From ESPN: Colin Cowherd and "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" staff need your help crowning the best rock band. They've got 64 bands seeded in the bracket and your votes will crown a winner at the end of the month. Vote below and sound off on the bracket in the comments or by e-mailing us at theherd@espnradio.com. Here is the direct link to vote for Van Halen. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Sammy Hagar, Phil Collen, Rudy Sarzo To Take Part In Next ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
From Blabbermouth: Sammy Hagar (CHICKENFOOT, ex-VAN HALEN), Phil Collen (DEF LEPPARD), Mark Hudson (AEROSMITH producer), Ronnie Montrose (MONTROSE), Kip Winger (WINGER) and Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT) will take part in the next edition of the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp, set to take place May 10-15 in Hollywood, California. … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar: ‘I Would Love to Make Another Record With Van Halen’
From Rolling Stone.com: By Andy Greene Sammy Hagar's new autobiography Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock (in stores on March 15th) traces the singer's long career from his days in the 1970s hard rock band Montrose to his insane ride in Van Halen through the formation of his supergroup Chickenfoot. The new issue of Rolling Stone (on sale and in the online archive Friday) … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar RED: My Uncensored Life In Rock Video Promo
Loud rock, fast cars, and Cabo. This is the life of Sammy Hagar. Sammy and co-author Joel Selvin talk a little bit about the process of writing his upcoming autobiography that tells his unforgettable story. From his decade-long journey alongside Eddie Van Halen to his raucous solo career with Chickenfoot and everything in between—the drugs, groupies, and excesses of … [Read more...]
Henry Rollins on Classic Van Halen
Henry Rollins talks about classic Van Halen. From the book, Van Halen 101, by Abel Sanchez. Henry Rollins: I will always consider myself lucky for being teenage when the first Van Halen album was released. I had heard about it before it came out. Someone told me about a song called “Runnin’ With The Devil” and that it was really cool. It was probably getting some … [Read more...]
“Eruption” Nominated For Best Guitar Solo of All-Time
Guitarist Magazine (UK) has come up with a list of the "Greatest Guitar Solos Of All-Time" and has published a poll on its website. They have polled for a shortlist of 20 guitar solos from which people can vote, and Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary solo "Eruption" has been nominated. But surprisingly, "Eruption" has only a small percentage of votes as of this moment. VOTE FOR … [Read more...]
Billy Sheehan on Van Halen, Then and Now
Examiner.com conducted an interview with Billy Sheehan who played bass on David Lee Roth's first two solo LPs. We've listed the Van Halen content below: Considered by many to be the Eddie Van Halen of bass, Billy Sheehan launched his recording career in the late ’70s with the Buffalo-based rock trio Talas, then joined original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth’s band in … [Read more...]
Van Halen, Sammy Hagar featured in Eddie Trunk’s new book
Van Halen and Sammy Hagar are tow of the many bands featured in Eddie Trunk's upcoming book, Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. We emailed Eddie and asked exactly how much VH & Hagar are featured. His response; "There are entire sections and lots of exclusive photos for both Van Halen and Sammy Hagar which includes Montrose, Chickenfoot, solo career, and … [Read more...]
Hurtsmile video premiere / Gary Cherone on “Eddie Trunk Rocks!” radio show
The brand new video for Hurtsmile’s “Just War Theory” is premiering today and can be viewed below. Hurtsmile is frontman extraordinaire Gary Cherone’s (Extreme/ex-Van Halen) latest project and features Cherone collaborating with his brother, guitarist Mark Cherone. The Boston Globe referred to “Just War Theory” as a “revved-up rocker(s)” and the video is an … [Read more...]
In defense of Van Hagar …
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Believe me, I don't want to be the one to defend Van Hagar. I've spent nearly five years building a peaceful community on this blog, only to throw it away faster than you can sing the chorus to "When It's Love." (Please don't.) But while you will never see a discussion of circumcision or breast-feeding on this so-called parenting blog, we … [Read more...]
The 30 Coolest Guitarists Of All Time: Eddie Van Halen
Guitar World magazine's Sept 2010 issue listed the 30 coolest guitarists of all time, in no particular order. They featured a classic photo by Neil Zlozower of Eddie showing off his rarely seen Snake/Dragon guitar. Here's what Guitar World said about Eddie: EDDIE VAN HALEN BORN: January 26, 1955 BAND: Van Halen ICONIC GUITAR: Homemade "Frankenstein" Strat COOLEST RIFF: … [Read more...]
Gary Cherone on Hurtsmile, Extreme, and Van Halen’s “Vaults Of Music”
Gary Cherone recently talked to Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles about his new band Hurtsmile (which has a record out and available at iTunes, Amazon, Best Buy, etc), Extreme's future, and Van Halen's "vaults of music" and what he thought of their last two tours with Sammy and Dave. The Van Halen segment is below. For the full interview, check out Bravewords.com. Cherone … [Read more...]