As we said there would be, here's another interview with David Lee Roth. (There will be four new interviews, in total). This one is from VULTURE, and has a bit more Van Halen talk than the one from Vogue this week. We like their title: "A Long Talk With David Lee Roth Diamond Dave on Tattoo Skin Care and the Future of Van Halen" Dave talks about what he calls the … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth Breaks Silence in New Interview
There's a brand new David Lee Roth interview in VOGUE. But before you read it, we have a bit of exclusive VH & DLR news. Van Halen is still a thing. (They are on their regular hiatus, but not retired) Yes, David Lee Roth is still in Van Halen Now that we got the Van Halen part out of the way, we can tell you that Dave has been keeping very busy while Van … [Read more...]
Unearthed Video: Van Halen Live in Montreal, 1982
An upgrade of a Van Halen bootleg concert video surfaced this week - Van Halen performing at the Montreal Forum, Oct 27, 1982. This recording first circulated in bootleg collector circles many years ago, but everyone's copy was blurry from being generations away from the bootlegger's master tape. This week, someone uploaded it to YouTube from a much cleaner source, … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s Iconic Frankenstein to Exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
From RollingStone.com: Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitar will be displayed at the Met as part of the museum's new exhibit on rock & roll instruments. The first major art museum exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock & roll will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art starting April 8th, 2019. The exhibit, titled Play It Loud: Instruments of … [Read more...]
What’s In Van Halen’s Vault? Michael Anthony Talks Unreleased Concert Footage
Went went straight to Michael Anthony when we wanted to talk Van Halen bootlegs, and what the band might have in its vaults. In the video below, you can listen to Michael talk with Jeff Hausman from the Van Halen News Desk, about one of the fans' favorite subjects to ponder. We had a chance to ask Michael about the pro-shot footage from 1979, the pro-shot footage from the … [Read more...]
Early Sammy Hagar Footage Discovered
We've discovered some decent quality footage from Sammy Hagar's first decade as a solo artist, and we've decided to feature it. We don't normally feature stuff from Sammy Hagar's solo career, but we found this interesting, because we've never seen pro shot footage from Sammy Hagar's 1979 tour. (Not that we've searched for it much, but it's still cool to see, nonetheless). We … [Read more...]
Van Halen 1979 Los Angeles Bootleg Video, Synced with Sound
Some fans are familiar with the short clip of bootleg footage from Van Halen's 1979 "CaliFFornia World Music Festival" performance, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It's rarely seen, blurry, and even worse, has has no sound. (Probably recorded on an 8mm camcorder with no sound capability). Well, VHND regular, Chris Bennett, has attempted to make this footage more … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Eddie says hello. He posted the following on social media: Happy Thanksgiving! Thankful for friends, family and fans. #happythanksgiving #thankful … [Read more...]
Wayne Charvel’s Home, Guitar Workshop Destroyed In California Wildfires
First, we’d like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. We would like to apologize for the lack of updates this month. We're busier than ever running Van Halen Store lately, and gearing up for what looks to be a really busy Christmas season, which is already in full gear. And that’s great, because the store keeps VHND going, but we hate to see the News … [Read more...]
When Ozzy Went Missing on the ’78 Black Sabbath/Van Halen Tour
40 years ago today, Ozzy Osbourne went missing during the legendary Black Sabbath / Van Halen 1978 tour. Here's the funny story in David Lee Roth's own words, newly-unearthed newspaper articles, and a rare audio recording of the makeup show. Enjoy! David Lee Roth shares a tale from Van Halen's first world tour: There is an old science-fiction movie from the fifties called … [Read more...]
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on Eddie Van Halen: ‘I Couldn’t Do What He Does’
Black Sabbath mastermind Tony Iommi recently shared his thoughts about Eddie Van Halen's guitar skills. MetalHeadZone.com reports on what Iommi said at Whitley Bay Film Festival. The Van Halen segment is below: “I couldn’t do what he does. He’s very technical, he does all the tapping. But one time he came over and we got to play together. He wanted to play… He said, ‘We … [Read more...]
Paul Stanley on ‘Did Eddie Van Halen Almost Join KISS?’
Kiss's Gene Simmons claims that he once had to talk Eddie Van Halen out of leaving Van Halen and joining Kiss. Gene has repeated this story several times over the last 25 years, but here's what bandmate Paul Stanley has to say about it, in the video above. So there you have it straight from Paul... he says Eddie never almost joined KISS. But wait, there's more. The Van … [Read more...]