Watch the latest video at foxnews.com May. 31, 2022 - David Lee Roth compares himself to Rocky and Rambo's multiple retirements when approached by paparazzi today. Watch the video above. … [Read more...]
Guitar World Revisits The Evolution Of Eddie Van Halen’s Guitar Style
Credit: Neil Zlozower Who influenced Eddie Van Halen's? How did his individual playing approach evolve? Was it by happenstance or all carefully crafted? Guitar World has taken on the task of revisiting Eddie's roots and influences to come up with an answer to those questions. Before offering up six immersive studies of Eddie's groundbreaking sound, Guitar World's Phil … [Read more...]
When Van Halen Rocked Memorial Day Weekend 1983: The US Festival Revisited
The iconic photo of Van Halen taken from the band's Memorial Day '83 photo shoot on Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles with photographer Neil Zlozower On its 39th anniversary, we look back at the biggest concert of Van Halen's extravagant career! The footage embedded above is a segment of Van Halen's appearance at the US FESTIVAL in 1983. Eddie Van Halen … [Read more...]
A Look Back: Van Halen’s ‘OU812’ Released On This Day In 1988
"Oh, You Ate One Too!" Released 34 years ago today - May 24th, 1988! 'OU812' was the second Van Halen album to feature Sammy Hagar as lead singer. It reached number one on Billboard (the band's second consecutive #1), sold over 4 million copies in the US and featured six songs that landed on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or the Mainstream Rock Tracks! Hagar looked back on … [Read more...]
WATCH: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Footage Set To Van Halen’s ‘Dreams’
Van Halen is reaching for the skies and Tom Cruise is their wingman! Check out the video above created by YouTuber Naf Naf, who used clips from a behind scenes trailer for the the upcoming film "Top Gun: Maverick" (due out May 24th) and set them to Van Halen's classic 1986 single "Dreams". Of course, we weren't surprised to find videos previously created featuring … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Ranked Among The Five Best Rhythm Guitarists Of All Time By Guitar World Readers
Eddie Van Halen was ranked fourth on the list of the 50 best rhythm guitarists of all time by Guitar World readers. "As voted for by you, here are the players who don't necessarily need 16 bars and a spotlight solo to rubber-stamp their greatness," wrote Jonathan Horsley in a recent article posted to Guitar World's website. Here's what Horsley wrote of Eddie, who finished … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Alex Van Halen!
Credit: Neil Zlozower On May 8th, 1953, Alexander Arthur Van Halen was born in Amsterdam Holland. Later the family moved to Nijmegen, where they lived until they moved to the U.S. when Alex was about 9, through a government-incentive program to reunite families. Because the family spoke little English, Alex and Eddie formed a bond during this time that has lasted … [Read more...]
Valerie Bertenelli On The Alanis Morissette & Peter Gabriel Songs That Would Bring Eddie To Tears [AUDIO]
Wolfgang Van Halen was joined by his mom Valerie Bertinelli for the latest episode of his weekly SiriusXM radio show "Wolfgang's Top of the Pack". Bertinelli shared some candid memories of Eddie Van Halen with her son, including the two songs that would often bring tears of joy to his father's eyes. In the clip above, Bertinelli recalled the times she would play Alanis … [Read more...]
Ted Nugent On Why Eddie Van Halen Was The Best Guitarist He’s Ever Seen: ‘He Had An Unbelievable, Uncanny Superman Sense Of Rhythm’
Credit: Neil Zlozower Ted Nugent says Eddie Van Halen's "Superman" sense of rhythm is what puts him above and beyond any other guitarist he's ever seen perform. In Tuesday's (May 3rd) episode of Nugent's podcast "The Nightly Nuge", he was asked to name the best guitar player he's ever seen. "There's so many. I'm gonna go ahead and give it to Eddie Van Halen because … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony & The Circle To Release New Album This Year
Sammy Hagar & The Circle will release a new album titled Crazy Times before the year is over and it looks like it'll include plenty of Michael Anthony's classic vocals. In a recent interview with Forbes, Hagar said the new Circle album was recorded at Nashville's RCA Studios with famed country producer Dave Cobb. Cobb, who is best known for working with country and … [Read more...]
New Clip From Upcoming Randy Rhoads Documentary Including Rare Eddie Van Halen Audio [VIDEO]
Credit: Neil Zlozower A teaser clip from a new documentary on Randy Rhoads titled Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon includes archived audio from Eddie Van Halen giving his thoughts on the perceived Eddie vs Randy rivalry back in the Sunset Strip club days. The clip - premiered exclusively by Guitar World - revisits the days when Rhoads was the guitarist for … [Read more...]
WATCH: Sammy Hagar Shares Another Van Halen Video From The Vaults – ‘Why Can’t This Be Love?’ Live From Tokyo ’89
It's 5150 celebration time! Thirty-six years ago this week, Van Halen's 5150 album topped the charts. It was the band's first number one album and first featuring Sammy Hagar on lead vocals. To celebrate, Hagar shared a video of the band performing the album's debut single - "Why Can't This Be Love" - live from Tokyo, Japan in 1989. Along with the video, Hagar and … [Read more...]