David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Gary Cherone have posted their reactions to the news of Eddie Van Halen's passing. Below are their Twitter and Instagram tributes: DAVID LEE ROTH: SAMMY HAGAR: MICHAEL ANTHONY: GARY CHERONE: The news of Eddie's passing was confirmed by his son Wolfgang through his Twitter page yesterday: … [Read more...]
Gary Cherone News
The former Van Halen singer has released the second album for his band Hurtsmile. Extreme is touring briefly in 2015, and hopes to write new music on the near future.
Tapped Out: Nuno Bettencourt Panics When Eddie Van Halen Hands Him a Guitar
What do you play if Eddie Van Halen hands you a guitar and asks you to plug in and play? That was Nuno Bettencourt's dilemma one day, circa 1990. He shares his story about suddenly finding himself at a Van Halen rehearsal, seeing Ed's rig and guitar and thinking, "There it is. There's that tone." And he imagined everybody leaving the room, and standing there alone, plugging … [Read more...]
20 Years Ago: Gary Cherone Leaves Van Halen
The Toughest Job In Rock If anyone ever had it, Gary Cherone sure as hell did - and he handled it with style On November 5th, 1999, Gary Cherone officially parted ways with Van Halen. You could almost picture him, back on familiar Boston turf, breathing a long-overdue sigh of relief. At least that’s what we hope he was doing. After all, nearly three years of constant … [Read more...]
Roundtable: What Went Wrong with ‘Van Halen III’?
Twenty years after the release of Van Halen III - the band's 11th studio album - our friends at Ultimate Classic Rock hosted a roundtable discussion about the album most fans say is their least favorite. Featuring UCR writers and VHND's Jeff Hausman, it focused on five of the biggest questions... answered in no-holds-barred fashion. Take a look... From UCR: After … [Read more...]
Playboy Ranks Every Van Halen Song
Having just heard the sad news about the passing of Hugh Hefner, we wondered if the band had ever toured the Playboy Mansion. No news on that, but we were surprised to find that in February 2015, Playboy's website ranked every Van Halen song. That’s right … Jordan Hoffman from Playboy took on the gargantuan task of ranking every single Van Halen song ever recorded, sparing … [Read more...]
New Episodes of the ‘Dave & Dave Unchained’ Van Halen Podcast
We want to keep up to date with the "Dave & Dave Unchained" Van Halen Podcast - their three most recent episodes are embedded below. Episode #6.2: Sammy Hagar's Apology and a VH/KISS Theory Listen to "Dave & Dave Unchained - A Van Halen podcast: Episode #6 (part 2)" on Spreaker. It’s rare that an apology is delivered within the Van Halen universe. However, former VH … [Read more...]
Gary Cherone Talks Van Halen
In podcast episode 119 of One On One With Mitch Lafon, Mitch is joined by EXTREME frontman, Gary Cherone. Gary sits down with Mitch to discuss his band's performance at Heavy Montreal in August, the 25th Pornograffitti Anniversary tour, their upcoming live album & DVD, making new music, his band HURTSMILE, working with Nuno Bettencourt, addresses the recent Eddie Van … [Read more...]
Gary Cherone on Van Halen’s “Tokyo Dome Live in Concert”
Eddie Trunk asks former Van Halen lead vocalist Gary Cherone what he thinks of Van Halen's new live album, "Tokyo Dome Live in Concert." … [Read more...]
15 Years After Van Halen, Gary Cherone Still Going Strong with Extreme & Hurtsmile
15 years ago today, Gary Cherone and Van Halen parted ways. And both parties were better off for it. What resulted from their three year union was a great tour (really, the only Van Halen tour to feature both the Sammy and Dave eras equally—just without Sammy or Dave!). And of course it spawned Van Halen III—officially a Van Halen album, though we think of it more like a poorly … [Read more...]
Gary Cherone’s Hurtsmile to release new record ‘Retrogrenade’
Former Van Halen singer Gary Cherone's band HURTSMILE is back with their second album, ‘Retrogranade,’ set for release on June 2 through PledgeMusic.com, with a public release to follow. Available now at Pledgemusic.com, is a free download of the single “Rock & Roll Cliché.” Following up their 2011 self-titled debut, the band’s second release 'Retrogranade’' pays … [Read more...]
Extreme’s Pat Badger Shares His Van Halen Experiences
Matt Wardlaw from POPDOSE spoke with Extreme's Pat Badger recently from his home in Massachusetts to talk about Pat's new album, which he is currently in the process of recording. Pat shared a couple cool little Van Halen stories, which we have here: PopDose: It’s exciting as a fan to know that exists and that there’s a full professionally shot show from that tour. I think at … [Read more...]
20 Years Ago Today: Van Halen Release ‘III’
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Van Halen III, the only Van Halen album with Gary Cherone at the vocal helm. The album was released in the U.S. on 03/17/98 and in Japan about a week earlier. It was certified gold on 08/19/98. Over 550,000 copies have been sold in the U.S. The cover was picked by Alex, who considered it extremely funny. Mike Post was picked by Gary to … [Read more...]