Van Halen - Tattoo

Van Halen‘s new single "Tattoo" has arrived, and it’s a mix of new and old styles that’s certainly will be a "talk about" among fans and how the upcoming album "A Different Kind of Truth" will sound like. The new tune has a bit of a modern touch but a bit laidback, more pop-rock than hard-rock, have listened to it a few times and have some mixed feelings sofar.

A Different Kind of Truth is the upcoming 12th studio album from American hard rock band veterans Van Halen, it will be releasead on February 7, 2012. It is the band's first album of new material since 1998's Van Halen III, as well as their first album since 1984's "1984" to feature David Lee Roth on lead vocals and the first album to feature Wolfgang Van Halen on bass guitar. It will also be Van Halen's first album on their new label Interscope Records.

The song "She's the Woman" was re-recorded from a 1976 Zero demo. The new version of this song was played in its entirety at the band's intimate press show at the Cafe Wha? on January 5, 2012.

A deluxe version of the album will be released, containing a bonus Acoustic DVD called The Downtown Sessions, which will contain acoustic versions of popular Van Halen songs such as "Panama", "You and Your Blues", "Beautiful Girls", and "You Really Got Me".

Todays tune and the first single of the album, "Tattoo", was released online on January 10, 2012.

Music video by Van Halen performing Tattoo.




A little story off the record.

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Van Halen had a notable effect on the modern rock music tour with their use of the concert technical contract rider. They were one of the first bands to use contract riders to specify a "wish list", a practice now used throughout the music industry. They pioneered extensive requirements including power availability and stage construction details. The band's demands were not limited to technical issues; their now-infamous rider specified that a bowl of M&M's, with all of the brown M&M's removed, was to be placed in their dressing room. According to David Lee Roth, this was listed in the technical portion of the contract not because the band wanted to make capricious demands of the venue, but rather as a test of whether the venue had actually read and honored the terms of the contract, as it contained other requirements involving legitimate safety concerns.

On earlier tours, inadequate compliance by local organizers to the safety requirements of the rider had placed members of Van Halen's road crew in danger which was occasionally life-threatening. Because of these incidents, the band developed the M&M's demand as a means of checking whether the venue was properly honoring the terms of the contract to their satisfaction. Subsequently, if the bowl was missing, or if there were brown M&M's present, they had reason to suspect that the venue might not have honored legitimate technical and safety concerns within the contract. As a result, the band would be within their rights to inspect the technical side of the performance prior to going on stage, and/or request the venue redo their work properly.

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Bigbang - Epic Scrap Metal

When Eric Clapton was here his support band was This great band, BigBang!
I took some pics that I wanted to share ;) Here is on the sound check:

BigBang is a Norwegian rock band led by frontman Øystein Greni. BigBang has been described as ”Norway’s best live band”, with their Radio Radio TV Sleep holding the honor of being the best selling live album ever to be released in their home country.
Though the spelling of the band name is often inconsistent, it is usually written ”BigBang” or ”BIGBANG”.

They are:
Øystein Greni on guitar, bass, drums, percussion, vocals
Olaf Olsen on drums, percussion, backing vocals
Nikolai Eilertsen on bass/keyboards

BigBang have done 11 albums and 8 studio albums the last came 2011 called
"Epic Scrap Metal"



Epic Scrap Metal is both a term for old scrap metal, and a metaphor for battered souls. Maintenance and recycling is a picture of the band to defy adversity.

- This record would be wrecked if you tried to polish it and create a complete sound. Maybe we have gone too far, that at times this sounds bad – but I think it sounds absolutely fantastic, says Greni.

- The title track “Epic Scrap Metal” says fuck off to anyone who criticizes Bigbang because we do not fit into a specific genre. Why would you limit yourself, when you love so many types of music? Our mission in music is that formatting is the devil, he continues. 
 
The varied album includes the party track “Cigarette”, the delicate yet powerful single “Everybody And Their Broken Hearts”. Greni have also been joined by American singer Lissie on the dramatic duet “No One”. 
- The song is about daring to live with your heart on your sleeve, deal with things and move on with your life when things doesn’t work out. I’ve tried to steer clear of obscure and vague lyrics, it’s better to be specific, says lead singer and songwriter Greni.

References to bands such as Led Zeppelin, Al Green, Sonic Youth, Van Halen, White Stripes and Tom Petty appear when the band talks about the albums musical inspirations. In addiction to a bunch of neighbours from Grenis own neighborhood in LA that contribute on “Cigarette”, Thomas Seltzer aka Happy Tom from Turbonegro also contributes on the track “Kill My Buzz”.

Their sound was very communicating to me, it rocked a lot.
The Band was so thankful that we helped them to get in/out all their backline
so we got a cd and a t-shirt, cd was "Something Special – The Best of Bigbang"
Thanks a Lot !!!! :D

Here they are :)

Peace, Thetania





Wanna know more pls click here to come to their home site.

Not to be confused with the Korean group Big Bang.

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