will feature  keyboard monster Eric Lawrence (Wild Life, Otovoid) trading solos with Tony while Jason Simpson (Otovoid, The Edge) takes over lead vocal chores for the majority of the set. Paul gets to hammer out the rhythm section with bass wiz and infamous Metal Mastermind Matt McCourt (Wild Dogs, Dr. Mastermind).
 The set starts at noon. Lots of car songs and way too many notes are almost garaunteed!

5.16.10   Ronnie James Dio 1942-2010
Rest in Peace and Thank You....touch the rainbow.
                     

3.01.10  You can now go check out the FRET-N-REST website or the HOTRODGUITARSHOP YouTube channel for those promo vids and lessons Tony cooked up for the NAMM show. There's a cool solo on Lesson 1...on a Fret-N-Rest!

1.15.10 Tony will be doing some demonstrations and clinics at the Winter NAMM show this weekend in Anaheim at the Convention Center. He'll be doing a Performance/Clinic at Booth 3404 for the FRET-N-REST  company several times daily on Friday and Saturday. He is also scheduled to do a demo at the Dean/Luna Guitars booth (hoping for Michael Schenker to also appear...how cool is that?) on Saturday and a Clinic/Seminar for Chateau Guitars on Sunday. And sorry to announce, no HITMAN STRINGS booth again this year. 
  And as a Grand Finale, on Sunday and Monday, Tony will be apearing with Marisa at Disneyland! They'll be singing all your Disney favorites in line for Pirate's of the Caribbean...and pretty much every other ride in the park. 

                         

12.24.09 HAPPY HOLIDAYS from MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE!

11.01.09  The downloads page has two new tracks from the upcoming Tony Gaglio/Jay Purvis Project CD  TWENTY. Backroom Politics is a mid-tempo latin flavored groove, and Movers and Shakers (of the Military Industrial Complex) is a full tilt country swing. Complete with pickin' AND grinnin'.

10.01.09 Right track at the right time! Can you say "GRAMMY'?
 The exciting news this month is that our good friends from SoCal 900 Pound Gorilla are on the nomination ballot for the 2009 Grammy Awards! And maybe the most interesting twist is that they are nominated for Best Instrumental Rock Performance, and the song has a special guest guitarist. That's right. HITMAN joins John Baker on lead guitar on 'Roller Derby Girl'...yep, the ballot reads '900 Pound Gorilla featuring Tony Gaglio' ! HITMAN  is on the Grammy Ballot with (his old drinkin' buddy) Steve Lukather, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Jeff Beck, Brad Paisley, Slash and 37 other world class bands and guitarists. Will they make the final list of five?  Tony says "Obviously I am just thrilled to just be on the ballot thanks to John and the boys. Another career highlight for me! My resume looks great right about now. Yet again I'm in the right place at the right time"

 Also, on the Downloads page is an advance mix of the new Karlton Coffin Band song Get Your Drink On with Tony playing both halves of the dueling slide/shred solo. Tony joined Karlton and some old friends (Davin Carten got to pretend to play Tony's slide solo and Tom Torresdal  from Van Cleef got to lip-synch bass...with his hands) for the video shoot of the song on the Hawthorne Theatre stage this weekend. A ridiculously fun time was had by all. See the video on YouTube soon, we'll post a link!

9.1.09   The Downloads page has two new advance tracks from the Tony Gaglio / Jay Purvis CD collaboration TWENTY. Eights and Aces  is sleaze-jazz at it's finest and the lyrical  Satin Jungle  is a smooth samba influenced jam.
  "TWENTY is a collection of original songs played by twenty fingers...or less since Tony doesn't use the little finger on his right hand." says Jay "We were gonna call it Nineteen but there's just not the same ring to it."

8.1.09   Tony did some recording with his Southern California buddies 900 Pound Gorilla. Tony and John Baker tear it up on an instrumental version of the song Roller Derby Girl as a bonus track on their new CD. 

 Tony also is working on a duo CD with Jazz piano/guitar wiz Jay Purvis for January and is adding some solos (a BUNCH of 'em  from what I hear) to a new CD from other former RECKLESS guy Karlton Coffin. 
 
7.1.09   Tony has up a great YouTube video lesson for MSG's Into the Arena. He plans on putting up more lesson videos for the students in his various classes as practice tools. I think lots of us that aren't in his class will be happy too! The new Username is HOTRODGUITARSHOP. We'll be setting up a MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE YouTube page soon!

5.01.09    Happy Birthday HITMAN!! Did he REALLY get himself another Hot Rod for his Birthday? You knew he couldn't let Paul have all the fun!

3.01.09    Our favorite drummer Paul Newman has upgraded his Hot Rod collection considerably this month with the addition of a 2009 Corvette! 435 horse LS3 with a 6 speed manual transmission and an independent posi-traction rear! I think the Cougars and Mustangs are jealous. We call it the Newman/General Motors Stimulus Plan. 

12.01.08    HAPPY HOLIDAYS and the best to you and yours from THE MOVIE!

9.01.08     The Downloads section has a new look! The current setup will soon carry some Guitar Classes and solo examples as well as material from rehearsals and sessions from the boys and ALL their projects. Check it out!

3.1.08    Go check out the website of our good friends from Southern California  (where all...well, most...of the really cool bands are)  900 Pound Gorilla  featuring Tony's favorite  guitar primate John Baker.  Their new CD is flat out fantastic from start to finish! Get on the bandwagon early,  avoid the lines later.

  And, as always when in Southern California, go support Angelo and the boys at FISHBONEDOTNET!

2.1.08  Our New Site look is a temporary one as we move forward and upgrade. Look forward to Guitar Lessons, Forum pages and Paul's Musclecar BurnOut videos!!
Coming Soon!

12.25.07 Happy Holidays to You And Yours from MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE!

9.1.07  The Downloads section has some new rehearsal demos and a Commercial piece that Tony did for a new Custom Chopper Shop called Mammalcycles.

5.1.07  Tony has a weekend of sets with Dave and Dirty Penny Blues Band filling in for Marc. I see lots of Hendrix tunes in their future! Friday and Saturday the 4th and 5th at The Spot.