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Clive Murray
@axemonkey.bsky.social
Rock guitarist and gentleman adventurer from a land before time. I mostly post on Mastodon for now - @axemonkey@metalhead.club

https://clivemurray.com/

Check out my album!

https://loveandpainkillers.com/
Blog post: A Good Day to Font Hard

blog.clivemurray.com/a-good-day-t...

I apologise, it is another long one. But it has lots of nice typefaces, a few puns, and even a tiny little Led Zeppelin reference.

🙏
insince.re // A Good Day to Font Hard
blog.clivemurray.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New video - playthrough of “Panama” by Van Halen.

It’s up on YouTube and PeerTube, whichever you prefer.

YT: youtu.be/C6zxsDvtd2M
PT: makertube.net/w/19CbQ4dVbH...

Happy Friday!

#Guitar
#Guitarist
#Ibanez
#VanHalen
#Music
#Rock
#EddieVanHalen
#Panama
Van Halen "Panama" playthrough
YouTube video by clivemurray
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Another play through video!

This time it’s a proper full length song, “Kalahari” off of my 2024 album Love and Painkillers.

There’s a bit of waffle about it after the song too.

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWsN...

#Music #Guitar #Video #Instrumental #Ibanez #IbanezJem
"Kalahari" playthrough
YouTube video by clivemurray
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tiny blog post: Resurrection playthrough.

blog.clivemurray.com/resurrection...
insince.re // “Resurrection” playthrough
blog.clivemurray.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is the day that Satan is skating to work.

Ibanez 540PIII reissue. MIJ, 24fr, H/S. Perfect except for one crucial detail…

43mm neck width at the nut. The original (I have one from 1989) was 45mm. The ultra wide neck was one of the USPs.

Still awesome though.

www.ibanez.com/eu/products/...
540PIII | P | ELECTRIC GUITARS | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars
540PIII at Ibanez. Ibanez offers electric guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, effect and pedals, amps, plus guitar accessories like tuners, straps and picks.
www.ibanez.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Clive Murray
2026: Put the brakes on everything.

2028: Expand the Supreme Court, Medicare for All, regulate crypto up the wazoo, tax the bejeezus out the toolbags who made all this possible, electrify rail, nationalize SpaceX, abolish ICE, protect trans people, codify reproductive rights,
June 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Completely forgot BlueSky existed.
June 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Wow. A lot of interest in the whole pope-alooza going on. I kind of thought nobody gave a shit any more, like Eurovision or the Grand National.
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🚨 New guitar challenge is live! 🚨

This time the Bros. tackle the solo section from Joe Satriani’s “Strange”.

fiasco.quest/challenges/2...

#Guitar
#GuitarChallenge
#GuitarSolo
#FiascoBrothers
#JoeSatriani
Guitar Challenges
fiasco.quest
May 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A little blog post about a thing I made recently.

blog.clivemurray.com/guitar-chall...
insince.re // Guitar Challenges by the Fiasco Bros
blog.clivemurray.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨 New thing alert! 🚨

Guitar Challenges by the Fiasco Bros.

In which a friend and I who have been playing guitar together for decades come up with guitar challenges for each other, video the evidence, and put it on the internet.

challenge.clivemurray.com

Enjoy!

#Guitar
#Guitarist
#RockGuitar
Guitar Challenges
challenge.clivemurray.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Friday is not only Bandcamp Friday, it is also Rik Mayall day.

#RikMayallDay
#TheRikMayall
#Woof
March 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I’m streaming some Fallout 4 on Twitch.

twitch.tv/tommistarr
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
CALL FOR VOTES!

Hi. I might have a chance to open for the wonderful @jongomm.bsky.social in May this year. I would be hugely grateful if you would do me the favour of going here www.jongomm.com/supports and voting for me, Clive Murray.

#LiveMusic
#JonGomm
#Guitarist
#RockGuitar
Jon Gomm - Supports
Jon Gomm. Supports 2025 uk
www.jongomm.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New web toy I've been mucking about with in my downtime.

flipper.clivemurray.com

Inspired by the Apple album art screensaver initially. I wondered if I could get the same 3D flipping effect in a browser, and the answer was of course yes. 😀
February 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Dear #Lazyweb

I sometimes write things. Sometimes they are long, sometimes people enjoy them. I would like to do this more, and perhaps submit things to an occasional publication or two. I wondered how to go about this, so I spoke to a journalist friend.
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Clive Murray
This is my favourite bit of the song: The major to minor key change, the cascading harmonics, it feels like making trails with sparklers in the dark

Check You're Still Breathing, recorded with the PowerTap Earth Pro from Fishman, no other mics or sources.
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If anyone was wondering, I have been capturing numbers (in order) sporadically for a while.

500px.com/p/axemonkey/...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Further to late night "not ok" post the other day...

Sorry. I'm trying not to be a drama llama. But it doesn't always work.

Sometimes I... don't feel "safe" in my own head. I know I should stay off the socials when that happens, but I am an idiot and I am weak.

Thanks for your patience. 🙏
January 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Clive Murray
I’m voting we call this The Clod War.
January 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Am not ok. Dammit.
January 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reposted by Clive Murray
To add: The below turns off Copilot in Word. You may still need to turn it off piecemeal elsewhere. To turn it off EVERYWHERE in Windows 11, here's a good set of instructions: www.tomsguide.com/computing/so... - note the first part depends on your Windows version; the gpedit steps work regardless.
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM