Video: Van Halen - You Really Got Me

Good morning. Rocks Off hopes you're nice and hunkered down (preferably with a partner), with lots of supplies to get you through the next few hours/days. Be sure to check our sister blog Hair Balls for news-type information and up-to-the-minute, you know, updates as Edouard pays his little visit. But this is is a music blog, so how about some music? Provided you've still got Internet access, we thought we'd help you kill some time by digging up videos from famous Eds throughout music history. First up, what better way to start than the one, the only, Iron [...]

For a previous non-fan, I enjoyed Interpol a lot on Friday night's Madison Square Garden show. Part of this was of course just being caught up in the excitement of being at the Garden (yes, it still gives thrills). But, really, the band sounded great, the sound and lighting was excellent and apart from their curtain snafu at the start, everything else went well. Kudos to Interpol for a triumphant show. -- Newsday's J. Edwards Keyes succinctly wrote: "It could be argued that the group writes only three kinds of songs -- doomy rock numbers, [...]

Thanks to Stereogum for pointing us to the Van Halen dress rehearsal that went down sometime a few days ago... "The great thrill of the show was seeing Dave and Ed interact. If there's any animosity between them, it didn't show at all. Both were constantly smiling, and Dave often did the schtick where he holds his mic to Ed's guitar during a solo while he looks at the crowd, open mouthed in astonishment." Looks like fun - hope it lasts. Their [...]