Sammy Hagar continues to promise a setlist heavy on Van Halen songs during his upcoming concerts. During a recent Instagram live chat with The Washington Post's Geoff Edgers, Hagar said he and Circle bandmate Michael Anthony have been adding more and more songs from Hagar's time in Van Halen to upcoming shows. "We're goin' heavy on Van Hagar lately," said Hagar. … [Read more...]
Photographer Darren Balch Recalls Career Inspiring Van Halen Concert 40 Years Later
From Aerosmith to ZZ Top and just about every classic rock band in between, photographer Darren Balch has seen and shot them all. It's a stellar career that all began forty years ago watching Van Halen at the Spokane Coliseum in Spokane, Washington - Section 19, three rows down the aisle to be exact. Balch recalled his personal "eureka moment" Van Halen story in a post to … [Read more...]
LISTEN: Van Halen’s Never-Before-Heard ‘In The Studio’ 1991 Interview
For the 30th anniversary of Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge the syndicated radio show In The Studio with Redbeard has released "an ultra rare 'fly on the wall' listen" to the band's interview after performing a free concert on the streets of downtown Dallas in December of 1991. Here is what host Redbeard posted to the In The Studio website: The late Eddie Van … [Read more...]
30 Years Ago: Van Halen Premiers ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge’ Album On The Radio
Summer nights and my radio...playin' nothin' but Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge! Hard to believe it but Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album turned 30 this week. The Van Halen News Desk has been holding on to this audio since it was uploaded to YouTube back in January by Steve Herold. Above is the Album Network's premiere radio broadcast of the band's … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony Launch ‘Van Hagar/Other Half’ Page
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony are keeping the Hagar era of Van Halen alive with a brand new social media page. The page, which can be found on Instagram as well as Facebook, will feature vintage footage of Van Halen during Hagar's time in the band. "Hey everybody I got some fresh news for ya," Hagar said in his video message. "Mikey and I been checkin' out all our … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen To Launch Brand New SiriusXM Show
Wolfgang Van Halen will launch a brand new show called Top of the Pack on SiriusXM tomorrow (Friday). The show is set to debut at 5 p.m. ET on Sirius XM's Classic Rewind (channel 25), as well as on the SXM App. New episodes will air monthly. For the first episode of Top of the Pack Wolfgang will celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of Van Halen's 1991 album 'For Unlawful … [Read more...]
Van Halen Performs First Of Two ‘Live: Right Here, Right Now’ Concerts On This Night In 1992
Twenty nine years ago tonight (May 14th, 1992) Van Halen performed the first of two shows at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. They would go on to make up the band's very first live album - 1993's "Live: Right Here, Right Now". The audio of the concerts, mixed by Eddie and Alex Van Halen along with engineer Jon Ostrin at 5150, were first heard courtesy of the … [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...]
Toto’s Steve Lukather On How He Ended Up Singing Backing Vocals On ‘Top Of The World’
Toto's Steve Lukather said he contributed backing vocals to Van Halen's 1991 song "Top Of The World" simply because he happened to be hanging out at 5150 Studios. "I was on the 'F.U.C.K.' record [on 'Top of the World']," Lukather told Ultimate Guitar. "I was just hanging around. I'd go pick up my kids when they were in school still. I'd pick them up from school and just … [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...]
When David Lee Roth Predicted 2021 In 1991’s ‘A Lil’ Ain’t Enough’ Video
David Lee Roth fans may recall it was right around this time in 1991 that the video for his single “A Lil’ Ain’t Enough” was in steady rotation on MTV. It was the lead single from the album released the previous month - 'A Little Ain't Enough'. The video was classic Dave. Plenty of outrageous characters (remember the little people chanting “OOH! AH! OOH! AH!"?), beautiful … [Read more...]
New Alex Van Halen Book
Nice to see the GREAT Alex Van Halen get recognized! Modern Drummer has put together a special book that is entirely devoted to Alex Van Halen! Modern Drummer Legends: Alex Van Halen is the second installment in the 'Modern Drummer Legends' series, and is the one and only Alex Van Halen drum book! Includes Alex’s 1983, 1993, and 2008 Modern Drummer cover stories. … [Read more...]