Backstage at a Van Halen show in 2007. Write your own caption/punchline in our Comments section. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Peter Frampton: “Eddie Van Halen Blew Me Away”
Peter Frampton contributed to the new hardcover photo book, Eddie Van Halen, by Neil Zlozower. VHND.com has the exclusive on what he had to say about Eddie Van Halen: "Ed reinvented the electric guitar for us with his tapping style, which he took further than anyone before him. He plays with such fluidity. It’s so ear-catching to me. It’s inspiring to so many guitarists. And … [Read more...]
When The Van Halen Brothers Met The Wilson Sisters
You might have heard that in Heart's newly released memoir, the Wilson sisters share their strange tale of meeting the Van Halen brothers on the road in 1979. Here's the full story from Nancy Wilson herself: At one hotel, we met Eddie and Alex Van Halen. Over the course of a few hours, they had a Kamikaze-drinking contest, followed by a cocaine-snorting fest. Once they were … [Read more...]
A Closer Look At Dave’s New Tattoo
We just received this exclusive photo from David Lee Roth - a close up of his new Tattoo. By the way, we're unsure what "The Roth Show" is... perhaps we'll know some day. … [Read more...]
Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 5 — Eddie Van Halen Vs. Joe Satriani
UPDATE: In this poll, Eddie was winning with 75% until recently, when Joe suddenly received a HUGE boost in votes. That is solely because Chickenfoot's official facebook page made a post telling all their fans to go vote for Joe. Chickenoot's facebook page has 197,000 followers, so it's no surprise that he's getting tons of new votes. Van Halen's facebook page, on the other … [Read more...]
Diamond Dave’s New Tattoo
Check out the new tattoo David Lee Roth got on his recent trip to Japan. So very autobiographic! … [Read more...]
John 5’s hero is Eddie Van Halen
Guitarist John 5 contributed to the new hardcover photo book, Eddie Van Halen, by Neil Zlozower. The Van Halen News Desk has the exclusive what the guitarist had to say about Van Halen: "Eddie's music came into my life in 1978, and from that point forward I knew exactly what I was going to do with my life. Not only did he reinvent the guitar forever, and influence all of us … [Read more...]
A Passion for Van Halen
Last year, we featured a story about a podcast from The Guardian’s film & music editor, Michael Hann, where he professes his passion for Van Halen, whom he describes as “the most important and influential white rock band apart from the Beatles.” Hann really gets how Van Halen totally reinvented hard rock and how David Lee Roth helped make them much more interesting than the … [Read more...]
VHND’s Official Rules For Posting Comments
The new rules are listed here. … [Read more...]
Backstage Footage of Tremonti with Wolfgang Van Halen
Mark Tremonti has posted a new 10-minute video featuring behind-the-scenes footage of his solo band the road. The video begins with Tremonti and Eric Friedman jamming backstage and working on vocal harmonies for "Leave It Alone". The live footage featuring Wolfgang Van Halen on bass begins at the 4:00 mark, just after "That Metal Show" host Eddie Trunk introduces the band in … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar and ‘That Metal Show’ Hosts Chose Their ‘Top 5 Roth-Era Van Halen Songs’
Sammy Hagar co-hosted That Metal Show this week, where the four hosts tried to choose the top five best David Lee Roth-era Van Halen songs. Trunk called the task "Impossible because the first four albums, top to bottom, were amazing." Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine, and Don Jamieson primarily chose deep tracks, while Hagar argued more for the hits such as "Jump" and "Panama." Don … [Read more...]
Tremonti, Van Halen Share Story About Joining Together
In what was a whirlwind event, Wolfgang Van Halen has joined Tremonti, the side band of Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti, and they both tell Artisan News how the pairing came about, here! … [Read more...]