Opening for Tony MacAlpine and Uli Roth

Our shows with guitar legends Tony MacAlpine and Uli Roth were incredible! Thank you to everyone that came out and showed their support. It was a tremendous honor to have guitar legend Jason Becker at our Oakland show. He is truly an inspiration for all. Enjoy the pics below.

Bill Lonero and Jason Becker

New Show Announced!

LoNero has just been added to the February 12th show with Tony MacAlpine at The Avalon in Santa Clara, CA. If you can't make our show with Tony and Uli Roth on February 11th in Oakland, CA at Oakland Metro Opera House than come out to this one. Tony will be playing his album "Edge of Insanity" in it's entirety! Also on the bill is Madman's Lullaby and Michael Cosyn Group

New Tour Dates w/Pat Travers

New Shows Announced with Pat Travers! We're very excited to go back out with Pat and his band. They are all a bunch of great guys and INCREDIBLE musicians! We hope to see you at a show!

August 22nd- Oakland, CA - New Parish Hall
August 23rd - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
August 24th - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
August 25th - Tacoma, WA - Backstage Bar

LoNero Performing The Star Spangled Banner

Here's a rehearsal video of LoNero performing the Star Spangled Banner. We usually open our shows with this. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays from LoNero

We want to wish you and your family a very happy Holiday and very successful 2012.

This last year for us has been very successful. We released our lastest CD "J.F.L." to rave reviews. We had a very successful 18 date tour with guitar legend Pat Travers that took us through California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Played with Michael Schenker, Vicious Rumors and more. Played some great venues in SF, Oregon, Chico etc and met a lot of really cool people and made a lot more new fans. It's been great!

We are really excited to announce our next show will be with guitar legends Uli Jon Roth and Tony MacAlpine at The Pound in Oakland, CA on February 11th. Tickets can be purchased at http://holdmyticket.com/event/33830. Also on the bill is Fla Metal.

We are currently writing songs for the next CD and have 6 done. Can't wait to play them all of you!

To end the year on a high note (literally) here is a pic of Bill Lonero and Joe Satriani at Chickenfoot's rehearsal studio. 

LoNero - Tony MacAlpine - Uli Jon Roth

LoNero are proud to announce that we will be opening for guitar greats Tony MacAlpine and Uli Jon Roth. The show is Saturday February 11th at The Pound in Oakland, CA. Tickets are $22. Click the link below to purchase. http://www.ticketfusion.com/store/one/index.html?page_type=ticket&show_id=628392&store_id=2133

Tour Photos

Well, we just got back from our tour with Pat Travers and it was fantastic! We really had a great time interacting with new fans and playing our music in markets we hadn't played yet. The audience feedback was incredible! At every show they showed their enthusiasm for us and our music and really made us feel at home. Thank you to everyone that showed their appreciation. It meant the world to us! Below are some photos from some of the shows. More will be available soon on our Facebook page. A big thank you to Pat Travers, Kirk McKim, Rodney O'Quinn, Sandy Gennaro, Mike Beard and Tony Lopez. Also please add us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/LoNeroMusic.

Portland Crowd - Roseland Theater, Portland, OR

El Rey Theater - Chico, CA

The Last Day Saloon - Santa Rosa, CA

Fox Theater - Redwood City, CA

Roseland Theater - Portland, OR

The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA

Ramona Mainstage - Ramona, CA

The Boardwalk - Sacramento, CA

New Interview: The Rocktologist

New LoNero interview with Bill Lonero. Check it out: http://www.therocktologist.com/lonero-interview.html

LoNero - The Hammer Live

New Interview: The Loop

"I met Bill Lonero a number of years ago and have been an avid fan of his music ever since. His latest album, J.F.L., is the best I’ve heard from the band to date.

What I like most about Bill is that he is so humble about his abilities. I’ve never heard him brag about his guitar playing. Even though he is one of the fastest people I’ve ever seen pick up the instrument, for Bill, it’s not about speed, it’s about feeling every note.
During my latest trip to California, I stopped in to see Bill at his studio and talk about his latest album, which was just released on iTunes." Click here to read the entire interview

New Interview: The Great Southern Brainfart

"If you are a guitarist or a fan of guitar players in general, this interview is going to be a real treat for you. California based guitarist Bill Lonero is a new name on the scene to many bringing a much welcomed style of music to the table. His band LoNero performs a style of music called “Guitarcore” but before you roll your eyes at yet another genre tag, give the guy a much deserved chance. I recently woke up Bill from his slumber and being the good sport he was took some time to talk to me about his love for AC/DC, his disdain for Carlos Santana and just what the hell “Guitarcore” actually is. Enjoy this interview with Bill Lonero!" Click here to read the entire interview

Interview with Metal Underground

LoNero guitarist Bill Lonero just did an interview with Metal Underground. Check it out here. It's brutally honest. Hope you can handle it!

http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=68939

Review #6 of "J.F.L."

"I'm not a fan of the multi genre-tag system rock music has created for itself, so when the second album from guitar driven instrumental act LoNero landed in my home with the proud boast that this band had created "Guitarcore", I have to say that I gave a little inward sigh. So what is guitarcore I hear you ask? Well judging from JFL, the simple(ish) answer to that would appear to be everything from guitar based rock that ranges across melodic rock to punk, as well as metal ranging from the funk variety to the power category. Maybe it is easier to think of Joe Satriani with a slightly wider remit and you won't be far off.

Now all of that immediately describes why I think that with JFL LoNero may have created themselves a double edged sword, because I know that people who will genuinely get a huge amount out of this sharp, well crafted, song based album will have already been put off by the thought of another instrumental based guitar led album. Reviewers can say until they are blue in the face that what LoNero do is different from most shredders or as their work is known "guitar wank" albums, but there's no doubt that it won't be enough to convince those who believe that they need lyrics and vocals to really make an album complete, and that is a real shame. JFL isn't an excuse for musicians to show off and while there can be no doubt that Bill Lonero is a six-string sage, he uses his talent to tell simple musical stories embellished with a little sparkles of colour and simply wonderful tone. Ably backed by Mike McKaigg on bass, Brandon Hayes on rhythm/harmony guitar and Marco Bicca on drums, what LoNero the band do is rock and rock hard!

What is also impressive about JFL is that not only does it not matter one iota that LoNero don't have a singer, but that they manage to do so while creating a wonderfully eclectic, yet cohesive album. "Fat Tat" could be from a long lost Ramones out-take that Satriani found lying around, "Downside" funks things up like The Electric Boys on happy pills, while "Oblivion" dives off into prog-metal territory, but without the overwrought baggage that suggests and "King Of Damage" oozes bluesy class in the manner that Clutch would be proud of. Yes it sounds like a slightly odd mix, but believe me when I say that the songs work both individually and as a cracking album!

Put the preconceptions away and indulge yourself in an instrumental album that has as much, if not more power, emotion and clarity than most of the lyric based acts around. LoNero deserve to be huge, it's up to you to get them there!" - Steven Reid/Sea of Tranquility

Review #5 of the New CD "J.F.L."

“Unlike jazz, rock has been dominated by singers rather than instrumentalists, but that doesn't mean that rock's instrumentalist minority haven't made some exciting contributions over the years. And those rock instrumentalists have ranged from surf rockers (the Ventures, the Surfaris) to the pickers (acoustic folk-rock guitarists like John Fahey and Leo Kottke) to hard rock shredders of the Steve Vai/Joe Satriani variety. LoNero (a band led by electric guitarist Bill Lonero) falls into the shredder category, but what one hears on J.F.L. isn't an exact replica of Vai andSatriani as they sounded in the '80s. Rather, LoNero bring a post-'80s, post-Nirvana perspective to the shredder school of instrumental rock. Vai and Satriani are influences on this 2011 release, but so is alternative rock;LoNero combine that Vai/Satriani aesthetic with alternative rock, and punk is an influence on aggressive, hard-rocking tracks such as "Discard," "Fat Tat," "Oblivion," and "Little Bastard." Bill Lonero isn't the only Vai/Satriani-influenced guitarist who has shredded in a way that is also mindful of alternative rock and punk; Los Angeles-based guitarist Joe Bochar, aka Joboj, is another shredder who has post-‘80s, post-Nirvana influences. Joboj, like Bill Lonero, has successfully combined his passion for Vai and Satriani with a passion for alternative rock and punk. But it is safe to say that the market hasn't exactly been saturated with guitar-playing instrumentalists who are doing what Joboj and Bill Lonero are doing. The members of LoNero like to describe the instrumental rock on J.F.L. as "guitarcore," but however one describes this 32-minute CD, J.F.L. is an exciting reminder of the fact that not all shredders are oblivious to post-'80s developments in the rock world.” - Alex Henderson, Rovi

LoNero On Tour with Pat Travers - Dates