Author Greg Renoff sat down for an in-depth discussion on Eddie Van Halen and Van Halen history during a recent appearance on the Making Waves with Tom Prather podcast. Prather covered a wide range of Van Halen-related topics while also learning some Greg Renoff history. Long before writing his critically acclaimed books Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard … [Read more...]
The 10 Most Popular Van Halen Singles, According To Spotify
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...]
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...]
Wolfgang Van Halen On What He Loves Most About Dave & Sammy Eras Of Van Halen
Wolfgang Van Halen spoke to Southern California's KLOS FM recently and talked about what resonated most with him about the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar eras of Van Halen. "In the Roth era, [I loved] the aggression -- they were just like a steam train that nobody could compare," said Wolfgang. "With the [Sammy] Hagar era, I loved how the melodic side was explored much more. … [Read more...]
Toyota Owner Loves Van Halen so Much He Painted his Car Like the Guitar [Video]
A huge Van Halen fan decided to Van Halenize his Toyota truck with a unique paint job—in the same color scheme of Eddie Van Halen’s iconic guitar—for a fresh, rockin' new look!The above video is nicely done, and shows Ryan Humphrey of Ohio giving us the step-by-step process of painting his truck, along with some vintage Van Halen playing in the background. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Top 5 Underrated Songs In Van Halen History
From: Stereo Embers Magazine. Written by: Michael Sandler Everyone knows a Van Halen song. Eddie Van Halen, the band’s guitarist and namesake, is one of the most celebrated musicians of the past half-century or so. From the innovative shred-fest “Eruption,” to synthesizer-heavy “Jump,” to the sing-along, classic rock of “Right Now,” Van Halen is the man behind some of the … [Read more...]
VH1 Presents the ’80’s: Van Halen
Here's the VAN HALEN segment of VH1 Presents the '80's. … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s Split Personality
How a geek and a physique created thud rock's most successful oddsemble This story is from the June 21, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone. By Debbie Miller. Pictures from VHND. When the music was dredged up last year, Dave wrote the words the way he usually writes, cruising with the top down in his Mercury convertible through the canyons around L.A. He had jotted down a phrase one … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s Babysitter
The band's record label assigned Ted Cohen to go on tour with them in their glory years. Here's what he saw. From LAweekly.com. By Michael Wilton Thursday, May 31 2012 On the first night of Van Halen's 1978 world tour, in Madison, Wis., the band burst into the hotel room of their artist development director, Ted Cohen, and threw all of the furniture out of the … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s “Recreational Director”
Listen to Dave Roth recount the best "Recreational Director" Van Halen ever had, whom Roth met in Tahiti. It's a tale of bikini models, waffles, a costume store in Omaha, and a black Christmas tree. … [Read more...]
Brown M&Ms
From David Lee Roth today... … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth: Super Later
Something for VHND from Diamond Dave... … [Read more...]