EVH has eight new models hitting the market in 2019 for your playing enjoyment. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s in store… EVH® Striped Series Shark Shark week is a little early this year. A notorious fan favorite since the early days of Van Halen, the EVH Striped Series Shark makes its way into the lineup with some serious attitude. From the visionary mind of … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
Eddie Van Halen Complete Interview in GOLF magazine
Eddie Van Halen gave a rare interview with Golf Magazine (Feb 2019 issue), and explained what he thought about playing golf. “Naw. I’ll hit a good ball and then two bad ones. I don’t even keep score, man. What’s the point? I know it’s going to be in the hundreds. The worst thing is my putting. The thing is: I never practice.” On how he spends his time right now, he … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays From Eddie & Janie
Happy Holidays, everyone! Eddie and Janie wish fans Happy Holidays on their social media. VHND also wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. … [Read more...]
Unearthed Video: Eddie Van Halen Playing Football, 1972
Three days ago, a video surfaced which supposedly shows a young Eddie Van Halen playing football on a beach. The silent video is entitled, "Football in Newport Beach 1972". This is starting to circulate online, and some claim that one of the players is Eddie Van Halen. Naturally, some doubt the video's authenticity. But take it from us, it really is Eddie! This video was … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s Iconic Frankenstein to Exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
From RollingStone.com: Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitar will be displayed at the Met as part of the museum's new exhibit on rock & roll instruments. The first major art museum exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock & roll will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art starting April 8th, 2019. The exhibit, titled Play It Loud: Instruments of … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Eddie says hello. He posted the following on social media: Happy Thanksgiving! Thankful for friends, family and fans. #happythanksgiving #thankful … [Read more...]
Wayne Charvel’s Home, Guitar Workshop Destroyed In California Wildfires
First, we’d like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. We would like to apologize for the lack of updates this month. We're busier than ever running Van Halen Store lately, and gearing up for what looks to be a really busy Christmas season, which is already in full gear. And that’s great, because the store keeps VHND going, but we hate to see the News … [Read more...]
Paul Stanley on ‘Did Eddie Van Halen Almost Join KISS?’
Kiss's Gene Simmons claims that he once had to talk Eddie Van Halen out of leaving Van Halen and joining Kiss. Gene has repeated this story several times over the last 25 years, but here's what bandmate Paul Stanley has to say about it, in the video above. So there you have it straight from Paul... he says Eddie never almost joined KISS. But wait, there's more. The Van … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen/David Lee Roth Play To Debut Off-Broadway in January
Here's something we haven't seen before! In January 2019, a play based on the story of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth will open up off-Broadway. "Eddie and Dave" will run at the Atlantic Theatre Company from Jan. 10 through Feb. 10. The play's website calls Eddie and Dave "A raucous retelling of the rise and fall of Pasadena’s most groundbreaking 80s rockers told … [Read more...]
Video: The Van Halen Effect (And the Future of Shredding)
Recently, we featured a very interesting video from musician/producer Rick Beato, "What Makes Van Halen Great". And now, Beato has a new Van Halen video, were he discusses "The Van Halen Effect" and the future of guitar virtuosos. It's an EXCELLENT video on how rock guitar was changed — radically — after Van Halen's debut album. He poses the question, "Has the guitar … [Read more...]
Oh, You Ate 5150 Too! – Van Halen Mashup
Kick off your weekend with a KILLER new Van Halen mashup! Here's a new, unique Van Halen medley from guitarist Charlie Stinchcombe (aka “Liquid Charlie”) that cleverly combines classic riffs from Van Halen's 5150 and OU812 albums. Yet another great one from Charlie! Keep up with Liquid Charlie: Follow him on Instagram and Facebook. And Check out his YouTube Channel, … [Read more...]
EVH’s New 5150 Chorus Pedal Released: Video Demos
EVH has debuted its new 5150 Chorus pedal, which was released today (but in very limited quantity, for now). The new pedal is based on a legendary chorus unit that Eddie Van Halen used on Van Halen tracks like "Pretty Woman," "Cathedral" and more. The 5150 Chorus has a three-knob setup—Volume, Tone, and Intensity—with Input and Output Level pad switches, mono and stereo … [Read more...]