The Latest News & Info about The Mighty Van Halen
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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’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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
