Legend has it that Eddie Van Halen painted his Frankenstrat guitar (also known as The Frankenstein) with the iconic red/black/white color scheme sometime in early 1979. We've just figured out that it was almost certainly the last week of March when he painted it. That makes it 35 years ago this week that the famous guitarist transformed his white guitar (with black stripes) … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
VHND’a All Access Photo: Eddie Last Night At The L.A. Kings Game
Eddie Van Halen last night at the L.A. kings game. He went with Wolf and Eric Friedman of Tremonti. “All Access” Photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we feature a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many are never-seen-before exclusives. Tune in every weekend for more! … [Read more...]
VHND’s All Access Photo: Last Night At Beso Hollywood
Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli celebrate Wolfgang's 23rd birthday with some friends last night at Beso Hollywood. “All Access” Photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we feature a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many are never-seen-before exclusives. Tune in every weekend for more! … [Read more...]
All-New EVH Sneakers Now Available!
VanHalenStore.com is proud to offer the ALL NEW line of EVH Brand Signature Striped Sneakers from legendary rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Featuring the iconic Van Halen stripes from Eddie’s guitars. The new High Tops come in all three color schemes: Red with White and Black stripes, modeled after his infamous red, white and black striped Frankenstein guitar, White with … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Donates Signed Wolfgang Special Guitar To Fueled By The Fallen
Guitar Legend and Philanthropist Eddie Van Halen donates a signed Wolfgang Special guitar to Fueled By The Fallen (FBTF), a 501(c)3 non-profit that supports Veterans and First Responders, where it's being auctioned on eBay and the proceeds going to FBTF.Check out Eddie's workbench at 5150 in the recent picture!See the eBay auction here. Their website is FBTF.org and their … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Responds to Gene Simmon’s Claim About Supposedly Wanting To 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 a few times over the last 20 years, but we've never heard what Eddie Van Halen has to say about this story...until now! The Van Halen News Desk has dug up a rare interview in which Eddie was asked about this rumor! This interview, embed … [Read more...]
Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley Address Rumors That Eddie Van Halen Wanted To Join KISS
Gene Simmons has always boasted that Edward Van Halen asked if he could join Kiss in 1982. This crazy-sounding rumor has always baffled many. Would Eddie really want to join KISS at the time Van Halen's fame was skyrocketing and Kiss's fame was waning? In the new issue of Guitar World magazine (April 2014), Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons celebrate their … [Read more...]
60 Years Ago: The Van Halen Family Travels by Boat to America
Today marks a historic anniversary for the Van Halen family... It was 60 years ago today that the Van Halen family traveled from Holland to America! (the newly discovered passenger list below proves the date was March 9th, and not February 22nd, as we previously thought). While living in Holland, Jan and Eugenia Van Halen received letters from relatives describing the wonders … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s “Fair Warning”: An Appreciation
From Truth And Beauty: "Eddie Van Halen ruined guitar!" yelled the drunken ROTC guy standing just inches from my face. House party. 1991. The conversation had been very civil up to that point. I'd started with hey, we went to the same high school. That was all I had, as we were several years apart in age and had only met once before--a brief introduction through a mutual … [Read more...]
How Eddie Van Halen Unknowingly Stole my Grandfather’s Flying V Guitar
The following story is about how Eddie Van Halen acquired a mint condition 1958 Gibson Flying V from famed vintage guitar collector Dan Martin, who was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Eddie went on to buy many guitars from Martin, who passed way in 2008. Jason Miller shares his story of how Dan Martin bought his father's guitar, and turned around and sold it to … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Mousepads Now Available
Rock your desk with this quality mousepad featuring Eddie Van Halen's iconic Frankenstrat guitar! 9" x 7" x 1/8"– Perfect for any desk or work space Durable non-slip back keeps the pad in place Officially licensed & made in the USA Currently only in stock at VanHalenStore.com. CLICK HERE TO ORDER and be among the first to get it! … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Eddie Van Halen!
Edward Lodewijk van Halen (Lodewijk is the Dutch version of Ludwig, as in Ludwig van Beethoven) was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on January 26th, 1955. Happy Birthday to the “King of Ten Fingers & Six Strings!” (Photo by High Profile Media) UPDATE: From Wolfgang Van Halen, today: "The happiest of birthdays to the biggest inspiration in my life. Love you, pop." … [Read more...]