Jason Cooper: The Heartbeat Of The Cure
Jason Cooper is best known as the drummer for The Cure, one of the most iconic and enduring alternative rock bands of all time. Since joining the band in 1995, Read More…
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David Gilmour’s Opinion On The Eagles
Few guitarists have shaped rock music as profoundly as David Gilmour. As the sonic architect of Pink Floyd, Gilmour carved out a style that combined emotional depth with technical brilliance, Read More…
“It Was Those First Two Lines. I Felt Like It Was Speaking To My Life. I Knew I Could Deliver That Song With Conviction”: One Day Sebastian Bach Was Playing To Jon Bon Jovi’s Parents. The Next He Was Singing One Of Hair Metal’s Greatest Anthems
By the late 1980s, the glam-metal scene was bursting at the seams, a world of big voices, bigger hair, and even bigger dreams. But few moments in that glittering era Read More…
‘That’s What It’s All About’: What Eddie Van Halen Thought Was The Most Important Thing For Solos According To Wolfgang And It’s Not The Technique
When people talk about Eddie Van Halen, they often talk about technique: the lightning-fast tapping, the impossible harmonics, the molten tone that redefined rock guitar forever. But for Eddie himself, Read More…
“It’s Tough For Me To Fully Interact With”: Wolfgang Van Halen On His Complicated Relationship With ‘Anything Van Halen’
For most musicians, their family name is a source of pride. For Wolfgang Van Halen, it’s also a heavy burden, one intertwined with rock history, deep personal loss, and an Read More…
The U2 Song That Bono Initially Wrote For Nina Simone: “To Me, It’s Like A Prayer”
Every great songwriter has moments when inspiration takes an unexpected turn, when a song meant for one artist finds its true home elsewhere. For Bono, one of those moments came Read More…
Balance (1995): The Last Great Van Halen Album
By the mid-1990s, Van Halen had already conquered every conceivable peak in rock music, arena-dominating tours, multi-platinum albums, and a legacy that stretched from the Sunset Strip to stadiums worldwide. Read More…
‘That’s What It’s All About’: What Eddie Van Halen Thought Was The Most Important Thing For Solos, According To Wolfgang And It’s Not The Technique
For all the finger-tapping pyrotechnics, lightning-fast runs, and boundary-pushing innovations that made Eddie Van Halen a revolutionary, his son Wolfgang says his dad believed something much simpler defined a great Read More…
“Eddie Definitely Wasn’t Functioning Very Well During The Van Halen Reunion Tour In 2004. It Was One Of The Worst Experiences I’ve Ever Had In My Life”: Sammy Hagar Reflects On His Regrets and True Feelings About David Lee Roth
Two decades after the turbulent Van Halen reunion tour of 2004, Sammy Hagar still carries the emotional weight of that experience. What was meant to be a triumphant return of Read More…
“It’s Fun To Have Shreddiness, But Even My Dad Would Say The Best Solos Are The Ones You Can Sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen Reveals The Mammoth Guitar Solo Inspired By ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
Wolfgang Van Halen has never shied away from carving his own musical identity, and in a recent conversation, the Mammoth WVH frontman shed light on the philosophy behind one of Read More…