From Dweezil Zappa World: This guitar is one of my personal favorites. I remember the first time I ever saw the guitar was in a photo from Life Magazine. They followed Edward on the road around the time of the Fair Warning and Diver Down tours. That is my favorite Van Halen album by the way. Anyhow, as you may or may not know Edward built a lot of his own guitars. He … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
New Van Halen album in first half of 2011?
From MelodicRock.com: Wednesday, June 30, 2010: VAN HALEN - POSSIBLE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?: It's been a while since I reached out to one of my best sources of Van Halen info over the years, but it had to be done. And I got the information I was hoping for - independent confirmation from a long time source I trust that Van Halen are indeed working towards … [Read more...]
Van Halen Star Guitar
By Dweezil Zappa From Dweezil Zappa World: This guitar comes with a great story. Picture this if you will. It's 1982 and the biggest rock band in the world is VAN HALEN. I was 12 years old and had only been playing guitar for 9 months. "Eruption" and the "Mean Street" intro were on a constant loop in my head. I was signed up to play at my school talent show. It was … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar autobiography due in 2011
From Artist Direct: More Details About Sammy Hagar Autobiography Surface It Books, HarperCollins, to release in 2011 HarperCollins imprint ItBooks will release Sammy Hagar'sautobiography in 2011. Hagar will provide readers with those behind-the-scenes stories from his multi-platinum career, things that you always wanted to know, but had no way of knowing, until now, … [Read more...]
Video: Eddie Van Halen on Lopez Tonight
Two days ago the VHND was contacted by someone in the Van Halen camp that asked us to spread the news about a Van Halen-related segment that would be on the 100th Episode Celebration of the Lopez Tonight show the next day. We were given the impression that the VH segment would be more extensive than what it turned out to be. The segment that aired showed Eddie noodling on … [Read more...]
Lopez Tonight
Thursday June 24th is the 10oth Episode Celebration of LOPEZ TONIGHT on TBS. Guests stars are to be Kobe Bryant, Dane Cook and Louis C.K. The show bills itself as "high-energy, opinionated, irreverent and very funny". But that's not the only reason why we suggest that Van Halen fans be sure to watch the episode. 11pm/10pm Central. … [Read more...]
How much duct tape to make a Frankenstrat?
Ever wonder how much duct tape it would take to make a near-perfect replica of an Eddie Van Halen guitar? The answer is more than 300 rolls. The giant red, black, and white rock ’n’ roll homage was the first piece of duct tape art that greeted visitors at the seventh annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, held last weekend in Avon, Ohio. 14 students at the University … [Read more...]
5 Questions With … Sammy Hagar
From Atlantic City Weekly: The Red Rocker is co-owner of an Atlantic City beach bar, and will be performing at the resort town's Boardwalk Hall with Aerosmith later this summer. By Ray Schweibert Posted Jun. 21, 2010 Cases are rampant of those who rise out of modest means to hit the heights of stardom only to crash hard. Sammy Hagar climbed that ladder, … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Michael Anthony
Bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) is 56. … [Read more...]
Neil Zlozower shares some of his favorite Van Halen Stories
Rock Photography icon Neil Zlozower shares some of his Van Halen favorite stories with Nikki Sixx in a new interview on Nikki's website, SixxSense.com. In this interview, Zlozower recalls some memorable tales of Van Halen's climb to superstardom from 1978 - 1980. Length is 19:36. As part of Van Halen's entourage, "Zloz", toured America with Van Halen, becoming their … [Read more...]
Van Halen hot rods on display
Two Van Halen hot rods will be on display at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis from June 12 through September 12, 2010. The exhibit is called "Rock Stars, Cars and Guitars." David Lee Roth's 1951 Mercury custom four-door convertible with toothy 1953 DeSoto grille. This extensively modified 1951 Mercury was featured in Van Halen's "Panama" video, and David Lee Roth’s … [Read more...]
Steven Pearcy on the influence of early Van Halen
Steven Pearcy from Ratt memntioned Van Halen during an interview with the San Diego Reader: Ratt 'n' Roll By Andrew Hamlin Published Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Ratt left San Diego in the ’80s and scrabbled to the big prize in L.A. with their triple-platinum debut LP. After years of decadence, a few more albums, and the eventual drug death of guitarist Robbin Crosby, the … [Read more...]