Sammy Hagar has announced his 2010 Birthday Bash dates celebrating the Red Rocker's 63rd birthday. The annual bash is held at the world-famous club Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. A note from Hagar reads: "Sammy and The Wabo's will be playing the Cantina October 8, 9, 11 and Sammy's Birthday October 13th. More details will be coming your way, but mark your … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
15 Worst Outfits Ever Worn By Rock Stars
from BeatCrave.com: Does anybody remember decadence in rock n’ roll? If you don’t, then good for you. Mixing rock n’ roll with drugs & poontang isn’t the unspoken requisite it used to be, and because of that, fewer ‘rock stars’ dress accordingly (badly) anymore. Regardless, there are still some out there rich enough to look like idiots. So, combining past with present, … [Read more...]
Interview: Michael Anthony from Chickenfoot
Michael Anthony gave an exclusive interview to RockConfidential.com: Published Jul 14th, 2010 Mike, I appreciate you taking time for this today. What’s been going on? I had one daughter just graduate high school. Another daughter just had her 25th birthday and her boyfriend just graduated college. We’ve been in birthday – graduation – home mode … [Read more...]
New Sammy Hagar DVD in the works
The hardest working guy in rock and roll, Sammy Hagar, has a new DVD in the works entitled "Go There Once, Be There Twice," produced and edited by Paul Ware. Could be the long awaited follow up to his fantastic five-hour "Long Road To Cabo" DVD? No word yet on a release date. Here's a short sample from the DVD - a live version of "RED" with video footage covering 4 decades … [Read more...]
Sammy and Dave mash-up video
A fan emailed us his mash-up of "Runnin' With The Devil" and "Baby's On Fire. " A tribute to the legends David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s “On Fire” covered by Stryper
"We performed 'On Fire' by Van Halen on a few tours and we also performed 'Breaking The Law' by Priest on this last tour. The response was far beyond our expectations each time we performed these songs. People seemed genuinely surprised to hear Stryper cover these songs and even more surprised to hear us perform these songs relatively well. -Michael Sweet Listen to their VH … [Read more...]
Van Halen personas for Firefox
Personas are free, easy-to-install, easy-to-use themes that change the look of your Firefox web browser. Several different Van Halen personas are available at GetPersonas.com. … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen to appear on Dweezil Zappa CD
Eddie Van Halen recorded a solo for "What The Hell Was I Thinking?", the long-awaited new project from guitarist Dweezil Zappa. From The Huffington Post: Mike Ragogna: You had another great project that you've been working on, and forgive me if I don't know anymore about it than this, but it's your "What The Hell Was I Thinking?" project, right? Dweezil Zappa: Yeah, … [Read more...]
Fan video for “Jump”
This video of Van Halen’s “Jump” was produced by Church by the Glades located in South Florida. They are in the middle a message series called “I Love the '80's”. During the series, their Pastor is using '80's pop culture as metaphors for teaching points. Some of the 80's icons being used throughout the series includes the Rubik’s Cube, the A-team, Famous 80s Dads, and, yes, … [Read more...]
Van Halen News Desk Addresses New Album Rumors
"We believe big time in publicizing the shit out of 'we ain't talkin'.' First we make goddamn sure that everybody knows we ain't saying anything..." — David Lee Roth, 1997 We at the Van Halen News Desk feel that the majority of fans and even music news websites have misinterpreted Janie Van Halen's recent statement. Many people are reacting as if Janie simply said that … [Read more...]
New Van Halen Album Just “Rumors” Band Says
From RollingStone.com: By Daniel Kreps Jul 06, 2010 3:34 PM EDT The web was abuzz with rumors that Van Halen had completed a new album — the first with David Lee Roth back as lead singer — over July Fourth weekend, with a "source" even telling MelodicRock.com that a first single is due at the end of the year. The report also claimed that the new album, … [Read more...]
New song by Anklelock features Gary Cherone on vocals
A new song "Coming To Get You" from the Boston band Anklelock features Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah) on vocals. Anklelock's guitar player Bill Bracken tells the VHND: "I just released a song with a side project called Anklelock. It features Gary Cherone on vocals. Gary and I have worked together off and on for the past eleven years and I asked him to … [Read more...]