Search results for 'wolfgang van halen'

News

JOB FOR A COWBOY: New Video Interview With BOBBY THOMPSON Available

BVTV has posted "raw interview footage" (unedited) from its recent interview with guitarist Bobby Thompson of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY. Watch the chat below. JOB FOR A COWBOY vocalist Jonny Davy was recently interviewed by Way Too Loud! A couple of excerpts from the chat follow bel...

News

EDDIE VAN HALEN Launches All-New EVH Wolfgang Guitar

Eddie Van Halen launches the all-new EVH Wolfgang electric guitar, available worldwide beginning January 2009. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie's 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of brutal road testing during the top-...

News

AFTER FOREVER Guitarist's HDK: Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

HDK (formerly HATE DEATH KILL),the Dutch project led by AFTER FOREVER co-founder, main songwriter and guitarist Sander Gommans, will release its debut album, "System Overload", on February 23 in Europe and on April 21 in North America via France's Season of Mist. The track listing is as follows: 01...

News

SEPULTURA: Photos From 'We've Lost You' Video Shoot Available

Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA filmed a video for the song "We've Lost You" yesterday (Monday, December 15) in São Paulo, Brazil. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. A few of the pictures can also be viewed below. The track comes off the band's new album, "A-Lex", which will be re...

News

Former THE GATHERING Singer Hits The Road With MOONSPELL; Video Available

Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen joined Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL to perform the song "Scorpion Flower" at three consecutive shows on the band's tour with CRADLE OF FILTH: December 1 in London, December 2 in Paris and December 3 in Tilburg. Fan-filmed video footage of all thre...

News

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Keyboardist Says Chemistry With New Singer Is 'Really Great'

Keyboardist Martin Harb of Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has issued the following update: "After many messages we got within the last weeks and questions why we don't reveal some more news and more information about our new female voice, I'd like to give you a little update right...

News

PERSISTENSE Signs With DEITY DOWN RECORDS

Den Bosch, Netherlands-based metal band PERSISTENSE (not a spelling error but a combination of the words "to persist" and "intense") has inked a deal with Deity Down Records. The group's debut album will be released next summer. Stefan van Vugt (vocals),Ralf van der Horst (guitars),Jacques Maas (g...

News

Ex-GATHERING Singer To Be Joined By WITHIN TEMPTATION, ANATHEMA Members On Acoustic Album

Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen and her new band AGUA DE ANNIQUE will stage two unique shows in February 2009 — at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland (Feb. 12) and at the Oosterpoort in Groningen (Feb. 13). At these intimate performances, Anneke will shed some light on her composit...

News

IMPELLITTERI To Release 'Wicked Maiden' In January

IMPELLITTERI will release its long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment. The CD, which had the working title of "Good and Evil", was mixed in Vancouver, British Columbia with Greg Reely (DEVILDRIVER, FEAR FACTORY, etc.) and is "by far the most ama...

News

JOB FOR A COWBOY Confirms Guitarist Split, Prepares To Enter Studio

Vocalist Jonny Davy of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY was recently interviewed by Way Too Loud! A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Way Too Loud!: You're working on a new album. Can you tell me what stage your in right now? Jonny Davy: We have half the record, ...

News

CHICKENFOOT Resumes Work On Debut Album

According to bassist Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN),work has resumed on the debut album from his new collaboration with Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN),guitar legend Joe Satriani and drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS). "Chad and I just got back this week from recording in the San Francisco area...

News

NAME Signs To LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Lifeforce Records has announced the signing of California's NAME (a.k.a. NEW APPROACH TO MARTYRS EXPRESSIONS). Founded in 2003 by brothers Wes and Jeremy Fareas, the NEW APPROACH TO MARTYRS EXPRESSIONS is an amalgam of experimental tech metal, grindcore, ambient sounds, freeform jazz, blues, cultura...

News

SEPULTURA Seeks Fans For 'We've Lost You' Video Shoot

Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA will film a video for the song "We've Lost You" on Monday, December 15 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Av. Eng Luis Carlos Berrini in São Paulo, Brazil. If you are interested in appearing in the clip, write to [email protected] (please include your full name and pho...

News

VAN HALEN's Legendary M&M's Rider Unveiled

The Smoking Gun web site has posted the most famous backstage concert rider of them all, the one in which VAN HALEN famously stipulated that brown M&M's were to be banished from the band's dressing room. The web site has finally obtained the 1982 Van Halen World Tour rider — typewritten and 53 ....

News

VH1's '100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs' Gives Inside Look At Most Legendary Songs

This month VH1 is paying tribute to the ultimate rock gods by counting down the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". The five-part compilation, hosted by POISON singer Bret Michaels, will feature the most awesome guitar-driven, head-banging jams in rock history — from AC/DC to LED ZEPPELIN and everything...