Last night, the stars gathered in Los Angeles for the second tribute concert to the late Taylor Hawkins. Following the epic all-dayer in London's Wembley Stadium earlier this month, the drummer's friends and favorite artists came together to celebrate the life and legacy of a true rock'n'roll legend and, once again, Wolfgang Van Halen showed up to play a few Van Halen … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2022
David Lee Roth Rolls Out Another Studio/Live Van Halen Classic: ‘Dance The Night Away’
Diamond Dave is still dancin' the night away. In fact, he never stopped! Dave released another "Roth Lives! Studio Live" classic Van Halen track today. This time it's "Dance The Night Away" with a new "trippy" ending. A reminder from DLR that he's here to stay... From Dave's YouTube Channel: Recorded May 2022Henson StudiosLos Angeles, CA Al Estrada: GuitarRyan … [Read more...]
All Dave All Night: Fan Brings David Lee Roth To Animated Life With YouTube Tribute Channel
Twenty years ago, when Ramses Rios sat down to play the video game Grand Theft Auto, he was a fourth grader raised on classical music. Rock and Roll music wasn't even on his radar. Then he heard David Lee Roth's music for the first time. "I became a fan when I heard 'Yankee Rose' for the very first time while playing a video game in 4th grade back in 2002," said Rios. … [Read more...]
LISTEN: Complete Version Of Red Hot Chili Peppers EVH Tribute Song ‘Eddie’ Released [UPDATED]
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have released their Eddie Van Halen tribute track "Eddie"! LYRICS: Sailing the Sunset Strip, I'm a bit of a kingGranny would take a trip, I've been bending the stringsGot hammers in both my hands, such a delicate touchThey say I'm from Amsterdam, does that make me Dutch? Please don't remember me, for what I did last night, ohPlease don't … [Read more...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers Post Teaser To New Track In Tribute To Eddie Van Halen [AUDIO]
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have released a 57-second teaser of the Eddie Van Halen-inspired track "Eddie". The full track is set for release tomorrow (September 23) along with their latest album Return of the Dream Canteen. The band posted a clip of the song to Twitter: EDDIE 9/23https://t.co/H6XPFrZdGN pic.twitter.com/ERWCtuH1Cc— Red Hot Chili Peppers (@ChiliPeppers) … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar Calls On Ted Templeman To Help Capture The ‘Classic Van Halen’ Sound On New Album ‘Crazy Times’
Sammy Hagar says Ted Templeman was able to "crack the code" and help capture the classic Van Halen vocal sound on his latest album with the Circle. For Crazy Times (due out September 30th), the album's producer Dave Cobb was determined to make the most of Michael Anthony's vocals. He wanted to hear Mikey sound like he did on all of the classic Van Halen records. He and Sammy … [Read more...]
Podcast Releases Never-Before-Heard Steve Vai ‘Eat ‘Em And Smile’ Interview With Greg Renoff From 2016 [AUDIO]
The podcast "The Tapes Archive" has just released author Greg Renoff's complete 2016 audio interview with Steve Vai all about David Lee Roth's classic 1986 album Eat 'Em and Smile'! From "The Tapes Archive"/YouTube: In this never before-heard 2016 interview, Vai talks with author Greg Renoff about the landmark David Lee Roth album Eat ‘Em and Smile. At the time, it … [Read more...]
Mammoth WVH Announces Deluxe Edition Of Debut Album With Previously Unreleased Tracks
Wolfgang Van Halen's self-titled debut Mammoth WVH album will be re-issued in deluxe edition format on November 11th with three bonus tracks. The deluxe edition will feature the bonus track from the Japanese version of the album - "Talk & Walk," along with two previously unreleased tracks - "As Long as You're Not You" and "Goodbye." To coincide with … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth Releases Second Live/Studio Recording: ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’
David Lee Roth is back with another "Roth Lives! Studio Live" classic Van Halen track. This time it's 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love'! On September 1st, Dave released a new studio version of Van Halen's 1984 classic ‘Panama'. Dave and his band recorded a total of 14 songs in two hours on May 3rd, 2022 at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA. From Dave's … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle Get ‘Funky’ On Latest Track [VIDEO]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle are back again with a new track titled "Funky Feng Shui" and it arrives via an official video. Sammy: "Funky Feng Shui was the first song I started writing for the 'Crazy Times' record. We recorded just the two verses I had written for the first Lockdown Sessions. When we got in the studio David Cobb loved this song so we finished it and it made … [Read more...]
‘Van Halen Stage’ Dedication In Pasadena Rescheduled
From Pasadena Now: The grand opening of Playhouse Village Park in Pasadena has been postponed from Saturday (Sept. 10) to Sept. 17 due to inclement weather anticipated for this weekend.A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set to take place at 9 a.m. followed by a community celebration from 10 a.m. to noon.Legendary Pasadena rock group Van Halen will be honored at the event when the … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Honors 45th Anniversary Of ‘Eruption’
Forty-five years ago today, Eddie Van Halen recorded his iconic solo "Eruption". Wolfgang shared a video on social media today to commemorate the anniversary. Below is the tweet Wolf sent out today: In honor of Eruption being recorded 45 years ago today, here’s me playing part of it on the guitar it was recorded on in 2015 while tracking some guitars for the first … [Read more...]