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Archives for October 11, 2008

Metallica Talks, Jams Van Halen

by VHND — updated April 23, 2014 12 Comments

James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo from Metallica talk about the first time they heard Van Halen in the first video below. James: I remember hearing on some radio station that Van Halen's [first] album was coming out. [I was like] "Whoa, what is that? It's crunchy!" That really made my hair stand up. Back when I was growing up Van Halen was the heaviest we had in … [Read more...]

Diamond David Lee Roth Turns 54

by VHND — updated April 23, 2014 38 Comments

From: chattanoogapulse.com Abominable Showman Written by Chuck Crowder Wednesday, 08 October 2008 21:27 This Friday (Oct. 10th) marks the 54th birthday of rock 'n roll's number-two best front man of all time: (Diamond) David Lee Roth. I say number two, because it's widely understood that Mick Jagger has held the top spot since basically the beginning of rock as we know … [Read more...]

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