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The original lineup of Van Halen, featuring brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen, bassist Michael Anthony, and frontman David ...
Long ago, Joe Satriani decided Eddie Van Halen ... now available as a plugin — to capture Eddie’s transitional 1986 tone. It was an era, immortalized on the Live Without a Net live album ...
Long ago, Joe Satriani decided Eddie Van Halen’s virtuoso body of work was off limits. Fearful of inadvertently stealing the maestro's licks, he vowed never to learn Ed's riffs or licks, and said ...
Brooklyn band Two-Man Giant Squid sat down with us after the release of their self-titled album to discuss The Beatles, Short Porch, pizza, indie and beyond.
During his career, Cray has appeared as an extra in “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” won a Grammy Award for his 1986 album ...
The co-founder of Kiss is 75 and has a reported net worth of $400 million. He formed the Gene Simmons Band in 2017. Kiss performed its final farewell tour show in December 2023.
As the veteran sideman to countless artists, Thorn says, “You have to be Clark Kent most of the time, but onstage you get to be Superman for short periods” ...
Electricity? Overrated… ‘Real’ guitarists know that a guitar’s genuine excitement is best earned via the more personal connection of the player plus the resonant wooden body of an acoustic. Decades ...