Wolfgang Van Halen had kind words for David Lee Roth this week when addressing the 67-year-old rock singer and fellow Van Halen alum’s upcoming retirement.The subject was one of many floated on Wednesday (Dec. 1) in a joint interview with Wolf — the Mammoth WVH bandleader and the son of late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen — and Dirty Honey vocalist Marc LaBelle that was arranged by the website Consequence. In October, Roth said he would retire from performing after his Las…
With guitar great Steve Vai recently announcing a 54-date 2022 tour, you had to figure new music was coming. And now we’ve got it in the form of a fusion-funk track called “Little Pretty” that lets the creative guitarist explore a darker mood. The track is from Vai’s newly announced Inviolate album, which carries a Jan. 28 release date through Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group.Vai utilizes his Gretsch hollow body guitar throughout a majority…
Machine Gun Kelly admitted to Jimmy Fallon that he once tried to impress his girlfriend, actress Megan Fox, by throwing a knife in the air and catching it.Instead of pulling off the cool move as he intended, however, he ended up needing stitches in his hand. But the rapper-turned-rocker who also frequently acts onscreen could chuckle about it during his appearance on The Tonight Show on Wednesday (Dec. 1).Watch the video down toward the bottom of this post.Believe…
Welcome to Day 4 of Hanukkah, with Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin keeping up with the festivities with their latest cover in the “Hanukkah Sessions” series, this time celebrating one of the “loudest and proudest of hard rocking Jews,” Van Halen’s David Lee Roth.The two musicians continue to make the most of the series tributes. Their cover doesn’t veer too far off the Van Halen original, with Kurstin in particular getting a chance to showcase…
The Weekly Wire playlist is still roaring, packed with 50 new songs each week and, here, we’re recapping the Best Rock + Metal Songs of the Month for July with a mix of essential songs and choice selections from the Loudwire staff. Maybe you’ll even discover a new band that rules!The EssentialsYou know these bands and you probably heard these songs the instant they came out — midnight Spotify lurkers, we see you…Follow Loudwire’s ‘Best of the…