For day 3 of "Fair Warning Week" celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album, we have an extensive Fair Warning review written by longtime fan and VHND reader Scott Esman of Glendora California, along with all three of Eddie Van Halen's isolated guitar tracks from the album, which have circulated only because fans were able to separate and extract the guitar track from songs … [Read more...]
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Dark Victory: Billy Corgan assesses his favorite Van Halen album, Fair Warning
It's Day 2 of VHND's "Fair Warning Week" celebrating 30 years of Fair Warning. So grab a cold one. First, here's what Smashing Pumkins founder, Billy Corgan, said about the album (from the April 1996 edition of Guitar World): If you've ever seen the "Unchained" video, you've seen a band at its public epiphany. Beautiful and free, Van Halen ruled the world with a wink and a … [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...]
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...]
Last Chance for EVH Low Top Sneakers
From VanHalenStore.com: Despite the fact that the EVH Signature Sneaker line is our biggest seller of all time, the EVH Low Tops have been discontinued. Our limited stock is all that's left. The EVH High Tops are still being made, but our limited supply is all that we'll have until sometime this summer. So now's your last chance ever to get the Low Tops, and your last … [Read more...]
Top Ten Guitar Solos by Eddie Van Halen
From KennerMcquaid.blogspot.com: Eddie Van Halen was exactly what the rock ‘n roll doctor ordered to cure the Saturday Night Fever sweeping the nation during the late Seventies. When Van Halen was unleashed upon the unsuspecting masses in 1978, rock guitar playing was changed overnight. The threat that rock would become an afterthought in the face of a changing mainstream … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Makes a Wild Child Out of Valerie Bertinelli — Twisted Tales
From Spinner.com: Thirty years ago, the hard rock powerhouse known as Van Halen was just coming into its own, and by April of 1981, the original group was already in deep trouble. At the end of the month, Van Halen would release its fourth album, 'Fair Warning' and the last track, sung by frontman David Lee Roth, was called 'One Foot Out the Door.' The timing of the band's … [Read more...]
EVH® Introduces Wolfgang® USA Custom and Stealth Guitars
EVH introduces two new Wolfgang guitar models, the Wolfgang USA Custom and the Wolfgang Stealth. Both are distinctive variations on the hugely successful original model, the U.S.-made EVH Wolfgang guitar designed by Eddie Van Halen. Perhaps the most uniquely elegant instrument in the Wolfgang series, the Wolfgang USA Custom represents Eddie Van Halen's personal tribute … [Read more...]
Van Halen sighting
Alex, Edward and Janie Van Halen were ambushed by paparrazi when leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles last week. A 10 second video is below. … [Read more...]
Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks the World – Watch the full movie now
Today Dunlop: released the entire movie, which features Eddie Van Halen, Kirk Hammett, Slash, and more: Guard House Pictures is proud to announce the release of Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks the World, a definitive documentary that tells the story of the #1-selling effects pedal of all time, from its invention in 1966 through its evolution into the present day. The … [Read more...]
MP Rocks Parliament with Van Halen on Air Guitar
An MP has been caught on camera playing a slimmed down version of air guitar in the House of Commons. Watch Tory MP Graham 'Axeman' Evans let loose with a live Eddie Van Halen guitar solo during a speech by Defence Secretary Liam Fox. … [Read more...]
“Eruption” Nominated For Best Guitar Solo of All-Time
Guitarist Magazine (UK) has come up with a list of the "Greatest Guitar Solos Of All-Time" and has published a poll on its website. They have polled for a shortlist of 20 guitar solos from which people can vote, and Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary solo "Eruption" has been nominated. But surprisingly, "Eruption" has only a small percentage of votes as of this moment. VOTE FOR … [Read more...]