Overrated? Have you heard anything besides 'Heaven'? I tell ya, these boys can play. It's not only poppy rock, although Heaven is a pretty darn good song!
Stevie Ray Vaughan has some good ones (Greatest guitar player of all time, hands down.)
The Eagles with Hotel California
Los Lonely Boys with pretty much all their songs. Nobody Else in particular.
Not a fan, but I commend him for his guitar playing. He's awesome. Too bad it doesn't shine through on his album, I had to find out in a live performance by Maroon 5 where he played This Love with them. He absolutely smoked that guitar!
I have to spread the message. These guys are awesome, and if you're into the bluesy-rock genre then buy their DVD Texican Style. They added their own latin/popish flair to it, and I personally love it. Check them out yourselves!
Henry on guitar & vocals, and he is extremely capable. He can fire...
What makes you think the combine invaded Earth just after the Black Mesa incident? I reckon the combine needed some time to mobilize when they found out they could travel here. Perhaps G-man hoped, after seeing what Shepperd were able to do in HL1 Op4, that he could hinder the combine's advance...
I would hate to see it done in a mod. The story has to come from Valve or from someone Valve approved before I'd appreciate it. Simple as that, but I agree that it would be awesome if Valve could cover the 7 hour war with Adrian as the tool.
EDIT: Excellent story jimmyjam, that would be...
you got it. They noticed a miscount in the block and I'd imagine the combine then recieved the orders to pacify the people there so it could be determined who was the intruder.