The Van Halen News Desk’s Eric Senich is going back to the classic Van Halen catalog once more for the latest episode of his classic rock podcast DISCovery. Just recently he revisited the ten-million plus selling ‘1984’ album. this time he’s digging deep into another diamond-selling album, the one that started it all – their iconic self-titled debut from 1978. “You cannot … [Read more...]
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KISS Manager ‘Jumped’ At The Chance To Get David Lee Roth On Tour
Kiss' Doc McGhee is thrilled to be touring with DLR Having been in the business for over 40 years legendary music manager Doc McGhee has seen and heard the best of the best rock bands in the world. As for Van Halen with David Lee Roth, now that's a band who easily ranks at the very top of what he says is a very selective list.McGhee, who’s been the manager of KISS since … [Read more...]
Van Halen Scores Two ‘Best Of The Decade’ Songs With ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’
Van Halen's comeback album, ‘A Different Kind Of Truth,’ released on this day in 2012, featured the return of David Lee Roth. The highly-anticipated album was a dream come true for fans. It also received high praise from music critics. As the decade recently came to a close, a pair of the music industry’s biggest magazines cited two of the album’s tracks as two of the … [Read more...]
Discover The Stories Behind Van Halen’s ‘1984’ Album (Podcast)
Thirty-six years ago this month Van Halen’s massively successful ‘1984’ album was released. Today it ranks among the greatest albums in rock history. While its songs continue to entertain millions of fans over three decades later, the intriguing stories behind the album continue to surface. Van Halen News Desk writer Eric Senich explores those stories and more behind '1984' in … [Read more...]
Greg Renoff Shares Ted Templeman’s Behind-the-scenes Stories
This week's episode of DISCovery features an interview with Greg Renoff, author of the 2015 book Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal. He's about to release a brand new book along with legendary producer Ted Templeman, Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music. Greg talks in-depth on Templeman who produced albums by … [Read more...]
Van Hagar – Am I Missing Something?
The podcast (which you can listen to below) asks, "Why the hate for Van Hagar? Am I missing something?" In 1985, Van Halen shocked fans when they replaced David Lee Roth with Sammy Hagar. Over the course of 11 years, Van Halen and the Red Rocker scored four multi-platinum and #1 charting albums, had a slew of mainstream rock hits, and played hundreds of packed arenas along … [Read more...]
Warner Bros. Promo Men Reveal Stories Behind The Rise Of Van Halen (Podcast)
We discovered a really cool podcast that interviewed former Warner Bros. promo guys talking about Van Halen's early days and how they promoted the first album. They shared some fun stories from Van Halen's first year on tour, and some later VH stories, as well. Enjoy. It’s the winter of 1978. Disco music has invaded the music charts. Is there no end in sight? Can rock and … [Read more...]
Watch 23-Year-Old Guitarist Joshua Jones Shred Van Halen Classics
Rock is dead? Not so fast nay-sayers. Rock isn’t dead. It’s not only alive but we have proof that the future of rock looks bright, particularly guitar-heavy rock. The Van Halen News Desk has a guitarist from Oklahoma who simply must be heard. His name is Joshua Jones and he is heavily inspired by the guitar playing of Edward Van Halen. On his YouTube channel the 23-year old … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth – The Evolution Of An Interview Artist (Podcast)
We're still celebrating the 65th birthday of our favorite true rockstar on VHND this week. And right now it’s time to look at one of David Lee Roth's "unsung" talents ... his gift of gab. He's the master of the interview. There's no one like him. Van Halen News Desk's Eric Senich has released a episode of his podcast DISCovery devoted to Dave-isms... Eric: While most of … [Read more...]
Martha Quinn on Cracking the Veneer that is David Lee Roth
We all know the "David Lee Roth" the public knows... the "always-on" flamboyant Van Halen front man, never without a witty quote. But, just who is the REAL David Lee Roth - the person underneath that colorful, seemingly impenetrable exterior? One of the original MTV VJs, Martha Quinn, believes she knows the answer to that question, and she’s got a couple stories to back it … [Read more...]
Edward Van Halen’s ‘Panama’ Lamborghini Has Been Discovered
It’s the VROOOM heard ‘round the music world 35 summers ago. Back in June of 1984, long before the days of the internet, many rock fans were left scratching their heads trying to figure out just what was that distinctive sound heard right after Eddie’s scorching guitar solo in the latest Van Halen single “Panama”. Eventually it was revealed that the sound came straight from … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Shares Video Of Childhood Home
Van Halen legend Michael Anthony just took a trip back in time and brought his fans along for the ride. “Whoa!! Where it all began!” Those are the words Anthony can be heard proclaiming in a video he recently posted on his Instagram. The video is of Anthony’s childhood home on 1323 South Eighth Avenue in Arcadia, California. “Oh my God, this is the house where I grew up … [Read more...]