VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

‘The Whole Truth’: The Howard Stern/Van Halen Special

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This Tuesday, Feb 7th, the release date for Van Halen’s new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, a new special called “THE WHOLE TRUTH: THE HOWARD STERN/VAN HALEN SPECIAL” which is essentially a 5-hour uncensored history of Van Halen on The Howard Stern Show…the good, the bad and the ugly. They pulled a variety of [...]

Rare Van Halen 1978 Radio Interview

A Van Halen fan in the UK has recently uploaded a Van Halen interview he recorded off local radio back in 1978 during the band’s first UK tour. It’s a chat with David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen. Van Halen interviews from the early years – especially from 1978 – are extremely rare. This [...]

A Look Back At Van Halen’s 1984

From Ultimate Classic Rock: In anticipation of the expected 2012 release of the first Van Halen studio album to feature David Lee Roth on vocals in almost 30 years (and in honor of this being our 1,984th published story), we’re going to take a look back at the original lineup’s last record together, ’1984.’ It’s [...]

Unearthed Photos: Van Halen 1978 In-Store Appearance

Here’s something very cool from the VHND.com archives…15 photos of Van Halen making a special in-store appearance at a record store during their first world tour back in 1978!

A promotional flyer on the wall shows an image of Van Halen’s only album cover and reads “APPEARING IN STORE FRIDAY 2:30 – 4:00″. Check out all the teenage fans who showed up. Can you imagine hanging out with Van Halen for 90 minutes on a Friday afternoon in a record store?

Note that the band is drinking cans of Schlitz Malt Liquor – their favorite beer at the time. Also note all the signed albums and the promotional poster on the wall – all of which would be highly valued collectibles now, assuming any of those items are still around 33 years later.

We hope you enjoy all these never-before-seen photos! (Only ONE of which has ever circulated online

New Mad Anthony Tees

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Mad Anthony’s Cafe has whipped up two new tasty tees that you can grab at Van Halen Store: Mad Anthony’s Cafe Blue Shirt S, M, L, XL, XXL  $19.95 Mad  Anthony’s “Open All Night” Shirt S, M, L, XL, XXL  $19.95 View all Michael Anthony’s Mad Anthony shirts & award-winning hot sauce at Van Halen [...]

Michael Anthony Joins ROTUS For Special Treat at the Cabo Wabo Cantina

During the week of Sammy Hagar’s Birthday Bash celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, lucky fans had the opportunity to see a special show at the Cabo Wabo Cantina on On October 12, 2011.  This “bonus show” featured an up and coming act “ROTUS”.  Rotus is a band out of Southern California featuring Sean Hall [...]

Chickenfoot Unveil Video For “Three And A Half Letters (I Need A Job)”

Offiicial video for “Three And A Half Letters (I Need A Job)” off of the new Chickenfoot album, “III”. People from all walks of life are facing hunger. Please help your local Food Bank: http://www.feedingamerica.org/ Directed by Arthur Rosato & Produced by Jon Luini (Chime Interactive)

Chickenfoot Interviews

Chickenfoot’s sophomore album, “III”, sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 9 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s self-titled debut opened with 49,000 units back in June 2009 to debut at No. 6, and went gold with sales of 500,000. Recent Chickenfoot interviews: [...]

Chickenfoot III Packaging Walkthrough, Road Test Dates, Video Podcast Series – Episodes 6-11, Satch Interview

Lots of Chickenfoot news and videos today! This first video walks you through the optically enhanced

The VHND Album Review: “Chickenfoot III”

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Chickenfoot, the supergroup of Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith, released their self-titled debut album in 2009 — a solid, hard-rocking, good-time album, with several key tracks that most anyone who liked the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen would probably enjoy, including “Soap on a Rope,” “Down the Drain,” “Sexy Little [...]

Chickenfoot “Big Foot” Teaser & Michael Anthony Interview

UPDATED: A longer teaser of “Big Foot” has been added. Attention Foot Soldiers…Get Your Boots On! The First Single  “BIG FOOT” release date 08.02.11 CHICKENFOOT III album release date on 09.27.11. Michael Anthony talked to MusicRadar.com about basses, amps, and background vocals on Chickenfoot’s upcoming album.  Anthony said that his vocals are featured more prominently [...]

Michael Anthony Clarifies Roth Comments

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The Van Halen News Desk got an update straight from Michael Anthony today, when he personally called us and told us that he reads the VHND every day and he is hoping that we could clarify something he said in an interview that we featured this week. He also gave us the inside scoop on [...]