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Van Halen Breaking Up
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Melodic Rock reports: Rumors flared again last week after Hagar appeared on US radio station KSHE, stating in an interview that he thought the Van Halen re-union was fun, but it bought closure to that chapter. He went on to voice his unhappiness with the high ticket prices from the tour and how he wished some members of the band were into fan interaction as much as he was. It was implied that once the current dates were completed, Hagar would return to touring with The Waboritas and the future of VH would again be up in the air.
What really is going on? Whats next for Van Halen?
The reality is that at this point – no one knows. But I for one am not hopeful of anything continuing once this leg of the 2004 tour concludes.[see full story for a lot more]
Full Story – http://www.melodicrock.com/
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Clash Influences
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Aversion reports: You could write all day about the thousands of bands that The Clash influenced, but now, you can take a glimpse at the bands that helped it form its sound on a compliation put together by the bands bassist.
Paul Simonon pulled together Revolution Rock: A Clash Of Reggae, Rock & RnB for Trojan Records in early 2005. The compilation includes not only songs that helped the band form its sound, but original versions of songs that the Last Angry Band covered. [see full story for tracklisting]
Full Story – http://aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=3224
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Bad Religion Thesis
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Aversion reports: If you like those big words in Bad Religion songs, youre going to mess yourself when you read singer Greg Graffins doctoral thesis.
The singer announced that hell publish his recently completed thesis which chronicles the conflict between the Church and science — particularly models of evolution. And while it sounds a lot like Dan Browns Angels and Demons without the assassination of cardinals and Roman treasure hunt, its supposed to be published before the Holidays, which is more than we can hope for with Robert Langdon. [see full story for more]
Full Story – http://aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=3231