The Red Rocker cut the ribbon on Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill on Friday afternoon in Harrah's St. Louis. Hagar's portion of the restaurant's profits will go to local charities. From KPLR 11: Sammy Hagar Opens New Bar - 'Sammy's Beach Bar and Grill' at Harrah's February 27, 2009 It was a Cabo Wabo start to a Friday at Harrah's -- 61 year old Sammy Hagar doing shots … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2009
Eddie Van Halen Playing “Crossroads”
This little clip should make your day. If you've never heard this (and even if you have), then you are in for a treat. Sometime in 1984, Eddie Van Halen sat for an interview with veteran rock journalist Lisa Robinson. As the conversation progressed, talk centered on guitar styles and influences. Ed responds by ripping out an impromptu, note-for-note, perfect rendition of Eric … [Read more...]
Sterling Ball on his Association with Eddie Van Halen
From Ernie Ball's site, Music-Man.com site: Sterling Ball wrote this about his association with Eddie Van Halen: I guess I have to talk about EVH... This is a edited message that I responded to on our forum about the old 5150 guitar strings. It is an example of you never know when you take a little creative initiative where it can take you. 5150 strings are what … [Read more...]
Eddie Supports Live Nation/Ticketmaster Merger
From the full article at Reuters: Live Nation and Ticketmaster might have plenty of people out there who are not pleased with the idea of the two companies coming together but they have received support from several superstars in the run-up to a U.S. anti-trust hearing in Washington DC on Tuesday. Names like Seal, Shakira, Journey, Van Halen and Billy Corgan (The Smashing … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Designs a Guitar to Get Closer to the Fans
Variety has a new story on Eddie Van Halen: It's an intense, visceral thrill to stand next to Eddie Van Halen while he plays a series of riffs that pass at whip-cracking speed, each note articulated with clarity and purpose. The sound and the force of the music are unmistakable; he looks up while strumming an open chord at length, shouting that he’s playing the runs … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar “Loud” Fan Video
The following music video shows people from around the nation performing "Loud," the new single from Sammy Hagar off of his latest release Cosmic Universal Fashion. The video was directed and compiled by Jason Michael Brescia, (here's his Myspace page) who encourages you to send him your own personal footage of you performing "Loud" to further enhance the video and make the … [Read more...]
Second Chickenfoot Sample!
I think it's safe to say that they are definitely sticking with "Chickenfoot" as the name... … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot update
[Chickenfoot/caption] The new CD from Chickenfoot (official site), the new supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani & Chad Smith, should be out sometime between April and June, with a big tour to follow. We got a big update with news from their first photoshoot and first Guitar World feature. And this band could last more than just one CD & … [Read more...]
David Cook adds “Hot For Teacher” to his live set
David Cook, last season’s American Idol winner, kicked off his first headline tour “The Declaration Tour – 2009” last week in Tallahassee, FL on February 13th. Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" has been performed at every date on the tour so far. David Cook’s self titled debut cd has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales exceeding 1 million units. David's a VH fan and he … [Read more...]
Eddie reflects on the 2007-2008 tour in new interview
There is a new interview with Eddie Van Halen in the April 2009 issue of Hustler magazine. Here are some of the highlights where Eddie talks about Van Halen's 2007-2008 tour: (Photo by Matthew Bruck) What was it like the first time you guys played after all those years ? It was amazing. At first, obviously, Dave doubted that a 15-16 year old could do it. He said, … [Read more...]
Van Halen Jamming “Girl Gone Bad” Instrumental at 5150, recorded in 1983
Here's a blast from the past for you! It's a 1984 recording of Eddie Van Halen noodling around in the 5150 studio. Precious few tapes have ever emerged from the studio such as this one. Although this has been circulating amongst VH collectors for 10 years or so, we're sure there's plenty of regular VHND readers who've never heard it. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
“Van Halen” by Nerf Herder
A lot of VH fans already know about this, but for the thousands of our readers that don't... Nerf Herder is a pop punk band from Santa Barbara formed in 1994. One of the things they are most known for is their 1996 single "Van Halen", a parody tribute to the our favorite band, which attracted significant radio airplay and led to their first major record deal. Nerf … [Read more...]