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Van Halen isolated guitar tracks & drum tracks

“So This Is Love” GUITAR TRACK: “Romeo Delight” GUITAR TRACK: “Jamie’s Cryin’” GUITAR TRACK: “I’m The One” DRUM TRACK: “Mean Street” DRUM TRACK:

Guitar Hero: Van Halen review by Classic Game Room HD

“Get It Up” – Music Video

Longtime fan and Pipeline Studios Inc. team up to produce this fully animated music video for Chickenfoot’s “Get It Up”. Check it out!

Chickenfoot gives the story behind the video: A while ago, a dedicated fan who also happened to be an animator contacted the band about making a video. Here’s the resulting video, and also the story of its creation from Darin Bristow. If anyone else out there is a huge fan and wants to make a video, go for it! It may not be as extreme as this, but we’ve been blown away by all sorts of fan-created videos. If you make one, email support@chickenfoot.us and if we get a enough we’ll create a special place for them here on the site!

“The idea for an animated ‘Chickenfoot’ video came to me while jogging along the beach vacationing in Cabo San Lucas. I never workout without something Sammy blasting on my Ipod, and the Chickenfoot CD had just come out. The energy of the CD really inspired me and got me thinking big. (Click the link below for the full story).

The Recording Of OU812, In Sammy Hagar’s Words

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This interview with Martin Popoff, Sammy Hagar gives a thorough retrospective of Van Halen’s OU812 album. The interview is from MartinPopoff.com. The photos are from the VHND archives. Enjoy! Van Halen – OU812 (Warner ’88, 25732) Kinda breaking my own rule here about really reserving this column for albums I think are sterling, fetching or [...]

A trip down memory lane

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From the thread, “Some Bass ass dude from the past” posted by WBraun on Supertopo.com. Wbraun was hired by David Lee Roth in 1987 do shoot Roth’s Skyscraper album cover in Yosemite: I remember this guy. A trip down the memory lane ……for anyone who even cares ……… David Lee Roth hired Ron Kauk and [...]

Classic Rock magazine’s Van Halen Buyer’s Guide

From ClassicRockMagazine: With a consummate showman, the guitarist of a generation and some classic tracks, they revolutionized hard rock. If ever a rock band epitomized the American Dream, it’s Van Halen. Formed in Pasadena, California in 1974 by four teenage kids from families that had migrated across the Atlantic in the pursuit of a better [...]

Top 50 Concert Tours of Decade

By The Associated Press (AP) The Top 50 Concert Tours of Decade ranks artists by total box office gross and includes the total tickets sold for shows in North America. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. TOP 50 CONCERT TOURS OF DECADE 1. [...]

Happy New Year From Van Halen

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Los Angeles, CA — December 29, 2009 Happy New Year to our fans, friends and family. May 2010 bring health, happiness, peace and love to you and yours. Keep Rockin’ Dave, Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang