The Latest News & Info about The Mighty Van Halen
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
