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 […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 27, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xEBX9JJGpI[/youtube]We’ve been meaning to post Born of Osiris’ cover of System of a Down’s “Science” for a few days now. It’s pretty cool in that it’s just updated/djenty enough to not sound like the original. It’s a little weird to see a lyric video for a cover, though. Also, it makes us feel a little […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 13, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqpRoVxH2jc[/youtube]Meet the Children Medieval Band. They’re 23 years old – COMBINED. They also like Rammstein, apparently. What this cover of “Sonne” lacks in heaviness and intensity, it makes up for in pure adorableness. I mean, the drummer is a five year old girl that also plays the harp! The only thing more “awwww”-inducing would be […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 1, 2011
Alice Cooper has announced the addition of guitarist Orianthi (who has previously worked with Steve Vai and Michael Jackson) to his touring band. Cooper has also been confirmed to appear on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, September 9.