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Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen have recently set up official Myspace pages. Official Facebook and Twitter pages are coming soon. Van Halen Official Myspace Eddie Van Halen Official Myspace Eddie’s first blog message: Hello!!! Current mood: artistic Category: Life Hey there, This is my first foray on MySpace. Just wanted to say hi and [...]
Here’s some unexpected footage of Wolfie Van Halen rockin out with some friends at the Oakwood School 2009 Arts Fair. Cover of Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle,” Performed by (left to right) Ethan Young, Sam Kauffman, Wolfie Van Halen, Newman Wolf. Wolfie sings and plays guitar: Cover of “Last Resort” by Papa Roach. Wolfie on [...]
From BlogCritics.org: As we all know, Van Halen parted ways with their flamboyant original frontman David Lee Roth in 1985 and almost immediately regrouped with the already rising superstar Sammy Hagar firmly at the helm. “Van Hagar’s” 1986 debut album, 5150, was a massive success, becoming the band’s first #1 album on the Billboard charts, [...]
From Classic Rock Magazine: The New Issue Of Classic Rock Goes On Sale Today …And it comes with four massively collectible covers! The September edition of Classic Rock is now on sale. It’s a special collector’s edition featuring the 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time, as chosen by the 100 greatest living guitarists. Inside the [...]
From the full interview with Chad Smith on MusicRadar.com, posted today: Chickenfoot excerpt: And what about Chickenfoot? After you do the Chili Peppers, are you going to do another record? “Absolutely! We’re having so much fun and it’s gone so well – there’s no reason not to continue with Chickenfoot. That’s something I want to [...]
From Daemon’s TV: Check out a first look at the TWO AND A HALF MEN Season 7 premiere airing Monday, Sept. 21 (9:00-9:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.. The first episode is titled “818JKLPUZO” and guest stars Emmanuelle Vaugier and none other than Eddie Van Halen. Episode Synopsis: TWO AND A HALF MEN [...]
In a recent interview, Sammy Hagar says that Chickenfoot has been filming gigs for an in-concert DVD.
From Best of WNY:
Concert Preview: CHICKENFOOT
Toronto Sound Academy
Wednesday August 5th
Interview: SAMMY HAGAR
STRUTIN’ THEIR STUFF…. With a mini Club trek & European tour under their belt HAGAR, SATRIANI, SMITH & ANTHONY better known as CHICKENFOOT are ready to stomp there way across the U.S.A. through the end of September.
The veteran Rock ‘n’ Roll outfit is set to take flight with tour dates beginning this week including a visit to our neighbors to the North in Toronto. The bands live performances to date have been an unprecedented success not to mention the talk of the summer tour circuit.
The bands self-titled debut album had people flocking to their music outlets of choice seeding CHICKENFOOT at number 4 on the Billboard Charts right out of the gate. Quite a feat for a group of old school Road Warriors with well over a century in the Rock ‘n’ Roll trenches.
The Rock Rapport had the good fortune once again to speak with Hall of Fame frontman SAMMY HAGAR in between CHICKENFOOT tour legs.
Ross CAT – Hello SAMMY from the Rock Rapport in Buffalo, NY, as always it’s a pleasure to speak with you, how are things in the henhouse following the tour abroad.
SAMMY – I’m good brother really good as you can imagine. Hey it’s not snowing up there in Buffalo is it (laughter)?
Ross CAT – No snow, but it hasn’t stopped raining in weeks, believe it or not we’ve even had a few hail storms this summer.
SAMMY – I’m just pulling your leg, the reason I ask is I was watching the Food Network last night because you know I love to cook, I saw ANTHONY BOURDAIN cruising all the restaurants around Buffalo during a blizzard. I thought to myself OH BOY I’m glad we’re hitting the Northeast during the summer months. I Love the people up north but I can do without the cold & snow.
Ross CAT – Congratulations on the overwhelming critical & commercial success CHICKENFOOT is enjoying with the debut record; not to mention the fact that the tour is selling out every venue on the schedule.
You took a little criticism early on about some comments & comparisons you made about the bands new music, seems you knew this thing had legs before anyone else did.
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From Filter Magazine: Juliette Lewis’ Five Most Influential Albums by Tamara Vallejos Tuesday we shared the first part of our interview with independent film actress and rock musician Juliette Lewis, in which she commented on the five most influential films in her life. Today, after much thought and inner-debate, she reveals the five albums that [...]
Back in 1986, Edward Van Halen and Les Paul had the pleasure of meeting each other at the opening of Guitar Center in Los Angeles. Thankfully, the long talk that they had together that night was recording and transcribed. Enjoy.
From UltimateGuitar.com:
Rock Chronicles. 1980s: Les Paul
By Steven Rosen
In 1986, Guitar Center opened the RockWalk, their version of Mann’s Chinese Theater, where musicians would press their handprints into cement. Les Paul was one of the first inductees. I met him there (though we’d run into one another at some other function a little earlier). He was amazing and remembered me and the Jeff Beck book and everything. Edward Van Halen was there that evening for the unveiling of the RockWalk. I had the rare opportunity to introduce the guitarist to the guitar maker. They knew about each other, of course. Seizing this one-in-a-million chance, I escorted the legendary pair to an upstairs office (Guitar Center honcho Dave Weiderman was instrumental in putting this meeting together), pulled out a cassette player, and started asking them questions. I’m also including that conversation here (which did appear originally in Guitar World Magazine). Here is that one (questions in bold are mine):
It was a rare meeting, a unique sharing of ideas and ideals, a baring of emotions. Edward Van Halen and Les Paul were communicating for the first time on the occasion of the opening of the new Guitar Center, a mammoth music store located on Sunset Boulevard in the center of Hollywood. Van Halen and Paul were being honored along with other notables like Stevie Wonder, Jim Marshall and Remo Belli, as part of the RockWalk, a celebration where the participants placed their hands in cement a Ia Graumans Chinese.
Edward was agreeable to the meeting if, he said, Les was amenable (he was), and so I sequestered the two along with Donn Landee, Van Halens engineer, in one of the vacant rooms in the complex. From the moment the pair sat down there was an immediate rapport and a flow of information. In fact, Edward virtually conducted the questioning. Following the talk, he chirped, “I ask better questions than you, don’t I?” No argument there.
Donn Landee, an integral part of the Van Halen sound and a rare face when it comes to interviews, had talked to Edward about the contributions Les had made.
“Slowly but surely I’ve told Ed just a little bit about him,” explained Landee. “But I don’t even know the half of it. It was not just guitars, not just a musician, not just a producer—but a real visionary in all facets. I was pleased that Ed knew and was aware of him. Their respect for one another came across after just 10 seconds. Edward knows something a lot more important now. He knows how he thinks and how he feels.”
Certainly, that feeling was mutual and by the end of the talk the pair acted like old friends. Unfortunately, the conversation could not have lasted longer—Les had other plans—and I only hope those reading these words derive just a part of the breathlessness which came over me when I recorded them.
Have you two ever met before?
Les Paul: Never
Les, do you know about this guy sitting across from you?
Paul: I know all about him.
Do you listen to his music?
Paul: Of course. How can you not? And enjoy it.
Edward Van Halen: Is that good or bad?
Paul: It’s good. We had a mutual friend and he used to bring Eddie’s records over to the house, so I kind of heard Eddie. And then my daughter used to live a short distance from where Eddie used to practice with his band out in Arcadia…
Van Halen: Pasadena.
Paul: Pasadena, yeah. Well, anyway my daughter used to live right near there and I said, ‘‘Who’s the guitar player over there?” And so I heard Eddie before Eddie knew I was listening to him.
Van Halen: Can I ask you a question?
Paul: Sure.
Van Halen: Did you design all the Les Pauls?
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Behind-The-Scenes Video: Joe, Chad, Mike and Sammy descend on London for their Summer European 2009 tour. New RED, WHITE & GRAY Chickenfoot shirts! The fans asked for more Chickenfoot t-shirts in different colors, and the ‘Foot delivered! Officially Licensed Available exclusively at Van Halen Store SIZES: Small through 4XL in all colors. ALL Sizes & [...]
An Eddie Van Halen mention from Metal Underground: Tony Iommi, best known as the guitarist of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell, has revealed in a recent interview that he will soon be undergoing some important surgery on his hand. Some excerpts from the interview read as follows: Q: Do you know what you’re doing [...]
