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Rock House Method scores in Guitar World Poll.


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 Guitar World magazine's 2009 Readers' Poll, many of them are affiliated with The Rock House Method, a comprehensive music learning system that incorporates books, DVDs, and a vast array of web-based support materials. The poll was published in the magazine's April issue.

In the Best Metal Guitarist category, Rock House instructor Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) took the number one spot (ahead of Metallica's Kirk Hammett Ham·mett   , Dashiell 1894-1961.

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, both of Testament, took second place. Rock House instructor Jeff Loomis's Zero Order Phase took the number four spot in the Best Shred Album of the Year category. The company was further represented in the Best Extreme Album category by Alexi Laiho with Children of Bodom's Blooddrunk (number two) and Oli Herbert with All That Remains' Chiron (number three), as well as in the Best Metal Album category by Peterson and Skolnick with Testament's Formation of Damnation (number 3) and Michael Padget with Bullet For My Valentine's Scream Aim Fire (number 5).

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Guitar World editors included Rock House's Metal Guitar Series and Fretboard fret·board  
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 titles among its 25 Most Important Products for 2009. (Rock House was the only instructional company to earn a spot on that list.)

"The Guitar Worm polls really vindicate what we've been saying about the new generation of heroes," commented Rock House co-owner Joe Palombo. "It also says a lot about how our educational philosophy and approach have impacted today's market."

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