Rob Zombie, Michael Anthony, Corey Taylor, John 5 & Fred Coury last night at the Whisky. Michael Anthony made a surprise appearance at L.A.’s Whisky a Go Go with John 5 and The Creatures last night and played a set of Van Halen classics for a delighted audience. The night’s promo poster promised “Some VERY special celebrity guests” and it certainly lived up to the … [Read more...]
Unearthed Footage: Van Halen Kick Off First Headlining Tour!
40 years ago today, Van Halen kicked off their first headlining tour. And now, finally, ALL of of the audience-filmed footage from the first night is available online, for the first time! Watch this footage below, some of which has never been seen before! On March 25th 1979, two days after the release of their second album, Van Halen kicked off their very first headlining … [Read more...]
Home Video From Eddie Van Halen’s Birthday Party
Here's a little home video from Eddie Van Halen's birthday party at his house last weekend! This home video is courtesy of Susan Holmes Mckagan (Duff McKagan's wife). View this post on Instagram Happy Birthday #EVH !!!We LoVE You! Killer nt w @officialduffmckagan celebratin’ your bday ??????#comedians ?#salsadancinglessons ????and #cake ?oh my ? @janievanhalne … [Read more...]
Full Scoop on All 8 New EVH Guitars
EVH has eight new models hitting the market in 2019 for your playing enjoyment. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s in store… EVH® Striped Series Shark Shark week is a little early this year. A notorious fan favorite since the early days of Van Halen, the EVH Striped Series Shark makes its way into the lineup with some serious attitude. From the visionary mind of … [Read more...]
Watch ‘IN YOUR FACE – The Neil Zlozower Story’ – Out Now
The time has come. The award winning documentary, "IN YOUR FACE - The Neil Zlozower Story" is out now. WATCH IT NOW on: Amazon / iTunes / Google Play / Vimeo "It's VERY ENTERTAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - ZLOZ Take his word for it. :) It's a MUST-SEE for everyone who loves rock ’n’ roll and particularly rock photography. And the film not only includes … [Read more...]
Must-See Mashup: Van Halen & The Jackson 5 – ‘Mean Machine’
First, there was the Van Halen–Jackson family collaboration which resulted in the unforgettable guitar solo in "Beat It." Now, the Van Halens and Jacksons are together again! This new mashup combines Van Halen's "Mean Street" and the Jackson 5's "Dancing Machine", created by YouTube user Bill McClintock. Could lightning strike twice? Could an epic guitar song from Van … [Read more...]
Unearthed Video: Eddie Van Halen Playing Football, 1972
Three days ago, a video surfaced which supposedly shows a young Eddie Van Halen playing football on a beach. The silent video is entitled, "Football in Newport Beach 1972". This is starting to circulate online, and some claim that one of the players is Eddie Van Halen. Naturally, some doubt the video's authenticity. But take it from us, it really is Eddie! This video was … [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...]
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...]
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...]