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Chickenfoot has released two full songs from the new album for you to listen to now! “Soap On A Rope” and “Down The Drain.” You can listen to them on the band’s official webiste, but they sound better on their Facebook page. Here’s a photo from Chickenfoot’s first concert ever, a March 18th private concert [...]
Mystery of the Fair Warning tour footage — Does a complete Oakland concert exist on film? Anyone even remotely familiar with the third Indiana Jones film “The Last Crusade” is aware the film dealt with Dr. Jones pursuit of the Holy Grail. Through much intrigue, action and hardship, Jones finally had the Grail in his [...]
Eddie Van Halen’s new pickup is in stock & shipping now at Van Halen Store. The legendary humbucking pickup from the guitar that changed everything. Think of it as a brand-new version of the original Frankenstein’s battle-worn pickup, wound to the exact original specs and built to fit in any humbucking-pickup-equipped guitar. One of the [...]
Van Halen III was released 11 years ago today, on March 17th, 1998. The album is considered to be the only disappointing Van Halen album ever made, but the tour was another story. The 1998 tour was the second Van Halen tour when Eddie was clean and sober. While many fans didn’t think Gary Cherone [...]
Nine new photos of Chickenfoot recording in the studio shot by photographer John Cuniberti are at the bottom of this page. Producer Andy Johns (Chickenfoot, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, etc). is pictured with the band. Joe Satrianai recently described Chickenfoot’s music to Billboard.com as, “High-energy, kick-ass rock’n’roll. We all bring to the table some unusual [...]
From www.spinner.com: When Eddie Van Halen talks about guitars, people listen. It’s like LeBron James waxing poetic on the art of the assist, or Kate Winslet on getting acting awards. Van Halen is that highly regarded in the guitar world. In fact, in a recent article in USA Today, he was referred to as “the [...]
Here’s some little-seen footage of Eddie Van Halen playing at the Anaheim Convention Center during the NAMM show, January 30th, 1987. He’s jamming with Steve Stevens, Michael Winslow, and others at the Kramer booth. This was just two months after the 5150 tour wrapped up, and just before he went into the studio to play [...]
Happy Birthday to Wolfgang Van Halen, who turns 18 years old today. (Born 3/16/91). To celebrate, Wolfgang and his girlfriend are going out to dinner tonight with his dad, Eddie Van Halen, Ed’s fiance Janie, his mother, Valerie Bertinelli, and Valerie’s boyfriend Tom, and Tom’s children. We wish Wolfgang and his family the very best. [...]
The Van Halen News Desk brings you another CHICKENFOOT UPDATE with exclusive info: CD & TOUR INFO: Chickenfoot’s self-titled debut CD will be released in either APRIL or MAY. The first single might be either “Oh, Yeah!” or “Bitten By The Wolf.” The tour will kick off in MAY, warming up in smaller venues (possibly [...]
Esquire lists The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own, an “unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative list of the records your music collection requires.” Van Halen’s Fair Warning made the list. All they had to say about the album was, “The least commercially successful album from the David Lee Roth years. And the best.”
Fourteen years ago today, Van Halen’s Balance tour kicked off in Pensacola, Florida. The 1995 tour was jokingly dubbed the “Ambulance” Tour by Eddie because of the hip and neck injuries sustained by himself and brother Alex. The band added a new element to their stage show on this tour: the Jumbotron. Initially Alex’s idea, [...]
