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From Guitar World.com: Photos: Lee Salem (Scroll down for video) Eddie Van Halen made a surprise visit to music students at LA Unified School District’s Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles last Thursday, December 5. Twenty-seven students, under the tutelage of Music Director Vincent Womack, were transfixed as Van Halen told them to pursue their passion […]
Van Halen, 1979. “All Access” Van Halen photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we feature a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many are never-seen-before exclusives. Tune in every weekend for more!
We’ve put together this this list of the hottest Van Halen gift ideas this Holiday season. Whether you want something for yourself, or for the huge Van Halen fan in your life, you can’t go wrong with any of these awesome items. From Van Halen shirts, to winter gear, to books, to Eddie Van Halen striped […]
Something from the archives of the Los Angeles Times: Posted By: Scott Harrison Posted On: 12:31 a.m. | December 5, 2013 July 9, 1978: David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of rock band Van Halen celebrate their return to Southern California at the Long Beach Arena. Columnist Robert Hilburn reported on the band’s success in […]
Another Van Halen News Desk exclusive! Here’s what we call “All Fired Up,” written and performed by Eddie Van Halen in 1983. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar along with his electronic drum machine. The director wanted a piece […]
This is an excerpt from the all-new January/February 2014 issue of Guitar Aficionado magazine. For the rest of this story, including 14 pages of photos of Eddie Van Halen’s gear, head to VanHalenStore.com. A Different Kind of Trove: Cool, unusual, and full of surprises, Ed Van Halen’s extraordinary guitar collection reveals the legendary player’s endless fascination with the […]
UPDATE 12/3/13 at 7am MST: Van Halen is still trending at #3, and David Lee Roth is trending at #2! Anybody that thinks Van Halen is just some classic rock band that sold millions of albums that is not relevant anymore, think again! Van Halen is the number one Trending subject on Yahoo right now, and […]
November 20th, 1978; Van Halen at “Oklahoma’s Pure Rock Station,” ROCK 100.5 “The KATT.” The band made this radio appearance before jumping in a limo and heading straight to their in store appearance at Sound Warehouse. Thanks to R. Galbraith for the photo, which has never been seem anywhere before. “All Access” Van Halen photos is […]
A (somewhat recent) interview with David Lee Roth is currently making the rounds on music news websites. The interview one one that David Lee Roth did with Jim Florentine (from That Metal Show) for Ozzy’s Boneyard on SiriusXM. In it, David mentioned that the four members of Van Halen were beginning to work on new music. He […]
31 years ago today (Nov 30) Michael Jackson’s colossal album, Thriller, was released. Eddie Van Halen collaborated with Jackson on the album’s third single,”Beat It,” and wrote and performed the guitar solo for the song. Upon the song’s release on the radio, Eddie remembers standing in line at Tower Records when ‘Beat It’ started playing. “The […]
Our favorite little drummer is back! And this time, he attempts another Van Halen deep track; the insane “Outta Love Again” from Van Halen II. How do you think he did? Share your thoughts in the comments section. Related Avery Molek Stories: Our original feature on six-year old drumming prodigy Avery Molek, 6-Year-Old Drummer Shreds Van Halen’s […]
We’ve unearthed photos and a promotional flyer from two of Van Halen’s in-store appearances during their first world tour in 1978. First, here’s a flyer from an appearance at Sound Warehouse in Dallas, Texas, from exactly 35 years ago today! The flyer states, “SOUND WAREHOUSE on Lemmon and knight welcomes [Van Halen logo]. See and […]
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