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Eddie Van Halen’s revolutionary guitar solo,”Eruption,” is arguably the most inventive, groundbreaking and utterly mind blowing rock guitar demonstration of the past 35 years. To this day, it’s the yardstick by which all shredfests are measured. Yesterday, a 14 year-old girl named Tina uploaded a video of her impressive cover of “Eruption.” Not bad at all, Tina! [...]
Tom Morello (guitarist for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave) contributed to the hardcover photo book, Van Halen, by Neil Zlozower. The Van Halen News Desk has the exclusive on how highly he regards Van Halen: “When I first heard ‘Runnin’ with the Devil‘ on the radio, I was stunned and found myself dizzy, walking through my [...]
Van Halen fans all know the two major eras of the band — the original era featuring lead singer David Lee Roth, the “Van Hagar” era with Sammy Hagar. There was also the album and tour with Gary Cherone. But most fans are unaware that during the Summer of 1996, before they auditioned Cherone, the band auditioned singer [...]
The Van Halen News Desk has the exclusive on what members of Def Leppard have to say about Van Halen: “I heard “Runnin’ with the Devil” and nearly shat myself!” — Joe Elliott “I still remember the night in 1978 when my friend rushed over to my house and insisted I listen to this album [...]
From Pollstar & Kcoy.com: You can add a second U.S. show to Van Halen’s slowly growing 2013 touring schedule. The California Mid-State Fair has booked the band for one night in July with tickets going on sale next week. The Chumash Grandstand Arena in Paso Robles is the place you’ll want to be July 24. Tickets ranging in price [...]
From MerchantsOfRock.com: Written by Kevin Cenedella There’s been a movement within people who are roughly my age to dismiss Van Halen’s music entirely. I drove four hours to see them with David Lee Roth in Greensboro North Carolina last spring, and my reaction to their reformation and tour was nothing short of “This is going [...]
“And so it began, our fantastically fractured family fairytale …” -David Lee Roth This week’s photo is from Van Halen’s first world tour in 1978. “All Access” Van Halen photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we will be posting a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many will be exclusives [...]
Various news tidbits today: 1) 1984 Still Rules: This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Van Halen’s Diamond-certified 1984 returns to the chart for the first time since July 13, 1985, thanks to sale pricing in the iTunes Store. With 3,000 sold, it’s the set’s best sales frame since December 2009. The classic album is at [...]
REVEALED: David Lee Roth is the half-hour special that aired during mid-April on REELZ, a US based cable network channel dedicated to stars, fans and all aspects of Hollywood. The legendary Van Halen frontman talks about the band’s early days, comeback, and what it’s like to be a Samurai swordsman! Watch the 22-minute interview above.
Here’s two reviews and some of the best photos and videos we can find from Van Halen’s April 20th concert at the Stone Music Festival in Sydney, Australia. (By the way, many people are wondering why the band wore matching outfits. They were all dressed like the main character from STONE, the classic Australian 70s [...]
Van Halen completed their gig at the Stone Music Festival in Sydney, Australia, which is their first show of 2013. SETLIST : 1 ) Unchained 2) Runnin’ with the Devil 3 ) She’s The Woman 4) Romeo Delight 5) Tattoo 6) Everybody Wants Some!! 7) Somebody Get Me A Doctor 8) China Town 09) (Oh) [...]
Good news for Van Halen fans! In a new interview with Faster Louder, David Lee Roth reveals that Van Halen is planning to spend some time recording new music after they complete their Japan tour in June. Dave mentions “preparing for some new recording and some new songs.” While this is great to hear, we’ll be [...]
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