EDDIE VAN HALEN MAKES SURPRISE VISIT TO LAUSD MUSIC STUDENTS
Eddie Van Halen, one of music’s most inventive and influential guitarists, made a surprise visit to music students at L.A. Unified School District’s Foshay Learning Center on Thursday, December 5th. Twenty seven aspiring musicians, under the tutelage of Music Director Vincent Womack, were transfixed as Van Halen inspired them to pursue their passion for music […]
BLACK SABBATH, ANTHRAX, LED ZEPPELIN AND METALLICA ARE ALL NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY AWARDS
Black Sabbath’s reunion studio album 13 has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album and their song God Is Dead? has been nominated for Best Metal Performance and Best Rock Song. Other nominees include Anthrax, Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage, Volbeat, Gary Clark Jr, Muse, Kings Of Leon, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails and […]
ROB HALFORD OF JUDAS PRIEST JOINS FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH ON STAGE FOR AN EPIC PERFORMANCE OF “LIFT ME UP”
While Five Finger Death Punch dominate on a European arena tour, last night (December 5th) Rob Halford, legendary frontman for Judas Priest, joined the rock group on stage surprising fans with an epic performance of the group’s Lift Me Up, a number one U.S. Active Rock Radio chart hit off the band’s The Wrong Side […]
EDDIE VAN HALEN ON HIS GUITAR COLLECTION: “THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW FOR ME AROUND THE CORNER”
Eddie Van Halen is featured in the January/February 2014 issue of Guitar Aficionado magazine where he discusses his guitar collection. An excerpt from the feature story, by Chris Gill, appears below. Most guitarists and fans who have paid close attention to Eddie Van Halen’s career likely think of him as a “serial monogamist” when it […]
FORMER MEGADETH GUITARIST MARTY FRIEDMAN TO IGNITE “INFERNO” IN 2014
Perhaps the most revered lead guitarist in thrash metal history, Marty Friedman– whose groundbreaking work with Megadeth, Cacophony and as a solo artist has influenced legions of players around the globe — is currently putting the finishing touches on a new studio album, Inferno. Tentatively set for a spring release, the album — Friedman’s first […]
ZAKK WYLDE ANNOUNCES “AN EVENING WITH ZAKK WYLDE” CANADIAN TOUR
Guitar icon Zakk Wylde, leader of Black Label Socieity has announced An Evening With Zakk Wylde, a solo 13-city tour across Canada featuring intimate versions of some of the band’s most popular songs, as well as songs from Wylde’s best-selling solo album Book of Shadows and Southern rock band Pride & Glory (see dates below). […]