by Bram Teitelman | Mar 3, 2015 | Metal on Metal, News
The good news is in the headline above – Van Halen is finally releasing a live album featuring their original singer David Lee Roth. The bad news is that it’s a concert from 2013, featuring non-original bassist Wolfgang Van Halen. Yeah, that’s right,...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 30, 2014 | Because Internet, Metal Memes, News
Last year, the internet was very amused by Bass Dogs, a Tumblr account that noted that “people who play bass with their fingers look like they’re tickling hairy dogs.” Hilarity ensued. Now the same person that created that is back again, this time...
by Metal Insider | Jul 1, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
And just like that, 2014 is half over. Hard to believe it’s gone this fast, right? At any rate, instead of listing our top ten records of the year so far, we thought we’d look back – 30 years back – to celebrate some of the best albums of 1984....
by Metal Insider | Jan 31, 2014 | Today In Metal
[youtube]http://youtu.be/GCAqWfGYHq4[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Black Sabbath’s Cross Purposes. To start, I must state that I...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 28, 2013 | Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/CkN3b_3Hj7Y[/youtube] In Hartford on Friday, Pearl Jam revisted a song that they hadn’t played since the last time they played there three years ago. That song, which they played for the first time then, was a cover of Van Halen’s...