VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

David Lee Roth Update

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First, VHND can confirm that the Facebook and twitter pages for David Lee Roth that popped up last week are 100% official. Roth’s twitter post was simply “Get Ready for…” Since Roth has chosen to set up his social networking pages during this “calm before the storm”, we’ve decided to address some lingering rumors regarding [...]

Ke$ha Calls David Lee Roth an “Incredible Frontman”

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Wild pop star Ke$ha shows her love for David Lee Roth during two recent interviews: From Malextra.com: Ke$ha is proud of her wild pop persona – insisting she is the female version of Van Halen hellraiser David Lee Roth. The 23 year old hit the charts last year with TiK ToK, a track about her [...]

Lita Ford: “Eddie Van Halen is The Les Paul of Today’s World”

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Photo: The Runaways with David Lee Roth and Rodney Bingenheimer at K-ROQ in Pasadena. From VHND archives. Lita Ford from The Runaways contributed to the upcoming hardcover photo book, Eddie Van Halen, by Neil Zlozower. The Van Halen News Desk has the exclusive on Lita’s quote in the book, below. In the very early days, [...]

Caption This Photo: David Lee Roth At The US Festival

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David Lee Roth of Van Haen in front of the 300,000 + crowd at the US Festival, May 29th, 1983. Write your own caption/punchline in our Comments section.

“Late Term” Is Not Van Halen

Think of this little update as a public service announcement for Van Halen fans. In the last 24 hours, we’ve received countless emails from fans saying that they’ve heard “the new Van Halen song” and that it’s called “Late Term” and that it’s been leaked onto the internet as of yesterday. The truth is, there [...]

Style Icon: David Lee Roth

Here’s something different–a Van Halen article written by a female. Liz Barker says, “‘Van Halen with David’ is the most magical and powerful and soul-changing sour-heart antidote I’ve ever known in all my awesome life.” From NoGoodForMe.com: (L: David Lee Roth, the year I was born. R: The David Lee Roth photo I identify with [...]

Van Halen Retrospective (Parts 1 & 2)

Earlier this summer, we featured Part 1 of Midnight Phil’s two part Van Halen Retrospective. We’re glad to say that Part 2 is finished! A message from Midnight Phil to VHND readers: “Thanks for all the amazing feedback on Part 1 of the Van Halen Retrospective! Part 2 was tricky, because it involved discussing some [...]

Van Halen Turbo-Pop

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Here’s a tale from Van Halen’s 1979 “World Vacation” tour, from David Lee Roth’s autobiography “Crazy from The Heat”: Pretty soon, we were opening for bigger and bigger bands. In early ’79, we were playing at the Los Angeles Coliseum, some ninety thousand people, Aerosmith was top bill. And I had an idea of a [...]

Top 10 Summertime Van Halen Songs

There’s no time like the Summertime, and there’s no music like Van Halen. The two go together like an ice cold Corona and a slice of lime. We think of Van Halen as kind of an America’s Led Zeppelin, but with more humor and attitude. One of their unique attributes which sets them apart from [...]

A look back at David Lee Roth’s Solo Career

From Sleaze Roxx: Unauthorized “80′s With David S. Grant Presents: David Lee Roth Six chart topping albums as one of the biggest bands in the world (Van Halen), a messy break-up, and a rumored reunion? This is a different story. Today, a look at the paramedic, talk-radio host, and one of the biggest personalities from [...]

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of David Lee Roth’s ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’

From UltimateClassicRock.com: David Lee Roth, ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ – Classic Album Review by: Matthew Wilkening . Twenty-five years ago today, on July 7, 1986, David Lee Roth released his first full-length solo album, ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile.’ For a brief moment, it seemed possible he would capture the “King of Hard Rock” title all [...]

Van Halen Update 7/6/11

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Not much new here, but here’s a quick update on the new Van Halen album. Some new rumors have surfaced since our last update, but we are hearing that most of them are not true. Here’s what we know as of now: Album Release Date: We are hearing it is tentatively September or October, 2011. [...]