Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 28, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/CkN3b_3Hj7Y[/youtube] In Hartford on Friday, Pearl Jam revisted a song that they hadn’t played since the last time they played there three years ago. That song, which they played for the first time then, was a cover of Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love.” This time, however, guitarist Mike McCready first busted out “Eruption,” the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 2, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/UF9ppjkF8TU[/youtube] This past Tuesday, LL Cool J’s 13th album, Authentic, was released. Why are we writing about it on Metal Insider? Because Eddie Van Halen appears on two songs on the album. While we’d known that he’d be appearing on a few songs by the actor Grammy host rapper, the songs are now online. We’ll hand it […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 3, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/9NG0sRvUZg8[/youtube] Hard rock and hip-hop/R&B have co-existed since the early ’80s, when Eddie Van Halen contributed a blistering guitar solo to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” in 1982 and Run DMC rapped over guitars on “Rock Box,” on their 1984 self-titled debut album. And while it reached its oversaturation point in the late ’90s with Kid […]