When I first wrote about van Halen working with LL Cool J, I had to check the date for April Fools first. Even though combining rock and hip-hop is hardly revolutionary these days, this certain collaboration seems at leaast a little odd. The duo joined forces on LL’s upcoming new release “Authentic,” set for a release on April 30 via S-Bro Music Group. Despite the rapper being confident that the collaboration is the winning ticket…
Eddie Van Halen and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello will appear on a new album together – but take a wild guess on what the still of the album is going to be… I dare you! Rapper LL Cool J is recruiting the guitar heroes to appear on his new album “Authentic”, where the legendary guitarists will appear on different tracks alongside other notable musicians. Van Halen is currently preparing to get back…
I think at one point or another, we’ve all wondered what would happen if you took two parts Van Halen, mixed in one part Red Hot Chili Peppers, spiced it up with a little Joe Satriani, and then settled on the most confusingly wrongheaded band name ever (and if you haven’t, what’s wrong with you, guy?!?!) So it’s with a mixture of joy and insomnia-induced hysteria that I present to you this band: Chickenfoot. Joe…
There’s no doubt about it, Eddie Van Halen is one of the best living guitarist out there, a true musician, innovator and pioneer. He made a name for himself in the early ’80s, after his band Van Halen, reached massive success, topping every chart for nearly a decade. His fast and innovative two-handed tapping, natural and artificial harmonics, vibrato, and tremolo picking, combined with his rhythmic sensibility and melodic approach, have influenced an entire generation…
Boy does time fly, we just can’t believe it how this year went by so fast, well ZME Music’s been around for only 6 months, but that’s not important. Actually this year was so busy, that we hardly could face the large amounts of new releases every week, especially in the summer time and believe us we don’t complain. Due to this, 2007, was the year in which new music was making it’s comeback; we’ve…
In late September the rock ‘n’ stage was pleasantly surprised when, one of the most popular rock bands of the 80’s, [tag]Van Halen[/tag] announced they would reform under the firm lead of David Lee Roth and start a world tour. Thus Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen’s teenage son Wolfgang on bass, kicked off Sept. 27 in Charlotte, N.C., with 40 dates in place. Although a lot of skepticism was…
The year of 2008, will definitely go down in history as a time of band reunions. Since the beginning of the year countless broken up bands have announced their reunion and in most cases a grand tour or fabouls LP to go with it. [tag]Van Halen[/tag], [tag]Led Zeppelin[/tag], [tag]The Police[/tag], [tag]Rage Against The Machine[/tag] are just a few big names reformed under a lineup or another. Now ending the series of shocking comebacks is the…
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