“Oh, You Ate One Too!” Released 38 years ago today – May 24th, 1988! ‘OU812′ was the second Van Halen album to feature Sammy Hagar as lead singer. It reached number one on Billboard (the band’s second consecutive #1), sold over 4 million copies in the US and featured six songs that landed on the Billboard […]
A Look Back: Van Halen’s ‘OU812’ Released On This Day In 1988
30 Years Of VHND: Because Too Much Van Halen Is Never Enough
On May 21, 1996 — before Google existed, before social media, before YouTube, before streaming music, before message boards and Facebook groups, and before most people even understood what a “website” was — the Van Halen News Desk officially launched online. Today marks 30 years. Thirty years of reporting on the world’s greatest rock band. […]
“Our Knees Would Touch” — David Lee Roth Gets Emotional Remembering Eddie Van Halen
Fans attending David Lee Roth’s show last night in Glenside, Pennsylvania, got something far deeper than a typical concert introduction. Before performing Van Halen’s “Ice Cream Man,” Roth delivered a heartfelt and often funny six-minute story about writing songs with Eddie Van Halen — recalling the tiny Pasadena space where the earliest Van Halen songs […]
Van Halen Runnin’ With The Devil: Rhythm Scholar Rock ‘n’ Roll Inferno Remix (12” Version)
Hear This Wild Remix Of Van Halen’s ‘Runnin’ With The Devil’! Van Halen fans are usually pretty protective of the band’s classic recordings – especially anything from the groundbreaking 1978 debut album. But every once in a while, a remix comes along that’s so creative, so over-the-top, and so unexpectedly fun that even diehard purists […]
Alex Van Halen: ‘We Did Call Mike’ Before Wolfgang Joined Van Halen
Alex Van Halen has revealed a surprising detail about the lineup shakeup that led to Wolfgang Van Halen joining Van Halen in 2006. During an interview from earlier this year with Brazilian journalist Igor Miranda, Alex said that he and Eddie Van Halen actually attempted to contact longtime bassist Michael Anthony before bringing Wolfgang into […]
40 years Ago: ‘Why Can’t This Be Love’ Reaches No. 3
40 years ago today, “Why Can’t This Be Love” climbed to #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — becoming the first major hit of the Van Hagar era. Do you remember what it felt like hearing the “new” Van Halen for the very first time in 1986? Here’s the “Why Can’t This Be Love” entry from […]
National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day
It’s ‘National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day.’ What can you to be a good neighbor? Go ahead, surprise ’em!
Happy Birthday to a Drumming Legend!
Happy Birthday to Alex — the heartbeat of Van Halen! Born May 8, 1953 in Amsterdam, Holland, Alex helped build one of the greatest rock bands of all time alongside his younger brother, Eddie. From backyard party gigs in Pasadena to selling out arenas around the world, Alex’s drumming became a defining force behind the band’s sound. […]
40 Years Ago: 5150 Takes Van Halen to No. 1
Dreams Realized On April 26, 1986, 5150 officially reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was anything but inevitable. By 1986, the band had already built one of the most powerful runs in rock. Six albums deep—all of them charting, and all of them shaping what Van Halen was. Yet none had taken that […]
Gregg Bissonette Takes On Van Halen’s ‘Unchained’
Gregg Bissonette—best known to Van Halen fans for his time with David Lee Roth—is taking on one of Alex Van Halen’s most iconic drum performances: “Unchained.” In this new clip from Drumeo, Bissonette digs into the Fair Warning classic, locking into the groove that helped define Van Halen’s heavier, more rhythmic edge in the early […]
