by Zach Shaw | Aug 2, 2013 | Interviews
It’s been a little over a year since we last spoke to John 5. Yet somehow he hasn’t slowed down at all. He’s busy enough keeping up with Rob Zombie, releasing the album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor and co-headlining Mayhem Fest. Yet somehow he finds the time to...
by Bram Teitelman | May 22, 2013 | Metal Memes
Meet 14 year-old Tina S. At 14 years old, she’s nine years younger than Eddie Van Halen was when he revolutionalized two handed finger tapping with “Eruption,” his solo on Van Halen’s first album in 1978. However, she totally pulls off the solo...
by Bram Teitelman | May 2, 2013 | Collaborations
[youtube]http://youtu.be/UF9ppjkF8TU[/youtube] This past Tuesday, LL Cool J’s 13th album, Authentic, was released. Why are we writing about it on Metal Insider? Because Eddie Van Halen appears on two songs on the album. While we’d known that he’d be...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 5, 2013 | Internet Famous
[youtube]http://youtu.be/g1qg9myFCqw[/youtube] Noisecreep was the first to bring this to our attention, but there’s a six year-old drummer that’s probably better than you. Avery Molek has only been drumming for four years, but when you consider...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 3, 2013 | Collaborations
[youtube]http://youtu.be/9NG0sRvUZg8[/youtube] Hard rock and hip-hop/R&B have co-existed since the early ’80s, when Eddie Van Halen contributed a blistering guitar solo to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” in 1982 and Run DMC rapped over guitars...