Jesus, Eddie Van Halen is dead. The wind’s been knocked out of me. What? Eddie Van Halen is gone, and with him, one of the last crouton-crumbs of my salad days has been swept away. Arguably the most influential rock musician of my generation, definitely the most influential rock guitarist since Hendrix. As with Hendrix, …
Recently a request crossed my desk to cover an old band with a new album. I’ve been busy with work on the Ghostwood Estates project, so when I received this request to cover Van Halen’s new album, A Different Kind of Truth, and I thought, “really?” I initially demurred but then acquiesced due to previous …
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[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling “1500 Completely Unforgettable Songs! (A Musical Cornucopia of Rock, Punk, Soul, Funk, Pop, Postpunk, Grunge, Sludge, Spoken Word, Country, Hardcore, Hip-Hop, Metal, Industrial, and Beyond).” Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be …
[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling a list of 1200, or perhaps more, unforgettable songs. Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be worthy of your attention and Tom will expertly explain why. The presentation below, “What Was in …