From DelcoTimes.com: Rock Music Menu: Freedom’s soundtrack for going Fourth By Michael Christopher Ah, the Fourth of July; a day for fireworks, cookouts, a cold drink and maybe a dip in the pool. And whether you’re down the shore, throwing a backyard barbeque or sitting on the front lawn with your feet in a kiddie pool, you’ll need some tunes to go along with the … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth News
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David Lee Roth’s Cryptic Message
From today. Just two words. http://DavidLeeRoth.com/ … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Clarifies Roth Comments
The Van Halen News Desk got an update straight from Michael Anthony today, when he personally called us and told us that he reads the VHND every day and he is hoping that we could clarify something he said in an interview that we featured this week. He also gave us the inside scoop on some details for Chickenfoot's upcoming album and first single, here. Michael Anthony, … [Read more...]
Van Halen Retrospective (Part 1)
Midnight Phil discusses the David Lee Roth era of his favorite band, Van Halen, in the first part of this two part retrospective. It's basically a home-made comedic review done with a lot of effort by a young, passionate fan. We hope you enjoy it! We will feature "Part 2" of Midnight Phil's Van Halen retrospective later this month. … [Read more...]
The David Lee Roth Awesomeness Meter
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Molded by rock Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle More than 20 years later, there's very little that I don't remember about my first rock concert - Van Halen on the "5150" tour at the Cow Palace in Daly City. I was 15 years old, and drank cans of Budweiser in the parking lot while listening to "Led Zeppelin II" on the stereo … [Read more...]
A Brief History of the “Parodying a Bunch of Recent Videos” Music Video
PopDust.com has a story featuring five classic MTV videos that parody some of the iconic-but-overblown music videos of the time. One of which is David Lee Roth's Just A Gigolo / I An't Got Nobody" (1985). The prototypical “parodying a bunch of recent videos” (PABORV?) video, David Lee Roth used the clip for his second solo single, a cover of Louis Prima’s melding of pop … [Read more...]
VAN HALEN TO HEADLINE AUSTRALIA’S SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION MUSIC FESTIVAL
It's OFFICIAL - the first confirmed VAN HALEN tourdates for 2011 have been announced! VAN HALEN will headline SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION, an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia. The confirmed festival dates: Brisbane - September 24 Sydney - September 25 Melbourne - September 30 Adelaide - October 1 Perth - October 3 SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION Full … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth’s Hand-Written Fair Warning Lyric Sheets Unveiled
We have something very special for the last day of "Fair Warning Week", celebrating the 30th anniversary of Van Halen's fourth album. In front of your naked steaming eyes--David Lee Roth's original hand-written lyric sheets! These contain the original (but not final) lyrics for all four songs contained on "side A" of Van Halen's Fair Warning album. These are from VHND.com's … [Read more...]
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary Van Halen’s Fair Warning
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Van Halen's magnum opus, we're declaring it "Fair Warning Week" at VHND, were we're featuring a different story about the album every day for the next seven days. Happy Birthday, Fair Warning. On April 29th, 1981, Van Halen unleashed their darkest album. From the opening out-of-this-world sounds of "Mean Street" to the insane fade … [Read more...]
Q&A with Sammy Hagar autobiography author Joel Selvin
Examiner.com conducted a rare interview with Joel Selvin, the author of Sammy Hagar's bestselling autobiography, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock. Excerpts are below. One milestone that Sammy’s always stood by—and it appears again in Red—that I’ve always been confused by is his insistence that he sold more records with Van Halen than David Lee Roth, but an RIAA search reveals … [Read more...]
Rudolph and Michael Schenker on Van Halen
Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions) and brother Michael Schenker (Scorpions, U.F.O., Michael Schenker Group, etc) discuss Van Halen. From the book, Van Halen 101, by Abel Sanchez. Rudolph Schenker I have known Edward since 1979, when Van Halen played in Hamburg while supporting Black Sabbath (a great concert). Klaus and I were sitting in the fourth row, and Eddy came directly to … [Read more...]
Reuniting the “Mystery Rocker” with camera he lost at 1999 concert
From CBS 8: (CBS8) - After a long night running with the devil in Austin nearly 12 years ago, a David Lee Roth fan paid for his partying -- he lost his camera. But little did he know someone else still partying like it was 1984 found it. Now to add to this rock legend, the search for this "Mystery Rocker" just went viral. In November 1999, David Lee Roth rocked … [Read more...]