The website Screenrant has just posted the list of the ten most-streamed Van Halen songs and while most of the songs on it won't surprise you, there are a few that you may not have expected. Screenrant's Elisabeth McGowan posted the list along with her thoughts on each of the ten songs. You can read them all HERE later but, first, let's see what the top ten list looks … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Talks Van Halen Producers, Hopes For ‘OU812’ Remaster & More [VIDEO]
Michael Anthony talked a whole lotta Van Halen during his recent appearance on The Jeremy White Podcast. In the interview (above) Anthony covered a range of topics including former Van Halen producers, his hopes for a remastered 'OU812', his desire to perform David Lee Roth-era Van Halen songs with his current band The Circle, what he thinks of recent Van Halen books and … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s Hidden Gem ‘Crossing Over’ Released 26 Years Ago Today
Ask the average fan to describe Van Halen's music and they'd probably think of good times, backyard parties, reaching for the skies and achieving dreams. But there is, as die-hard VH fans know, a darker side to the band, one that can deliver every bit as much power and emotion as their most uplifting tunes. A prime example is the song released 26 years ago today - "Crossing … [Read more...]
Never Before Published Sammy Hagar Interview From 1991
The Tapes Archive podcast is taking Van Halen fans back to the summer of 1991 when the band was on top of the world. Above is a never before published interview with Sammy Hagar which took place just prior to Van Halen's concert at Deer Creek Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana on August 24th, 1991. Marc Allan of the Indianapolis Star conducted the interview over the … [Read more...]
Richie Kotzen Discovered Eddie Van Halen From ‘Beat It’ Solo
Guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen said he discovered Eddie Van Halen thanks to Michael Jackson's "Beat It". In a new interview with RockSverige, Kotzen (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, Poison) recalled the time he first heard the sound of Eddie playing guitar. "I will never forget the first time I heard him, and this is how out of touch I was," said Kotzen. "We were driving … [Read more...]
Five Van Halen Hidden Gems You Need To Hear NOW [VIDEO]
The Professor of Rock is back with yet another Van Halen video, this time he polishes off five of the band's hidden gems that deserve to not just be remembered but cherished and cranked up to the highest level. "This week on our hidden gem series we're gonna take a swing at one of the greatest bands in history and one of my personal favorites ever, if you can't tell - the … [Read more...]
Autograph Guitarist Steve Lynch Talks Touring With Van Halen In 1984
What's a "T-Shirt Band" and why was Autograph called one? Did Van Halen really tell Autograph's guitarist Steve Lynch he wasn't allowed to finger tap? Lynch had the answers to those questions and more during a recent interview. Lynch was a guest on Waste Some Time with Jason Green and shared stories of the time his band Autograph opened for Van Halen in 1984. Autograph … [Read more...]
‘Everything’s Alright’ With This Van Halen/Stevie Wonder Mashup
Mash-up maestro Bill McClintock has added yet another popular mashup to his catalog, this time a Van Halen/Stevie Wonder track titled "Chained Uptight." McClintock seamlessly mixed Van Halen's 1981 classic "Unchained" with Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" from 1965. It's already amassed over 99,000 views on YouTube since it was uploaded less than a week … [Read more...]
Sunset Sound Recorders Engineer On ‘Van Halen 1’s Weekend Remix
Former Sunset Sound Recorders engineer Peggy McCreary said she and Van Halen engineer Donn Landee remixed the band's 1978 debut album in one weekend. McCreary shared the story during her interview for the Sunset Sound Recorders YouTube channel. "We remixed the whole album in a weekend," said McCreary. "It was just the two of us. [Don] just said he needed to do this and he … [Read more...]
Dweezil Zappa: The ‘Diver Down’ Game Changer Tune Is ‘The Full Bug’
Dweezil Zappa calls Van Halen's "The Full Bug" the "Game Changer" tune from the band's 1982 album 'Diver Down'. In the latest sampling of his podcast Runnin' With The Dweezil, Zappa talked to guitarist Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge, Tremonti) about the standout moments from 'Diver Down', one of them being "The Full Bug". "If you didn't think you were gonna rock hard … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen On Why He Wanted The ‘Distance’ Video To Be So Personal
Wolfgang Van Halen said the video for his Mammoth WVH single "Distance" had to be as raw and candid as the song itself. "In order for people to understand the pain I’m going through I think you kinda have to let [the viewers] in that closely so they know what I’ve lost," Wolfgang said during during an interview with Zito of Florida's 98.7 The Shark. "I think that’s why the … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar On Singing Van Halen Songs Then & Now
No matter how hard they may be to sing all these years later, Sammy Hagar said there are certain Van Halen songs he has to keep singing. They're just too important not to. Hagar was a guest on the syndicated interview series Kyle Meredith With... to talk about his latest Sammy Hagar & The Circle release 'Lockdown 2020', which includes current recordings of the Van Halen … [Read more...]