Alternative Music

Eddie Van Halen‘s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli discussed her new book, “Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today”, in a recent interview with the “A Spoonful Of Paolo” online talk show. Bertinelli reflected on the special connection she had with her late ex-husband, saying: “Ed and I had our relationship — ups and downs. We treated each other badly; we treated each other wonderfully. It was a very full 40 years. And we have an amazing son [Wolfgang Van Halen] that we both adored. I still adore him, and I know that Ed still does too. I get to be here for both of us, to support Wolfie.” Regarding Wolfgang‘s nomination for a Grammy Award for his band MAMMOTH WVH‘s song “Distance”, Valerie said: “When he was nomin...

On March 9, former CHILDREN OF BODOM members Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henri “Henkka T. Blacksmith” Seppälä (bass) and Janne Wirman (keyboards) were interviewed by Chaoszine about the band’s second beer collaboration with Fat Lizard brewery titled Murder Point. During the chat, they were asked if they would consider playing a tribute concert for their former bandmate, late CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho, who died in December 2020 at the age of 41. “Well, it’s a tricky question, and then even the three of us, we have not really discussed about it,” Janne said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “The way I personally feel about this is Alexi would not like a tribute show. Alexi would like just CHILDREN OF BODOM playing a show. And even tho...

DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li spoke to Finland’s Chaoszine about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s next studio album. He said: “We’ve got a lot of music written. We haven’t recorded it. So we’re actually gonna look for a new record deal at the moment to do it. “We don’t do music for money, so we only release stuff when we want to and it sounds good,” he explained. “We’re not on a hamster wheel: ‘You’ve gotta release an album every two years.’ It’s hard to be creative when you just force yourself to make good music, and every artist knows. “We don’t just make music now; we’re content creators at the same time. We have a pause on YouTube at the moment, but we we...

RATING: 8/10 There are plenty of musicians out there who could reasonably be described as a force of nature, but few of them make music as naturally forceful, and therefore as convincing, as Billy Graziadei. Whether as co-frontman with BIOHAZARD or as six-string foil to Sen Dog in POWERFLO, the New Yorker always plays it like he means it, while writing songs that seek to untangle some of life’s thorniest issues. In theory, BILLYBIO is a solo project, but as with 2018’s “Feed The Fire” debut, the great man’s second declaration of independence punches, snarls and spits with the same sweat-drenched, street-bound intensity that has informed the majority of his best work. Backed by a formidable line-up that includes SUICIDAL TENDENCIES bassist Roberto Diaz and THE ...