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Archives for 2010
The Mosh Pit: Van Halen & Van Halen II
Embed from Getty Images From 411Mania.com: By Dan Haggerty Running With The Devil Eddie and Alex Van Halen started their music career humbly as kids in the 60's. Eddie played the drums and Alex played the guitar. That rather odd sounding arrangement came to an end when, according to Eddie, Alex would sneak onto his drums so one day he just gave up and told Alex … [Read more...]
Gasman talks to Michael Anthony
From 102.9 The Hog: Gasman talks with bassist Michael Anthony of Chickenfoot about their new DVD and how they have been working on new material. Click below to play the MP3s. Part 1 Part 2 … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s First Interview: “Heavy-Metal Guitarist from California Hits the Charts at Age 21”
Last week the VHND featured the story of how Jas Obrecht scored an interview with Eddie Van Halen during the band's first world tour. Here is the interview as published in the November 1978 Edition of Guitar Player magazine: "Heavy-Metal Guitarist from California Hits the Charts at Age 21" By: Jas Obrecht Edward Van Halen's clean, powerful lead playing was first recorded … [Read more...]
How Eddie Van Halen got his first interview
Jas Obrecht got hired in 1978 to write for Guitar Player magazine. For his first assignment, he was sent to a huge music festival at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium, known as Bill Graham's "Day On The Green," to interview Canadian musician Pat Travers. But as rock musicians sometimes do, Travers sent him away without an interview. So Obrecht stayed backstage and played basketball … [Read more...]
New Van Halen Shirt – “Eruption!”
Van Halen Store has a killer new Eddie Van Halen shirt that we think you'll like. "ERUPTION!" Shirt (Small - 2XL, Slim-Fit, $24.95) "ERUPTION" - the blazing instrumental that introduced the world to the guitar genius of Eddie Van Halen! The front text of the shirt is striped, like Eddie's guitar. The back features Eddie's iconic red striped Frankenstrat guitar in … [Read more...]
Inquirer: Michael Anthony
From GuitarWorld.com Jun 1, 2010 (Originally published in Guitar World, April 2010) By Randy Harward, Photo by Bryan Adams Chickenfoot's Michael Anthony tells Guitar World why he plays bass, his first gig and his most embarrassing moment on stage. What first inspired you to play bass? It was by default that I started playing bass. Everybody that I knew wanted … [Read more...]
Joe Satriani Talks Solo Album, New Chickenfoot Songs, Politics
From BryanReesman.com: by Bryan Reesman on May.29, 2010, under Hard Rock & Metal, Music Musings Joe Satriani ripping into a lead with Chickenfoot. (Photo credit: Christie Goodwin.) Joe Satriani has forged a career out of combining shredding, six-string histrionics with a penchant for ear-catching melodies, racking up 15 Grammy nominations (although oddly, … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar To Open For Aerosmith This Summer
From USAToday.com: Jun 01, 2010 Aerosmith announces U.S. summer tour Just announced: Aerosmith will be hitting the road this summer with the Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock tour. An 18-city U.S. tour kicks off July 23 in Oakland, Calif. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning Friday, June 4 at LiveNation.com. The recently announced hometown Fenway Park date … [Read more...]
John 5 on Van Halen: “They are writing right now at 5150. Eddie is on fire.”
Shredding mastermind John 5 recently joined the Hard Rock Nights radio program to talk about his new solo record, The Art Of Malice, and working with Rob Zombie, David Lee Roth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rob Halford, Lita Ford, etc. John talks about working with David Lee Roth on his DLR Band CD at 1:59 into the interview. Then at 5:06 they ask him about Eddie... Q: "Now Dave, of … [Read more...]
That Metal Show wants new Van Halen music
VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" is a roundtable talk show celebrating all things hard rock and heavy metal and hosted by Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine ("Crank Yankers", "Inside the NFL", "Meet The Creeps"), and Don Jamieson ("Inside The NFL", "Dice Undisputed", "Meet The Creeps"). On last week's show (Season 5, Episode 2 with guest Zakk Wylde) Eddie Trunk started the show off … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot: Second album update & new video
Lots of Chickenfoot news lately: 1) Second album update from Reuters.com: Chickenfoot steps toward second album DETROIT (Billboard) - Its all-star members may be working on other projects -- the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album for Chad Smith, solo sets for Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani -- but Chickenfoot has already started work on its sophomore album. "This time … [Read more...]