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From 411Mania.com: By Dan Haggerty Running With The Devil Eddie and Alex Van Halen started their music career humbly as kids in the 60′s. Eddie played the drums and Alex played the guitar. That rather odd sounding arrangement came to an end when, according to Eddie, Alex would sneak onto his drums so one day [...]
Last week the VHND featured the story of how Jas Obrecht scored an interview with Eddie Van Halen during the band’s first world tour. Here is the interview as published in the November 1978 Edition of Guitar Player magazine: “Heavy-Metal Guitarist from California Hits the Charts at Age 21″ By: Jas Obrecht Edward Van Halen’s [...]
Jas Obrecht got hired in 1978 to write for Guitar Player magazine. For his first assignment, he was sent to a huge music festival at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium, known as Bill Graham’s “Day On The Green,” to interview Canadian musician Pat Travers. But as rock musicians sometimes do, Travers sent him away without an [...]
Van Halen Store has a killer new Eddie Van Halen shirt that we think you’ll like. “ERUPTION!” Shirt (Small – 2XL, Slim-Fit, $24.95) “ERUPTION” – the blazing instrumental that introduced the world to the guitar genius of Eddie Van Halen! The front text of the shirt is striped, like Eddie’s guitar. The back features Eddie’s [...]
From GuitarWorld.com Jun 1, 2010 (Originally published in Guitar World, April 2010) By Randy Harward, Photo by Bryan Adams Chickenfoot’s Michael Anthony tells Guitar World why he plays bass, his first gig and his most embarrassing moment on stage. What first inspired you to play bass? It was by default that I started playing bass. [...]
From USAToday.com: Jun 01, 2010 Aerosmith announces U.S. summer tour Just announced: Aerosmith will be hitting the road this summer with the Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock tour. An 18-city U.S. tour kicks off July 23 in Oakland, Calif. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning Friday, June 4 at LiveNation.com. The recently announced [...]
