“You know this song? Neither do we,” deadpanned Down frontman Philip Anselmo as the band launched into a cover of Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love.” Their performance at New York’s Nokia Theater was only the second time the band played the song, but they did it more than admirably. Also of note, their always-epic [...]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Wall Street Journal published a pretty damning article last week about Ticketmaster and its CEO Irving Azoff, revealing an allegedly attempted plan to pass premium tickets directly to ticket brokers (scalpers) in exchange for a percentage of the profits. The deal, allegedly codenamed “Project Showtime”, only fell apart because of distrust between the participants. [...]
Thursday, August 6, 2009
So the track listing for Guitar Hero: Van Halen has been announced, and not surprisingly, it’s got plenty of Van Halen. As previously reported, the game only draws from the David Lee Roth-era, so you Jimmy Buffet Sammy Hagar fans are out of luck. So are any Michael Anthony fans, as Wolfgang Van Halen, who [...]
Friday, June 19, 2009
The next time Van Halen goes runnin’ with the devil, they won’t be wearing Nikes. Remember Eddie Van Halen’s signature guitar design? The red guitar with the white and black stripes on it? It’s called the “Frankenstein,” and according to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Eddie, Nike based a shoe on it. Nike, of course, [...]
Video of Shadows Fall performing their cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark At The Moon” with Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick has been posted online.
Down/Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein has joined the New Orleans hardcore/thrash super group Suicide War.
Doom metal legends Candlemass will release a new DVD called Ashes To Ashes-Live on June 29 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Ill Nino has signed a new recording deal with Victory Records.
Otep has released a new video for the song “Rise, Rebel, Resist.”
Monday, September 14, 2009
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