Van Halen

Sammy Hagar Signs With New Roadrunner Imprint (Cash-Grab)

September 16, 2008 - No Comments Roadrunner Records used to be cool. It used to be home to up-and-coming metal acts with help from some of the big boys who started off with the label. With the immense success of commercially viable bands such as Nickelback, Slipknot, and more, Roadrunner has now had the taste of the cash-grab and as a result, they are jumping in head first. Sammy Hagar will be the first mainstream musician to sign with new Roadrunner imprint Loud & Proud, a branch....

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Concert Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan

July 23, 2008 - No Comments For those of you who have never seen math-metal-mayhem outfit “The Dillinger Escape Plan” play live, then you haven’t lived.  The quintet is crazy–sick crazy.  Their show includes on-stage acrobatics such as flying from 10 foot amplifier stacks to swinging guitars inches from the face of rabid fans.  The band is brutal and spastic, yet musical enough to pull off an amazing cover of Van Halen’s “Hot For Teacher”....

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Bon Jovi and Spice Girls Can Still Afford To Tour

July 18, 2008 - No Comments As the casual music fan may or may not realize is the real threat that the current cost of gas prices has on the average musician aiming to tour.  For many low to mid level artists, it is no longer financially beneficial to pack up and hit the road. The soaring cost of gas along with the numerous other expenses that artists face on the road makes it very difficult to justify a tour when more money can be made going back into the studio or releasing....

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