Southern California's best rock, 95.5 KLOS, recently listed their "Top 100 Albums Of All Time." Four of Van Halen's releases, all with singer David Lee Roth, were honored: Van Halen II: #98 Diver Down: #78 1984: #27 Van Halen: #5 … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
“I just met David Lee Roth!!!”
Here's a very unique story from VHND reader, Doug Lyle. This past Sunday, Sept 5th, I was at the 145th annual Scottish Gathering & Games in Pleasanton, California. What does this story have to do with David Lee Roth and Van Halen? Stay tuned and I’ll tell you. For those that don’t know, the annual Scottish Gathering & Games include pipe band competitions and … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s ‘Hot for Teacher’ Appeals to the Student Body
From Spinner.com: As it does every year, Labor Day weekend marks the return of an age-old North American rite of passage: young boys having unclean thoughts about their teachers. In the summer of 1984, Van Halen were enjoying their biggest commercial success to date. The riotous hard-rock band's sixth album, 1984, had already scored one No. 1 hit ('Jump') and two other … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & Steven Tyler
From Redrocker.com: Future in the Past It was 1973 and I was on my first national tour. Montrose was a helluva band but then so was Aerosmith. I will never forget when we played Cobo Hall in Detroit that summer. They called it Rock City and we certainly did our part to make that the truth. Now it's four decades later, it's the Wabos doing Rock Candy not Montrose, but some … [Read more...]
“Imagine a Jump” (John Lennon & Van Halen mashup)
In honor of the great John Lennon (following the recent anniversary of his death) we figured we might as well revisit this clever Lennon/Van Halen mashup. Mashup artist Mighty Mike mashed-up two rock classics that, on the surface, have nothing in common. Yet, most rock fans say they like it! John Lennon's instrumental version of "Imagine" is combined with David Lee Roth's … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot to move on without drummer Chad Smith?
Are Chickenfoot thinking about replacing drummer Chad Smith? It appears so. The band – also featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Michael Anthony – are hoping to record their second album in the fall, but Smith might not be available. Hagar told The Pulse Of Radio: "Chad's a problem, I'm gonna tell everybody straight up. To me, Chad is Chickenfoot. But Chad’s, you … [Read more...]
“Van Halen High”
From Yahoo! Sports: August 31, 2010 Vernon Hills (Ill.) is a real School of Rock Vernon Hills (Ill.) is a real School of Rock Tom Bergeron Rivals High Senior Editor They don't play "Running with the Devil" on the loudspeakers before the opening kickoff. And the marching band doesn't perform instrumental versions of "Panama" or "Jump" at halftime. But if … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar on Sharing Chickenfoot Drummer with Chili Peppers, Autobiography
From Billboard.com: by Gary Graff, Detroit August 30, 2010 Chickenfoot is four songs and "seven pieces of new music" into its second album, according to frontman Sammy Hagar. But he acknowledges there's some concern about keeping that not-so-old gang of theirs together. The challenge is drummer Chad Smith and his regular gig with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who are … [Read more...]
Couture shows Toney the ‘Mean Street’ with UFC 118 walk-in music
From Las Vegas Sun: By Allison Duck Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 | 5:36 a.m. Keeping with his theme of classic rock walk in music, UFC legend Randy Couture went with another iconic act to signal his arrival into the octagon in Boston’s TD Garden. The frenetic pace of the guitar heavy intro to Van Halen’s “Mean Street” matched the speed of Couture’s flurry of punches that … [Read more...]
Humor: Van Halen’s Curse on Ted Templeman (Video)
UPDATE Dec. '14: We originally featured this video a few years ago when it came out. But now there is a perfect quality version online, so we're happy to feature the upgrade. It's hilarious, and well worth re-watching! The Van Halen segment starts exactly 40 seconds into the video. Enjoy! Some humor for the weekend - Yacht Rock's Episode #9 — the story of a Van Halen … [Read more...]
New VH: What Do YOU Want to Hear?
The guitar tone freak at WoodyTone wrote a list of the type of sounds he'd love to hear on a new Van Halen album. Check out his list below and chime in by posting a comment telling what types of sounds YOU would like to hear from Eddie and the boys! From WoodyTone.com: New VH: What Do You Want to Hear? Here’s My List! My 8-year-old son makes me listen to only Van … [Read more...]
Mashup: Kontrust & Beastie Boys & Van Halen & Empire of The Sun & Basement Jaxx
Mashup by Mash2mix: Kontrust - "Bomba" Beasty Boys - "Intergalactic" Van Halen - "Jump" Empire of the sun - "Walking On a Dream" Basement Jaxx - "Wheres Your Head At" … [Read more...]