VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

DIAMOND DAVE IS 54 !!!

 From JamBase.com: Sat Eye Candy: David Lee Roth DIAMOND DAVE IS 54! One of rock’s great cartoon characters, David Lee Roth is also one of the liveliest frontmen the genre has ever known. Possessed of a powerful voice and more form fitting spandex than a ballerina, Roth high-kicked his way into rock’s pantheon in the [...]

Top ten stadium rock bands, part 4 – Van Halen

Here’s an old but cool Van Halen clip, hosted by Alice Cooper:

Valerie Bertinelli’s new memoir ‘Finding It’ released today

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finding_itFrom ABC News:

Excerpt: Valerie Bertinelli’s ‘Finding It’
TV Star, Van Halen Ex Remembers the Difficulty of Explaining the Facts of Life to Rocker Son
Oct. 6, 2009

The following excerpt from Valerie Bertinelli’s new book, “Finding It –
and Satisfying My Hunger for Life Without Opening the Fridge,”
a follow-up
to her memoir “Losing It — and Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a
Time,”
comes courtesy of Simon & Schuster publishers.

Watch Chris Connelly’s interview with Valerie Bertinelli on “20/20″ Friday
at 10 p.m. ET

Click here to read Chapter One – “The Sex Talk”

Chickenfoot Video Q&A

From Billboard.com: It was a joke name when we started, Chad, Michael, and I” Chickenfoot frontman Sammy Hagar says of his newish supergroup with guitarist Joe Satriani, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith in a Billboard.com video interview done in conjunction with Fuse. “There were three of [...]

Chickenfoot gives aspiring musicians advice

Chickenfoot, comprised of members of Van Halen and Red Hot Chili Peppers, were special guests of the Grammy Soundchecks series, and they let fans know secrets of success for being a musician. Watch it on Youtube.

Rolling Stone Chickenfoot article

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From the Aug 6th edition of Rolling Stone magazine: