Pick of the Week — Scarlet Machine
This week’s featured Pick of the Week was made for the band Scarlet Machine. “Scarlet 
Machine is a four-piece rock band made up of teens from the San Francisco Bay Area. These young musicians are making music like it used to be: jamming, not manufacturing. With roots in jazz, rock and funk, Scarlet Machine is about musicianship, great songs, and energetic performances. What you see is what you get.
All too often, bands in concert sound nothing like their CD. Scarlet Machine refuses to be one of those bands. Scarlet [...]
Pick of the Week — Freaky Urban Troopers
The chosen Pick of the Week this week was made for the band Freaky Urban Troopers. 
They are a funk-rock/progressive-rock band from Vienna/Austria founded in 2011 who are currently starting out, playing (and winning;) several band-contests with national and international gigs and recording their first album in summer 2012. Here is a bio taken from their official site at http://www.freakyurbantroopers.com/:
Groovy beats, funky rock-guitars, freaky rhythms, fantastic melodies and a voice which enlightens your soul with pure desire and deliciousness. We come to rock your house, whatever you are up to. [...]
Pick of the Week — Tudor Adrian Negru/Ronin/Anomaly
This week’s Pick of the Week was ordered by Clayton customer Tudor Adrian Negru. Tudor is a “previous guitar player in Romanian heavy-metal bands Refractara, Ronin and currently lead-guitar in a newly established band called Anomaly (http://www.facebook.com/anomalybandcluj). With the main influences of the band straying more into the hard-core/metal areas but with a taint of nu-metal and hard-rock, Anomaly tries to bring something unique to the musical scene in Cluj-Napoca and Romania. The band is currently working on writing material for their first demo album which should be finished by July 2012 and have already had several live performances along [...]
Guitarings – Clayton Picks at NAMM
Check out KG and Kones speaking with Steve Clayton in their new video below:
Guitarings – Clayton Picks at NAMM
Trapped in Static
Trapped In Static is an alternative rock/indie band based in New York City formed by singer/musician/songwriter Athan Hilaki (previously with GAD.). The band first started 
using the name Trapped In Static in October 2010 with Athan on vocals & guitar but a different line-up. After a small break, the band is back with a new line-up, Athan Hilaki on vocals, guitar & keyboards, David Torres on drums and Peter Douskalis on guitar & keyboards, joined on stage by George Kostopoulos (bass). In [...]
Me Vs. Murphy
Me Vs Murphy is a band formed by four Venezuelans currently living in the city of Miami. The band just finished recording their first album titled “#JUSTSAYING” w
hich consists of 10 songs and it was recorded in the studios of SAE in Miami, Florida. The release is on March 2012. www.facebook.com/mevsmurphy
www.youtube.com/mevsmurphy
New Variety Pack
Whether you are new to the world of guitar playing, or you are just looking for a change in your guitar pick, the Clayton Variety Pack is a great option to try out our different materials! With the start of 2012, we added the Variety Pack to our line, and we encourage you to check it out! For just $1.99 plus shipping, you can try six of our different most popular pick materials, including one each of Acetal, Ultem, Duraplex, Cork Grip, Frost Byte, and S-Stone. They also are given in a variety of gauges, so that you can determine [...]
The Armiger
The Armiger is a 5 piece Metal band out of Chino Hills, California consisting of Wes Bracamontes on Lead Vocals, Shay Sawyer on Drums, David Willie on Lead Guitar, and Ryan Linden on Rhythm 
Guitar. Since their beginning in August of 2010, they have been turning heads within the Metal community and are gaining a following throughout the inland empire. While picking up sponsors at an early stage of their progress, they are looking to extend their reach into many different aspects [...]
