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This world-exclusive podcast interview is from MusicRadar.com. Interview by Joe Bosso. Photo by Ross Halfin Satriani, Hagar, Anthony talk new band Joe Satriani looks relieved as he shakes my hand. “Finally – a day I don’t have to talk about Coldplay,” he says. I get the drift and make a mental note not to ask [...]
From the full article at nydailynews.com: In honor of the release of ‘Guitar Hero: Metallica’, the News shredded all conventions to name our list of the top ten rock guitarists ever. Did Hendrix, Clapton or Van Halen get the top spot? Did Slash get cut from the list? Did metal guitarists like Steve Vai and [...]
The Guitar World’s Chickenfoot issue just arrived at Van Halen Store. It’s got a huge, 8-page cover story on “Rock and roll’s most unlikely–but most talked about–supergroup.” Guitar World loved the album, and had this to say about the guitarist: “Satriani, who has, over the years, established a personality on the guitar that is instantly [...]
WoodyTone.com has what seems to be the first review of the new EVH Frankenstein Humbucker:
Ed’s Sound: Priceless
If you’re a fan of Edward Van Halen, ask yourself this question: How much money would you pay for a pickup that EVH personally designed with Seymour Duncan?
Bear in mind that good humbuckers can cost anywhere from $40-$50 made by single-person boutique shops to $75-ish for a Duncan or DiMarizio, to around $150 or so for a Duncan Custom Shop wind.
A higher-end stomp box costs anywhere from $150 to $200 on up. Even cables can cost that much now.
So what would you pay?
…click here to read more (this review includes some specs of the Humbucker)
At the press conference announcing the 2007 tour, a giddy David Lee Roth asked an excited but at times skeptical crowd of journalists and fans to “judge the band harshly” in his confidence the group could still deliver the goods on stage. The man got his wish, as a countless reviews poured in once the [...]
Last Night: Tom Morello, Steve Earle, Wayne Kramer, Sammy Hagar, Boots Riley, Corey Taylor, Joe Satriani, and Damian Kulash
By Jennifer Maerz in Last Night
Thursday, Mar. 26 2009 @ 11:57PM
It was midway through the Tom Morello hootenanny when Rage’s shredding machine grinned at the crowd and said, “Let me remind you, you all paid $15 to get in tonight. That’s like a buck a superstar.”
Actually, if you were gonna do the math, by the end of the night, we’d been entertained by Morello and his Freedom Fighter Orchestra, Steve Earle, Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Sammy Freakin’ Hagar, Boots Riley of The Coup, Corey Taylor of Slipknot (sans mask of course), Joe Satriani, and Damian Kulash of OK Go, so technically it came out to something like $1.87 a superstar. But really, everyone at Slim’s was too busy pounding fists with fierce excitement to remember exactly how much they’d spent to get in. No matter the cost, they were getting their pennies’ worth–both in the energy the audience fed to the stage to the goodwill the headliners shot back at their fans. There was a lot of love in the room, man (and a lot of men in the room). Not to mention a lot of dollar bills that went to a righteous cause, thanks to the activist concept behind Morello’s Justice Tour, a singular concert that has you leaving feeling real good.
The political thrust behind these tours is, as Morello explained, to “bail out people, not banks.” An alternate version of this mantra, which he also espoused during the three-hour long show: “Feed the poor, fight the war, rock the fuck out.”
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Many Van Halen fans have noticed within the last month that their favorite Youtube videos promoting the band have been removed from Youtube. The decision to remove them was not made by Van Halen, but by Time Warner, as negotiations between the company and Youtube broke down. It would appear the issue stems from a [...]
Huge update from Blabbermouth.net: CHICKENFOOT, the new rock supergroup comprised of drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), bassist Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen), guitarist Joe Satriani and vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-VanHalen), has announced the global release of its self-titled debut album. The CD will be made available by earMUSIC in Germany on Friday, June 5 [...]
From MusicRadar (photo by Ross Halfin): Van Halen, Chickenfoot bassist reveals influences As the bass player for Van Halen, Michael Anthony held down the fort – wherever guitarist Eddie Van Halen wanted to go, Anthony was right there, guiding the ship, providing a fat yet nimble musical bed for whatever was to come. Not as [...]
From Michael Anthony’s official site: Hey everyone. As you probably know by now, there is alot happening with Chickenfoot. We played out first gig on Wed.the 18th, and it was great!!! It was a private show for Best Buy Corp. at the Grove in Anaheim, Ca. We played for about 45 min., and rocked the [...]
