A little update on Guitar Hero: Van Halen; the game is officially scheduled to be released during the timeframe of November/December, 2009. … [Read more...]
‘Zombieland’ Movie Trailer Features Van Halen’s “Everybody Wants Some!”
Watch the trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy movie, Zombieland. A Van Halen classic is played during the trailer. Turn it up! … [Read more...]
Van Halen Files Suit Against Nike
Amazingly, Nike went ahead and mass-produced some shoes that feature the trademarked Van Halen stripes! From KTLA News: LOS ANGELES -- Guitarist Eddie Van Halen filed a lawsuit against Nike in Los Angeles Friday, alleging the company used the trademarked striped design from his guitar on their new line of "Dunk Lows" tennis shoes. The Nike shoes feature red, white and … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Thanks God for Sobriety and Guitar Riffs
From Spinner.com (now defunct). (VHND.com notes: This interview was conducted sometime before the interview that Eddie did with Rolling Stone two weeks ago [May 2011]) Between Jimi Hendrix and Slash, there was Eddie Van Halen. For rockers who came of age in the late '70s and early '80s, EVH was the ultimate guitar hero. From his showcase piece on the first album's … [Read more...]
More info on Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Here's a recap of what is known about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Van Halen game: Guitar Hero: Van Halen should be released this year, possibly as early as August. Van Halen Store will be offering it and will be taking pre-orders soon. Like the Guitar Hero: Metallica game before it, only the current Van Halen band memebers are in the game. Players start off as the … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen on Rocking Sober, Avoiding Beef and the Future of Van Halen
From RollingStone.com: Guitarist speaks out about new album, departure of Michael Anthony and his fresh start DAVID WILDPosted Jun 01, 2009 4:10 PM Backstage in the celebrity green room of Spike's Guys Choice Awards in a booth next to his fellow honoree Clint Eastwood sits Eddie Van Halen — rock's ultimate guitar slinger — with his fiancé Janie Liszewski as he … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Accepts Spike TV’s “Guitar God” Award
Spike TV held their third annual Spike TV "Guys Choice" last weekend. Winners were announced Saturday night at the Sony Studios in Los Angeles. Eddie Van Halen, in the a rare public appearance, was brought to tears as he accepted the first annual "Guitar God Award" for his years of shredding on the six stringed axe. Robert Downey Jr. presented Eddie the award. Spike TV's … [Read more...]
Sick 11-year-old wants to meet Eddie Van Halen
This is a touching story about an 11 year old boy named Bradley Zugel, who happens to be a huge Van Halen fan. Bradley was recently diagnosed with cancer. His wish, through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Nevada, is to meet guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The first part of the story was published Dec. 15th, 2008 in the Reno Gazette-Journal: Boy Diagnosed With … [Read more...]
“Guitar Hero: Van Halen” Confirmed, Game Due in 2009
All those rumors about a VAN HALEN Guitar Hero game coming in 2009 have proven to be true! Today, Activision announced that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is scheduled to arrive this year! This game will be a new and unique interactive way for literally millions of people to connect with Van Halen and their awesome body of music. This partnership will give Van Halen a powerful … [Read more...]
More on Guitar Hero Van Halen: achievements reveal first details
From Destructoid.com: Although it's not been officially announced, we've heard of this game called Guitar Hero Van Halen. We can't be sure it exists, but rumors, retail listings, and German ratings boards seem to indicate that it does. As do the handful of rumored achievements for the Xbox 360 version of the game that Destructoid exclusively got its hands on today. If … [Read more...]
Universal Music Group Starts New Youtube Channel, Could Van Halen’s Former Label Soon Follow Suite?
U2's Bono has managed to broker a deal that merges Universal Music Group (the largest record distribution outfit on the planet) withYoutube that now allows for the creation of a dedicated channel to advertise the label's artists. The channel, to be called Vevo, will debut later in 2009 and will feature content provided by Universal. The joint venture, apparently derived by … [Read more...]
Many Van Halen videos pulled from Youtube
Many Van Halen fans have noticed within the last month that their favorite Youtube videos promoting the band have been removed from Youtube. The decision to remove them was not made by Van Halen, but by Time Warner, as negotiations between the company and Youtube broke down. It would appear the issue stems from a conflict between Warner Brothers (VH's former record company) … [Read more...]