Here’s a glimpse from the first show of their European festival dates – June 20th at the Nova Rock Festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria:
The Brown Sound
June 20, 2009 39 Comments
Eight months ago, the Van Halen News Desk came across a guitar player named Craig Parker Adams (official site), who wrote and recorded some instrumental songs that we truly felt captured the summertime sound and feel of classic VH. We’ve just learned that Craig has written four brand new VH-esque instrumentals, and we want to [...]
Zombieland movie trailer features Van Halen
June 19, 2009 16 Comments
WRIF interview with Michael Anthony
June 19, 2009 63 Comments
Listen to Chickenfoot on Rockline
June 18, 2009 19 Comments
Chickenkfoot was on ROCKLINE last night. In case you missed it, Rockline has made it easier than ever to listen to previous shows. Their “Replay” page let’s you choose from any of our four most recent shows and listen to them in their entirety. Click here to listen now! Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith, [...]
Chickenfoot sales numbers & more tourdates
June 17, 2009 27 Comments
From Billboard: Week one: 52,000 units (#4 on charts, 3 days of sales) Week two: 79,000 units (still at #4 on the charts) 1) Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow!” (304,000) 2) Dave Matthews Band – “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King” (128,000, down 70%) 3) Eminem – “Relapse” (87,000, down 38%) 4) Chickenfoot [...]
Chickenfoot on Rockline Tonight
June 17, 2009 4 Comments
http://rocklineradio.com/ Wednesday June 17, 2009 Chickenfoot: Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith Chicken what? C’mon, there can’t really be a band called Chickenfoot can there? Not a decent sounding or serious one for sure. Who the hell would name their band Chickenfoot? How about Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad [...]
Van Halen files suit against Nike
June 16, 2009 42 Comments
Amazingly, Nike went ahead and mass-produced some shoes that feature the trademarked Van Halen stripes! From KTLA News: LOS ANGELES — Guitarist Eddie Van Halen filed a lawsuit against Nike in Los Angeles Friday, alleging the company used the trademarked striped design from his guitar on their new line of “Dunk Lows” tennis shoes. The [...]
Bocephus on his video with Van Halen
June 16, 2009 19 Comments
Back when Sammy was a new member of Van Halen, the VH boys would get good and crazy pretty often. They called their good-old boy humor together “Bocephus mode,” in honor of country star Hank “Bocephus” Williams, Jr, who they considered the craziest mofo on the planet. When Hank got wind that they were using [...]
Flashback: Van Hagar Talk Synths, But Not Diamond Dave on “ET”
June 15, 2009 56 Comments
From Rolling Stone: There’s been so much negativity in the Van Halen universe this week — Eddie claims bassist Mike Anthony quit, Anthony says Eddie forced him out, the Guitar Hero: Van Halen video game features Wolfgang but apparently not Sammy Hagar, Anthony or Gary Cherone — that this week’s Flashback showcases the band at [...]
Chickenfoot shirts available!
June 11, 2009 42 Comments
Van Halen Store is proud to offer officially licensed CHICKENFOOT T-shirts! SIZES: Small through 4XL in some designs. PRICE: Just $19.95 each. (The Longsleeve is $24.95) Like all shirts for sale at Van Halen Store, these shirts are high quality, 100% pre-shrunk cotton & regular, standard fit. Order the Black Chickenfoot shirt with white logo: [...]
Eddie Van Halen Thanks God for Sobriety and Guitar Riffs
June 11, 2009 159 Comments
From Spinner.com:
(VHND.com notes: This interview was conducted sometime before the interview that Eddie did with Rolling Stone two weeks ago)
Between Jimi Hendrix and Slash, there was Eddie Van Halen. For rockers who came of age in the late ’70s and early ’80s, EVH was the ultimate guitar hero. From his showcase piece on the first album’s ‘Eruption,’ as well as FM staples like ‘You Really Got Me’ and ‘Running With the Devil,’ he consistently tops the list of most influential guitarists of his generation.
In recent years, though, the guitar god has battled throat cancer, gone through rehab and divorced his wife, actress Valerie Bertinelli, positioning him more as tabloid fodder than rock idol. However, sober, healthy and happily engaged to publicist Janie Liszewski, he’s back, as evidenced by the chants of “Eddie! Eddie!” that awaited him every night on the recent sold-out Van Halen tour that reunited him with frontman David Lee Roth.
With the band that bears his surname currently between projects, Eddie has turned his attention back to his passion of guitars, specifically designing them. With the recent release of the Fender Wolfgang guitar, named for his 18-year-old son, now Van Halen’s bass player, Eddie spoke with Spinner. Though his interviews are rare these days, he proved to be very forthcoming, sharing stories about several of Van Halen’s signature songs, including ‘Jump’ and ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,’ touring with AC/DC, learning to play sober and how his guitar riffs are literally God-given.
Read the interview here
