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Eddie Van Halen News
30th Anniversary Roundtable Discussion: Did Van Halen Bite Off Too Much With ‘OU812’?
30 years after the release of Van Halen's OU812, our friends at Ultimate Classic Rock hosted a roundtable discussion about the album. Featuring UCR staff, along with VHND's Jeff Hausman, and Van Halen Rising author, Greg Renoff, they tackle five big questions about the album. Read everyone's answers to question #1, below, and continue to read the rest at UCR. From … [Read more...]
Watch These Guys React to Hearing ‘Aint Talkin’ Bout Love’ For The First Time
The two guys from the very popular "Lost in Vegas" YouTube series ("Home of the Unbiased Reactions") have ... believe it or not ... never heard Van Halen's ''Ain't Talkin' Bout Love.'' Watch their reaction. Their enthusiasm for the newly discovered song is infectious! Doug from VHND reflects on this video: I absolutely love this video! I really get a kick out of these … [Read more...]
Product Review: The Next Best Thing to Having Eddie with You
In the Personal Dilemmas section today: guitar woes. Recently got a new 6 string. Great looking guitar, to be sure, but I already had a red semi-hollow body from the same company, and wanted something different. So, bring it to a guy in town known for slinging acrylic and enamel. Fast forward a month. Things, y'know, like real life, keep getting in the way of me getting her … [Read more...]
What Makes Van Halen Great?
Watch Musician/Producer Explain What Makes Van Halen — and specifically, ’Runnin’ With The Devil’ — Great What is it that makes a great Van Halen song so great? Is it the guitars? Is it the vocals? The drums? The bass? Actually, the answer is a collective "yes" to all of the above and you’re about to find out why. Rick Beato is a musician/producer who has released a … [Read more...]
Watch 10-Year-Old Dazzle with ‘Eruption’ at School Concert
Quick ... somebody get this kid to Gazarri's! Yahoo News featured a video of a 10-year-old playing Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" today. Garret is 10 years old and has only been playing guitar for two years and he's quite amazing! Garrett is playing "Eruption" in front of 300 people at his strings concert. He is such a talented boy, we know he is going to be a future rock … [Read more...]
Going Mad in Wisconsin: Van Halen Destroys 7th Floor of the Sheraton Inn
In 1978, Van Halen was a four-man party looking for a place to happen. For the third stop of their first world tour, the band checked in to Madison, Wisconsin’s Sheraton Inn. The problem was, the seventh floor didn’t survive their visit. Inside the liner notes for their second album, Van Halen II, the band thanks, among others, “The Sheraton Inn (seventh floor), Madison, … [Read more...]
Famous Guitarists on the Astonishing Impact of Van Halen’s First Album
"The first time I heard Eddie Van Halen, I was absolutely floored," says former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick. "I was also petrified." TeamRock.com has put together an impressive collection of new quotes from guitar players talking about Van Halen's first album: When the debut album by Van Halen was released in early 1978, it was a bolt from the blue. For the older … [Read more...]
Watch Millennial Hip Hop Fan React to Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’ Solo
It's always interesting to see how people react to Eddie Van Halen for the first time. Even more interesting when it's a millennial who's preferred music genre of choice is hip hop. Like in this video, posted by Hectic Reacts, the first edition of the channel's Shreddin' Saturday. Hectic says Eddie's 13-minute Eruption solo was "By far, the most requested solo I'm supposed to … [Read more...]
Van Halen 40th Anniversary: ‘In The Studio’ Interviews
One of the greatest debut albums in rock history turns forty and Redbeard at InTheStudio interviewed the original band members Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Michael Anthony to recall those halcyon days marauding like Vandal hordes from Pasadena to Hollywood's Sunset Strip forty years ago, resulting in Van Halen containing "Runnin' With the Devil","Ain't … [Read more...]
New EVH Gear Unveiled at NAMM 2018
Tone Talk's Marc Huzansky gives us an exclusive tour of the EVH Gear booth at Winter NAMM 2018 along with EVH Gear product manager Matt Brown. EVH Gear us unveiling new products at Winter NAMM 2018 in Anaheim California: Eddie Van Halen's guitar and amp-making elves have been busy in the workshop and have unveiled an update to the 5150 III 6L6 amp line, the Wolfgang … [Read more...]
40th Anniversary ‘Eruption’ Cover By Mike Himmel
The video above is without a doubt one of the best "Eruption" covers we've ever heard! Guitarist Mike Mike Himmel tells the VHND, “I’m a lifelong Van Halen fan. Eddie has continued to be a constant source of inspiration after all these years. I’ve always wanted to uncover the mystery wrapped in a riddle with his style and tone. "The 40th Anniversary of Van Halen's 1978 … [Read more...]