Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020
There are 12 notes in chromatic scales and Eddie knew how to make billions of combinations by using just 3 notes.
Where’s the High-E String?
One thing that often happens while playing guitar is to break the high-E string.
What should I do?
- Keep playing. Who needs high-E string if you can play only power chords?
- Stop playing and get dinner.
- Complain to my roadie, which I certainly do not have.
- Make appointment with my usual guitar technician and wait 4 weeks. Yeah, he is that busy.
- Make a post about it. Oh, wait… this post is the post.
- Have a friend restring the guitar.
- Put the guitar in the case and play some mobile games.
- Restring the guitar. That’s a lot of non-slacking time.
- and the list goes on and on and on and on…
You’ve gotta be kidding me, Ozzy’s Boneyard!
Now, that is some serious time travel, to have the song “Creeping Death” as a part of “Kill ‘Em All” record.
I’ve seen tons of gaffe on “Ozzy’s Boneyard”, a channel on SiriusXM. This one really make me want to meow loudly.
All well-read cats know that “Creeping Death” is one of the songs in Metallica’s sophomore album “Ride The Lightning”, which follows “Kill ‘Em All”.
Fun with Album Title: Slayer – Hela Waits
Ruin an Album Title: Dream Theater – Images and Swords
Add one letter to “ruin” an album title.
Dream Theater – Images and Swords
Images and Words was released on July 7, 1992. It is the second album by Dream Theater and the first to feature James LaBrie on vocals.
The song “Pull Me Under” was the first single off the album and became a surprise hit, garnering airplay on radios and MTV.
ATCO, the band’s label at that time sent out two-track CD Promo for “Take the Time” with a note: “Play the unabridged version!”
(Editor’s note: we have that package somewhere, finding it is a different matter.)
Ruin an Album Title: Mötley Crüe – Too Fast For Glove
Add one letter to “ruin” an album title.
Mötley Crüe – Too Fast For Glove
In case you’re wondering why there’s no glove on the right hand.
Too Fast For Love was originally released on November 10, 1981 by Leathür Records.
After signing with Elektra Records, the album was remixed and then rereleased August 20, 1982.
Now, should the “Ruin an Album Title by Omitting One Letter” treatment be done on Too Fast For Love?
Fun with Album Title: Slayer – Foreign in Blood
This time, add TWO letters to “ruin” an album title.
One seminal record from Slayer that defined the sounds and attitude of many Metal bands for decades to come.