Category: Music

Joe Walsh’s 1959 Les Paul Transformed Jimmy Page’s Sound and Rock History

Joe Walsh’s 1959 Les Paul Transformed Jimmy Page’s Sound and Rock History

| 12:13 PM

In 1969, Joe Walsh sold his 1959 Gibson Les Paul to Jimmy Page for $1,200—transforming Led Zeppelin’s sound and creating one of rock’s most iconic guitars, later exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Korn’s Jonathan Davis Declares Nu‑Metal the Last Big Metal Wave

Korn’s Jonathan Davis Declares Nu‑Metal the Last Big Metal Wave

| 14:18 PM

Jonathan Davis looks back on Korn’s debut 25 years ago, explains how the band were outcasts, and admits they ended up inventing nu‑metal. He recounts early tours with wildly different acts, the struggle with genre labels, and finally embraces the movement they started. The interview also promotes their new record, The Nothing, described as their most personal work yet.

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