EDDIE AND DAVE runs through Feb 17th in Manhattan VHND reader Tom James and his wife Heather caught the 2:30pm matinee of “Eddie And Dave” on Eddie Van Halen’s recent birthday (Jan. 26th). The Stage 2 theatre was close to full. It included a fair number of older season-ticket holders mixed with a diverse age and gender cross-section. Tom's review is exclusively for VHND … [Read more...]
Van Halen News
Van Halen recently released its first-ever live album to feature original singer David Lee Roth. Recorded on June 21, 2013 at the famed Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT includes 23 songs, spanning all seven of the band’s albums with Roth. Available on double CD; four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl; and digitally. Stay tuned to VHND for all the latest band news!
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...]
David Lee Roth: ‘When Van Halen Happens…’
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...]
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...]
Interview With “Unchained: A Van Halen User Manual” Author Martin Popoff
This great book is now BACK IN STOCK at Van Halen Store after their first two shipments sold out quickly! (Released in Dec. 2018) Van Halen fans.... there's a great new Van Halen book that is being released this month, and VHND has an exclusive interview with the author, Martin Popoff, a veteran music journalist who is the author of 78 books on hard rock, heavy metal, … [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...]
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...]