"We performed 'On Fire' by Van Halen on a few tours and we also performed 'Breaking The Law' by Priest on this last tour. The response was far beyond our expectations each time we performed these songs. People seemed genuinely surprised to hear Stryper cover these songs and even more surprised to hear us perform these songs relatively well. -Michael Sweet Listen to their VH … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Van Halen personas for Firefox
Personas are free, easy-to-install, easy-to-use themes that change the look of your Firefox web browser. Several different Van Halen personas are available at GetPersonas.com. … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen to appear on Dweezil Zappa CD
Eddie Van Halen recorded a solo for "What The Hell Was I Thinking?", the long-awaited new project from guitarist Dweezil Zappa. From The Huffington Post: Mike Ragogna: You had another great project that you've been working on, and forgive me if I don't know anymore about it than this, but it's your "What The Hell Was I Thinking?" project, right? Dweezil Zappa: Yeah, … [Read more...]
Fan video for “Jump”
This video of Van Halen’s “Jump” was produced by Church by the Glades located in South Florida. They are in the middle a message series called “I Love the '80's”. During the series, their Pastor is using '80's pop culture as metaphors for teaching points. Some of the 80's icons being used throughout the series includes the Rubik’s Cube, the A-team, Famous 80s Dads, and, yes, … [Read more...]
Van Halen News Desk Addresses New Album Rumors
"We believe big time in publicizing the shit out of 'we ain't talkin'.' First we make goddamn sure that everybody knows we ain't saying anything..." — David Lee Roth, 1997 We at the Van Halen News Desk feel that the majority of fans and even music news websites have misinterpreted Janie Van Halen's recent statement. Many people are reacting as if Janie simply said that … [Read more...]
New Van Halen Album Just “Rumors” Band Says
From RollingStone.com: By Daniel Kreps Jul 06, 2010 3:34 PM EDT The web was abuzz with rumors that Van Halen had completed a new album — the first with David Lee Roth back as lead singer — over July Fourth weekend, with a "source" even telling MelodicRock.com that a first single is due at the end of the year. The report also claimed that the new album, … [Read more...]
New song by Anklelock features Gary Cherone on vocals
A new song "Coming To Get You" from the Boston band Anklelock features Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah) on vocals. Anklelock's guitar player Bill Bracken tells the VHND: "I just released a song with a side project called Anklelock. It features Gary Cherone on vocals. Gary and I have worked together off and on for the past eleven years and I asked him to … [Read more...]
Van Halen Rasta Guitar
From Dweezil Zappa World: This guitar is one of my personal favorites. I remember the first time I ever saw the guitar was in a photo from Life Magazine. They followed Edward on the road around the time of the Fair Warning and Diver Down tours. That is my favorite Van Halen album by the way. Anyhow, as you may or may not know Edward built a lot of his own guitars. He … [Read more...]