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Van Halen Split With Warner Bros. Records
January 24, 2002 -
Rumours have been flying all day on the Internet that Van Halen have split
with their label, Warner Bros. Records.
I've just received confirmation from Brad Starks, webmaster of the official
Van Halen site, that this is indeed true and that it actually happened
one month ago.
The band decided against posting the information on their web site because
they didn't think it was newsworthy. Starks added that Warner Bros. did
not drop Van Halen.
This is obviously big news, and could explain such recent events as "E.L.V.H., Inc."
(Edward Van Halen's private company?) re-registering the trademark "VAN HALEN" on December 4, 2001.
The Trademark Electronic Search System gives the following details under the "goods and services"
provided by the trademark "Van Halen":
IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Entertainment services, namely live and recorded musical performances
and appearances by a vocal and instrumental group; fan club services; providing a website featuring--
reviews; articles; interviews; information; music videos; music charts; personal biographies; diaries;
information on music instruments; tour dates; games; trivia; access to memorabilia; photographs,
video clips, audio clips, downloadable software, namely, screensavers, browser skins, desktop
wallpaper, and desktop icons, and other multi-media materials, all available via a global
computer network. FIRST USE: 19740909. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19780303
This may be good news for fans starved of older material. I can only speculate on the
terms of the split, but we may see Warner Bros. put out a box set of unreleased material.
We can only hope!
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