Van Halen Store is stocking a new Eddie Van Halen 5150 baseball tee. It's a traditional raglan style, featuring a white body with 3/4-length black sleeves. Tee features a distressed print 51 on the front and 50 on the back, along with an arched athletic print E. VAN HALEN. Each sleeve features three stars, each filled with Eddie's striped guitar design and the initials E, V … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
New Eddie Van Halen Striped Accessories: Bandanas, Beanies, & Neckties!
Awesome new EVH Accessories sporting the greatest graphics in the history of rock 'n' roll are now in stock at Van Halen Store: Bandana ($5.50) This red bandana covered with Eddie's famous stripes screams "VAN HALEN!" 20" square. 100% cotton. Beanie ($17.95) Keep warm and look cool in this 100% cotton black knit beanie with grey Van Halen stripes and … [Read more...]
Rare Eddie Van Halen instrumental; “Donut City”
Last week, the VHND featured an unreleased instrumental written by Edward Van Halen entitled "Ripley" that was written for the 1984 movie, "The Wild Life." The movie's soundtrack contained just one song by Eddie Van Halen, "Donut City": … [Read more...]
Gibson.com’s Top 50 Guitar Solos
From Gibson.com: Gibson.com's Top 50 Guitar Solos: Full List, Readers Poll Revealed 50. "Beat It," Michael Jackson (Eddie Van Halen) When fans think of Eddie Van's best solos, they often forget his guest turn on Michael Jackson's crossover classic "Beat It." Van Halen's solo cuts through the song like a chainsaw, before his fast fingers erupt into a frenzy not normally … [Read more...]
New Eddie Van Halen Shirts
Van Halen Store has two unique Eddie Van Halen shirts just added to their selection. 5150 Army Shirt (Small - 2XL, Slim-Fit, $24.95) Join the Van Halen Army, Code 5*1*5*0!! The front text is red with black and white stripes, just like Eddie Van Halen's legendary original guitar. The back of the tee has a small red "EVH" logo and the slogan, PLAY FAST, WEAR STRIPES. … [Read more...]
Unreleased Van Halen instrumental; “Ripley”
UPDATE: We just learned that Alex Van Halen is indeed playing the drums on "Ripley." That is one of the few tunes—and possibly the only tune— from the "Wild Life" sessions that had Alex playing. The others were Ed programming a LINN DRUM machine! "The Wild Life" movie score is legendary to Van Halen fans, as Eddie Van Halen wrote the score for the movie (Universal Pictures, … [Read more...]
Who Needs a Singer? The Top 10 Instrumentals of All Time
From Gibson.com: Ellen Barnes 08.18.2010 A truly great instrumental song is worth a thousand words. Here are 10 wordless wonders so ubiquitous that we bet you’d instantly recognize every last one of them. These heirlooms have been covered and recovered by generations of artists but haven’t grown any worse for the wear. "Eruption" -- Van Halen We’re pretty sure … [Read more...]
Zakk Wylde with Eddie Van Halen’s original Marshall
Here's a picture of Zakk Wylde from Black Label Society posing with a true piece of musical history. Zakk posted this on his Twitter Sunday: " THIS IS "THE HEAD OF DOOM" !!! Eddie's ORIGINAL MARSHALL from ERUPTION til' 1984!!!!!! Serious MOJO !!!!!! " " I DON'T OWN ED's Original Baby.... She's Getting some TLC right now..." " ED's ORIGINAL HEAD is Being Overhauled.... … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen stops by Pearl rehearsals
From Scott Ian's Twitter account: From: @Scott_Ian Sent: 11 Ago, 2010 16:51 "Guess who stopped in to rehearsal yesterday! Perfect way to start a tour. Eddie Van Halen just gave Pearl his blessing to go out and kick some fucking ass. And he signed my 5150III." Scott Ian of the band Anthrax is also in Pearl, a band with his wife, Pearl Aday, daughter of famed singer … [Read more...]
The Final Word on EVH’s VHI Setup?
The following article is a WoodyTone.com exclusive. WoodyTone is a great site for guitarists that's written by a self-professed "tone-freak" who's favorite guitarist is Edward Van Halen. L-R top: Variac, Marshall 50. L-R bottom: Vox, Marshall SL 100. There’s been a lot of stuff written about, said about and speculated about regarding Edward Van Halen’s mind-blowing, … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen on Black Sabbath documentary
Eddie Van Halen appears on the new Black Sabbath special airing this month on the Biography channel. The Van Halen interview was filmed this Spring and edited into several short clips sprinkled into the episode. He also appears very briefly in parts 1, 3, and 7, found on Youtube. … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen to appear on Dweezil Zappa CD
Eddie Van Halen recorded a solo for "What The Hell Was I Thinking?", the long-awaited new project from guitarist Dweezil Zappa. From The Huffington Post: Mike Ragogna: You had another great project that you've been working on, and forgive me if I don't know anymore about it than this, but it's your "What The Hell Was I Thinking?" project, right? Dweezil Zappa: Yeah, … [Read more...]