EDDIE VAN HALEN’S GUITARS SELL FOR $422,000 AT ANNUAL “ICONS & IDOLS” AUCTION
As previously reported two of Eddie Van Halen’s custom made guitars went on the block at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills for their annual Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock ‘n’ Roll Auction. According to Rolling Stone, the trio of guitars sold for more than $422,000. Variants of the late rock legend’s Frankenstrat were among the instruments […]
SUPER DELUXE EDITION OF BLACK SABBATH’S VOL 4 AVAILABLE ON FEBRUARY 12TH
Black Sabbath unleashed the group’s fourth album in two years in 1972 with Vol 4. Stacked with classic tracks like Supernaut, Changes, and Snowblind, the record harnessed the group’s surging popularity to reach the Top 10 on the Albums Chart in the U.K. and the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., on its path to […]
AC/DC FRONTMAN BRIAN JOHNSON EXPLAINS HIS SIGNATURE CAP
In a recent interview with the U.K. digital rock, Planet Rock, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson was asked when he was last seen or photographed without a hat on? He responded (via blabbermouth.net), “”Oh, well, I wear them for things like this,” referring to the press junket for the band’s latest album, Power Up. “When I’m home in Florida, I’m […]
DOKKEN BANDMATES GEORGE LYNCH AND JEFF PILSON TEAM UP FOR “HEAVY HITTERS” ALBUM
Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with his former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems. Due December 18th through Deadline Music, a division of Cleopatra Records, Inc., Heavy Hitters features jaw-dropping renditions of Duran Duran’s Ordinary World, Prince’s Kiss” Onerepublic’s Apologize Carole King’s I Feel The Earth, Oasis’s Champagne Supernova and more. Heavy Hitters track listing 1. One Of Us 2. You Got The Love 3. I […]
GUITAR CENTER FILES FOR CHAPTER 11, BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
Guitar Center, the nation’s largest retailer of musical instruments, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced November 21st. The bankruptcy filing came just one week after the Guitar Center, which had been struggling to compete with online retailers even before the pandemic, announced it had reached a debt-reduction deal with its key stakeholders. The […]
11/24: SAMMY HAGAR, STONE GOSSARD, LANNY CORDOLA, MITCH PERRY, MORE
Huge thanks to Sammy Hagar who joined me yesterday on TrunkNation and talked about Van Halen for the first time on radio since Eddie Van Halen’s passing. Sammy is also doing a rebroadcast of his recent great birthday concert tomorrow. Check it out. It’s truly amazing what he is doing at this point in his […]