Everyone know that it's hard to replicate Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing and sound. "I'm the One" from the debut album is particularly hard to play. It's swing feel is something most people will lack and Eddie's blistering solos and licks are all the way through it. And let's not forget the tone! Jacob Deraps came up with a new recording of his favorite song where you can … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
Eddie Van Halen Spotted at Capitol Records
Steve Jordan, (lead singer of The Verbs) ran into Eddie Van Halen yesterday at Capitol Records. … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen & Tony Iommi at the Hollywood Bowl
Eddie Van Halen & Tony Iommi together again! Photo was posted on Eddie's Facebook. It's from last night's Black Sabbath show at the Hollywood Bowl. … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen talks building the Frankenstein, honing the 5150 and EVH Gear
New Eddie Van Halen interview with MuscRadar! Read the intro here, and then read the rest at the link below. It’s been 21 years since Total Guitar last caught up with Eddie Van Halen. So, after an exclusive invitation to visit the man himself at his 5150 Studios, MusicRadar's sister magazine pulled up a chair to speak to one of the electric guitar’s greatest … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Interviewed For The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
Edward Van Halen is honored to be a part of The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. Edward has been interviewed for a tribute video to Foundation, to be shown in October at the Americans for the Arts gala in NYC, honoring the Foundation with their National Music Education Award. Here's photos of Eddie and Janie Van Halen pictured with Vincent Womack and Foshay HS graduate Leo … [Read more...]
Van Halen 1984 Soundcheck Audio!
The internet is pretty cool sometimes. Back in 1984, a fan who somehow had access to the venue Van Halen was playing that night (San Francisco's Cow Palace) recorded a few minutes of the band's soundcheck. Hearing Eddie casually noodle around a bit is just great! Listen above. … [Read more...]
Photos: Eddie Van Halen Live at Molson Amphitheatre Toronto
Last year was a crazy year for the VHND because of Van Halen's North American tour. Because there was so much going on, we somehow missed out on featuring these incredible photos of Van Halen performing live exactly one year ago at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre. Here's some incredible photos (pretty much just Eddie!) and the concert review from Eric Broadbent at Design39Media. … [Read more...]
Announcing the Official Eddie Van Halen Mini Guitar Collection!
We've got great news for Van Halen fans and collectors! After years of careful planning, intensive prototyping and meticulous product development, Van Halen Store is proud to offer these 1/4 scale official EVH miniature guitar replicas of the infamous guitars that Eddie has played throughout his career. Each model is handcrafted with INCREDIBLE DETAIL and comes complete … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Shows Bryan Adams How to Play ‘Mean Street’ Intro (Video)
Eddie and Janie Van Halen attended Bryan Adams concert last night in Los Angeles. Eddie ended up backstage showing Bryan a little something on guitar. Watch the short video above. Backstage before the show in LA #eddievanhalen shows me how to play the intro to "mean street" #backstage #vanhalen #bryanadamsgetup A video posted by @bryanadams on Jul 7, 2016 at 1:04am … [Read more...]
EVH Gear: New for 2016
Today EVH Gear announced upcoming products for 2016: EVH® WOLFGANG® SPECIAL, EL NATURAL Road-tested in arenas around the world, the Wolfgang® Special is a familiar purebred music-making machine, but a new and elegant El Natural finish richly accented by tobacco-stained back and sides with a matching natural headstock makes its grand entrance for summer 2016. Features … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Spotted in 1972 Lamborghini Used in “Panama”
This week is the anniversary of the release of Van Halen's hit "Panama," and coincidentally, Eddie Van Halen was recently spotted in the very car that was used for a sound effect in the classic song, by a reader of FeelNumb.com: Feel Numb reports, "The song “Panama” was released on June 18, 1984 as the third single from the Van Halen 1984 album. To this day, it is one of Van … [Read more...]
Runnin’ With the Devil: Eddie Van Halen Shreds Tires, Too
From CarAndDriver.com: From the July 2016 issue of Car And Driver magazine (all links within are CarAndDriver.com's) Like any red-blooded kid growing up in Pasadena, California—hometown of that famous little old lady—Eddie Van Halen had a taste for hot cars. After his band’s self-titled debut album went platinum in 1978, he cycled through a collection nearly as … [Read more...]