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Alexander Arthur Van Halen was born on May 8th, 1953, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was raised in Nijmegan, a town just otside Amsterdam. Luckily for millions of rock fans, the Van Halens moved to the U.S. when Alex was about 9. While not much is known about the man himself, fans can deduce all they [...]
By Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle Senior Pop Music Correspondent: Sammy Hagar, who was touring on the other side of the country with Van Halen in 1991, wanted to fly home and play the Golden Gate Park memorial concert for Bill Graham. He lined up former Montrose drummer Denny Carmassi, and called guitarist Joe Satriani [...]
All those rumors about a VAN HALEN Guitar Hero game coming in 2009 have proven to be true! Today, Activision announced that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is scheduled to arrive this year! This game will be a new and unique interactive way for literally millions of people to connect with Van Halen and their awesome [...]
From Classic Rock Magazine: Classic Rock Editor Sian Llewellyn and our Editor At Large Geoff Barton run the rule over the 2 brand new Chickenfoot tracks. We revealed to you earlier on today that Chickenfoot (the super-group featuring former Van Halen men Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Joe [...]
From Destructoid.com: Although it’s not been officially announced, we’ve heard of this game called Guitar Hero Van Halen. We can’t be sure it exists, but rumors, retail listings, and German ratings boards seem to indicate that it does. As do the handful of rumored achievements for the Xbox 360 version of the game that Destructoid [...]
U2′s Bono has managed to broker a deal that merges Universal Music Group (the largest record distribution outfit on the planet) withYoutube that now allows for the creation of a dedicated channel to advertise the label’s artists. The channel, to be called Vevo, will debut later in 2009 and will feature content provided by Universal. [...]
From The New Yorker: May 28 They may have a silly name, but the members of the new group Chickenfoot—the guitar whiz Joe Satriani, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith, the former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, and the erstwhile Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar—know more than a thing or two about [...]
From: RGJ.com:
By Neil Baron • Special to Best Bets • April 30, 2009
Longtime rock ‘n’ roll frontman Sammy Hagar knows a great guitarist when he hears one. After all, the Red Rocker has shared the stage with the likes of Ronnie Montrose, Ted Nugent and Eddie Van Halen.
So you know Hagar knows what he’s talking about when he compliments guitarist Joe Satriani, one of his collaborators in a new band, Chickenfoot. While Hagar and his regular band, the Wabos, will play Friday and Saturday at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, he’s moving on to a new group — in this case, with a guitarist he has long admired.
“I’ve made this statement a million times — some people don’t like it, some people do — but Joe is the best guitarist I have ever played with,” Hagar said during a recent phone interview. “That’s a strong statement. I realize that. You’ve got to give Eddie (Van Halen) a lot of love for his innovation of what he did as a stylist with the guitar,” Hagar added. “He broke a lot of ground. But Joe is a master. He can play anything and everything — folk, blues, jazz, hard rock, soft rock, fusion, you name it. As a guitar technician, Joe is the best guy I’ve ever stood in the same room with on any instrument. And he’s so soulful when he solos. He puts more feeling into a solo than any other player I’ve been with.” read more
