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UCR attempts to guess which Black Sabbath songs Metallica, Guns N' Roses and other acts will cover at the band's July 2025 ...
Avid gear collector Kirk Hammett has revealed he’s been thinning out his electric guitar collection and has recently sold “a lot” of six-strings online, but there is a slight twist: he’s ...
Kirk Hammett with “Greeny,” his world-famous 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar. The guitar was previously owned by guitarists Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac), Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, solo artist).
Sammy Hagar opened up about his final conversation with Eddie Van Halen before he died in October 2020. According to Hagar, 77, he and Van Halen, who passed away at 65 years old, might’ve added ...
Sammy Hagar believes "the best was yet to come" from Van Halen. The 77-year-old rocker - who was frontman of the 'Jump' band from 1985 to 1996, before returning in 2003 until 2005 - was in touch ...
Sammy Hagar’s Only Regret with Van Halen “I’m going, ‘Whoa, I had no idea he was that good of a keyboard player.’ So he really wanted to expand as a musician. ...
For Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, there is one electric guitar that stands above the rest in his arsenal for the metal band’s ongoing M72 world tour. He thinks of it as his Excalibur, he says. It ...
According to lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, one reason to adore it is because it’s the record that features his best guitarwork. What Hammett Said. In the latest issue of Metal Hammer, ...
Sammy Hagar’s time in Van Halen ended with Balance in 1995. Well, almost. There was a reunion tour, but this record marked the singer’s fourth and final studio album with the iconic band.
If you want to kick a hornet’s nest in Van Halen corners of the internet, weigh in on the Sammy Hagar vs. David Lee Roth debates. This isn’t that type of discussion, but if you seriously ...