From Billboard.com: by Gary Graff, Detroit August 30, 2010 Chickenfoot is four songs and "seven pieces of new music" into its second album, according to frontman Sammy Hagar. But he acknowledges there's some concern about keeping that not-so-old gang of theirs together. The challenge is drummer Chad Smith and his regular gig with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who are … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Couture shows Toney the ‘Mean Street’ with UFC 118 walk-in music
From Las Vegas Sun: By Allison Duck Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 | 5:36 a.m. Keeping with his theme of classic rock walk in music, UFC legend Randy Couture went with another iconic act to signal his arrival into the octagon in Boston’s TD Garden. The frenetic pace of the guitar heavy intro to Van Halen’s “Mean Street” matched the speed of Couture’s flurry of punches that … [Read more...]
Humor: Van Halen’s Curse on Ted Templeman (Video)
UPDATE Dec. '14: We originally featured this video a few years ago when it came out. But now there is a perfect quality version online, so we're happy to feature the upgrade. It's hilarious, and well worth re-watching! The Van Halen segment starts exactly 40 seconds into the video. Enjoy! Some humor for the weekend - Yacht Rock's Episode #9 — the story of a Van Halen … [Read more...]
New VH: What Do YOU Want to Hear?
The guitar tone freak at WoodyTone wrote a list of the type of sounds he'd love to hear on a new Van Halen album. Check out his list below and chime in by posting a comment telling what types of sounds YOU would like to hear from Eddie and the boys! From WoodyTone.com: New VH: What Do You Want to Hear? Here’s My List! My 8-year-old son makes me listen to only Van … [Read more...]
Mashup: Kontrust & Beastie Boys & Van Halen & Empire of The Sun & Basement Jaxx
Mashup by Mash2mix: Kontrust - "Bomba" Beasty Boys - "Intergalactic" Van Halen - "Jump" Empire of the sun - "Walking On a Dream" Basement Jaxx - "Wheres Your Head At" … [Read more...]
Who Needs a Singer? The Top 10 Instrumentals of All Time
From Gibson.com: Ellen Barnes 08.18.2010 A truly great instrumental song is worth a thousand words. Here are 10 wordless wonders so ubiquitous that we bet you’d instantly recognize every last one of them. These heirlooms have been covered and recovered by generations of artists but haven’t grown any worse for the wear. "Eruption" -- Van Halen We’re pretty sure … [Read more...]
Van Halen Tees for the Kids
Van Halen Store has got two awesome Van Halen Shirts for the kids just in time for the Back-to-School season. They're available in many several different sizes and are sure to fit Kids of ALL ages, from fashionable babies and toddlers to rockin' 12-year-olds. Plus, they've got a limited supply of Van Halen Baby Onesies for the smallest VH fan in the house. Dad will be … [Read more...]
The Rockstar Ramblings: Roth vs. Hagar
From Metal Underground.com: With the long awaited Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) follow up to 1984 due out next year (and one would expect a world tour) this week we take a look at the classic David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar debate with a closing thought on how the pending album may affect this age old discussion. THE VAN HALEN YEARS David Lee Roth was with VH for … [Read more...]
Listology: Timeless Music Scenes in Timeless Movies
From ology.com: By Ben Zoltowski Don't ask us why exactly, we're just feelin' a twinge nostalgic this week. And as all y'all know, there's only one way to satiate the longing for days gone by: List our 10 favorite music scenes from the 10 most timeless movies in existence! We'll let the 'Play' button do the explainin' on each. But what'd we miss? What'd we get … [Read more...]
Zakk Wylde with Eddie Van Halen’s original Marshall
Here's a picture of Zakk Wylde from Black Label Society posing with a true piece of musical history. Zakk posted this on his Twitter Sunday: " THIS IS "THE HEAD OF DOOM" !!! Eddie's ORIGINAL MARSHALL from ERUPTION til' 1984!!!!!! Serious MOJO !!!!!! " " I DON'T OWN ED's Original Baby.... She's Getting some TLC right now..." " ED's ORIGINAL HEAD is Being Overhauled.... … [Read more...]
Gary Cherone on Van Halen and Chickenfoot
Gary Cherone was recently on the Eddie Trunk show. Here are the segments where they discussed Van Halen and Chickenfoot. Listen here. Extreme's new video, "Run": … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen stops by Pearl rehearsals
From Scott Ian's Twitter account: From: @Scott_Ian Sent: 11 Ago, 2010 16:51 "Guess who stopped in to rehearsal yesterday! Perfect way to start a tour. Eddie Van Halen just gave Pearl his blessing to go out and kick some fucking ass. And he signed my 5150III." Scott Ian of the band Anthrax is also in Pearl, a band with his wife, Pearl Aday, daughter of famed singer … [Read more...]