Just like the color of Micheal Jackson’s skin … American Idol is slowly fading. Tonight was “supposedly” Michael Jackson night … but after hearing Idol’s “Baker’s Dozen” perform tonight, I only heard a few songs that was remotely similar to a Mic...

…searches again. A lot of hits for people searching for Wolfgang Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen. Well the last time it happened was due to Ed and his son having a little onstage disagreement resulting in Ed heading back into rehab and the reunion tour being postponed for a few weeks. This time ...

Seriously, is there any other guitar hero you want to come back from the dead other than Eddie Van Halen ?  I have loved this man since 1979.  I was eight years old when my neighbor Wayne stopped me on the street, and asked me “Had I ever heard the world’s best fucking guitar player?&...

Let's talk guitar.Licks, tricks, songs, solos, fire away on whatever you are doing or thinking on guitar. Right now I've been working on accenting notes, pinch harmonics, and various kinds of tapping. PS,Got my tickets for Extreme today. Fuck the Van Halen reunion, and fuck Eddie Van Halen, esp. for...

Damn, Amy Stein links the Chaitén volcano pictures with Eddie Van Halen playing Eruption. Well done....

…a child of the storm. Whoa, yes. Now I’m a guitar gear head, always reading about the latest piece of gear out, online or in magazines, giving them a quick once over in shops. Always checking out what my favourite artists are adding to their setups, even if I don’t see the relatio...

The month of March was quite interesting. A lot of great things happened for me and a few great CD’s came out this month. I gave away some cool prizes and the first batch of the MetalMartyr.Com Compilations went out as well. Below is a list of links to some of this months posts that I think ar...

Hell no!There is no doubt that DragonForce’s Through The Fire And Flames is a song of insanely complicated guitar work and in the early 80’s every new kid playing guitar was out to learn Eddie Van Halen’s Eruption note for note. However Through The Fire And Flames to me may be a bi...

Jack Nicholson makes video tribute to Hillary Clinton The movie star released a video on YouTube that cobbled together some of his famous film roles in a bizarre endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate. A Naughty-but-Nice Miss M Sets Up Shop in Sin City Bette Midler, center, with two Ha...

…add a three letter logo and it’s a signature model. Reading an interview with Eddie Van Halen the other day and he mentioned a prototype signature Dunlop Wah pedal he was using in his pedal board for the reunion tour. Now I knew he had a wah in his rig and he says in the interview that ...