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...]
Video: Sioux Falls Preps For Van Halen In 1980
On this Day in 1980, Van Halen rolled through Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Keloland, the local news, was there to film the VH road crew settling up. Fans won't know this, but the young man they spoke to was Patrick Whitley, Van Halen's stage manager at the time. Here's the transcript: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sioux Falls has been lucky enough to have a lot of artists perform in … [Read more...]
Historic Video: Van Halen LIVE at the Capitol Centre, 10/12/82
On this day in 1982, Van Halen performed the second of two sold out performances at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. The lucky crowd witnessed The Mighty Van Halen at the height of it's powers. This particular show is historic, simply because it's the only pro-shot concert to ever surface from the 1982 North American tour. The only reason this footage exists is … [Read more...]
‘Sunday Afternoon In The Park’ Video Cover
Enjoy this unique Van Halen cover on a beautiful Sunday afternoon! This video comes from Jeff Miller in Boston. "Here's my drum and bass version of this weirdo tune on the amazing Fair Warning album by Van Halen. "After seeing Wolfie's 'Sunday Afternoon in The Park' Instagram vid, I got a little crazy and had to do something. So I made this, I hope you like it, and I'd be … [Read more...]
Animated ‘Dance The Night Away’ Cover
Out upon the islands on a cool summer night ... guitarist Luca Federici sent us his video cover of Van Halen's "Dance The Night Away". And we think it's brilliant! The unique animation and playing are wonderful. Hope it brightens your day! … [Read more...]
Video: The Van Halen Effect (And the Future of Shredding)
Recently, we featured a very interesting video from musician/producer Rick Beato, "What Makes Van Halen Great". And now, Beato has a new Van Halen video, were he discusses "The Van Halen Effect" and the future of guitar virtuosos. It's an EXCELLENT video on how rock guitar was changed — radically — after Van Halen's debut album. He poses the question, "Has the guitar … [Read more...]
Oh, You Ate 5150 Too! – Van Halen Mashup
Kick off your weekend with a KILLER new Van Halen mashup! Here's a new, unique Van Halen medley from guitarist Charlie Stinchcombe (aka “Liquid Charlie”) that cleverly combines classic riffs from Van Halen's 5150 and OU812 albums. Yet another great one from Charlie! Keep up with Liquid Charlie: Follow him on Instagram and Facebook. And Check out his YouTube Channel, … [Read more...]
‘Eruption ’78’ Rundown Video
EVH Gear unveiled the "Eruption '78" guitars at Summer 2018 NAMM in Nashville last weekend, winning 'Best in Show'! Watch EVH Master Builder Chip Ellis & Product Manager Matt Brown give a quick "Eruption '78" rundown from the Summer NAMM Show. See our original article for the "Eruption '78" guitars. … [Read more...]