A rockin' AC/DC & Van Halen Mashup! AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" and Van Halen's "Runnin’ With The Devil", "I’m The One," "And The Cradle Will Rock," and "Eruption." Mashup by Wax Audio. Originally available on Mashopolos II - The Mashening (2009): … [Read more...]
Backstage with Van Halen at the CaliFFornia World Music Festival
Here's our FUN look back at the 40th anniversary of a giant rock concert in the late seventies, involving Van Halen, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Cheech and Chong, midget security guards, and a chimpanzee. Van Halen co-headlined the 1979 CaliFFornia World Music Festival, and it was amazing! All photos on this page are from the festival (excluding the Aerosmith photo). Van … [Read more...]
Exclusive: David Lee Roth on Van Halen’s “College of Musical Knowledge” (Audio)
David Lee Roth was inspired by our article 40 Years Ago Today – Van Halen Hits the Sunset Strip! so much so that he sent us an exclusive audio describing how important it was for Van Halen to spend years playing Gazzarris in the mid seventies. He calls it their "college of musical knowledge." Listen to Dave's 5-minute recording above. Big thanks to Diamond Dave for sharing … [Read more...]
‘1984’ 30th Anniversary Celebrated On ‘In The Studio’ (Audio)
Syndicated rock radio show "In The Studio" celebrates the 30th anniversary of Van Halen's colossal album, 1984! To truly comprehend just how massively popular this album was, it helps if you actually write it out numerically: 12,000,000 copies of Van Halen‘s sixth album, 1984, were sold in the U.S. alone in the three decades since it was released. Propelled by Van Halen’s … [Read more...]
Exclusive: Eddie’s “All Fired Up” Instrumental from ‘The Wild Life’
NOTE: Our Facebook link was bad. "Peeping Tom" is HERE. Another Van Halen News Desk exclusive! Here’s what we call “All Fired Up,” written and performed by Eddie Van Halen in 1983. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar along with his electronic drum machine. The director … [Read more...]
Exclusive: Eddie’s “(Nearly) Good Enough” Instrumental from ‘The Wild Life’
Another Van Halen News Desk exclusive! Here’s what we call “(Nearly) Good Enough”, written and performed by Eddie Van Halen in 1983. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life, released in 1984. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar along with his electronic drum machine. This piece features some of what ultimately … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s “Back To School” From ‘The Wild Life’
It's that time of year again.... Whaddaya think the teacher's gonna look like this year? Another Van Halen News Desk exclusive! Here’s what we call “Back To School”, written and performed by Eddie Van Halen in 1983. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life, released in 1984. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar along … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s “Top Down” From ‘The Wild Life’
Another Van Halen News Desk exclusive! Here's what we call "Top Down", written and performed by Eddie Van Halen in 1983. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life, released in 1984. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar along with his electronic drum machine. In the movie, the guys where blasting this song while … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s “The Wild Life” Music Score Unearthed!
"Out The Window" is a short (but epic!) piece of music - or rather, guitar squealing - written and performed by Eddie Van Halen. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life, released in 1984. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar with an electronic drum machine. We named this piece "Out The Window" because the main character … [Read more...]
New Interview with the Van Halen Brothers (Audio)
Today (March 25th) there's a NEW interview with Eddie and Alex Van Halen! The VH brothers did a phone interview with Australia's TripleM.com. Sounds like they're in great spirits and they can't wait to make it to Australia! Van Halen's Bad Habits Eddie spills beans on biggest myths surrounding the 70s rock legends Van Halen will be here for the Stone Music Festival … [Read more...]
Audio Sample of LL Cool J song featuring Eddie Van Halen
A 90-second audio preview of "We're The Greatest" can be streamed above. This is one of two songs from LL Cool J's upcoming album, Authentic, which feature Eddie Van Halen. The album is due April 30th. That is unmistakably Eddie Van Halen on some VERY cool guitar on this! Makes us want to hear the whole song... Note that LL Cool J makes a couple Van Halen references: “I … [Read more...]
Audio: Isolated Guitar From Van Halen’s First Three Albums!
We've featured these isolated guitar tracks from Eddie Van Halen before, but those original ones are mostly gone from youtube now. Here's all the ones that are currently circulating from Van Halen's first three albums...Van Halen, Van Halen II, and Women And Children First. We'll feature more isolated tracks from Fair Warning, Diver Down, and 1984 soon. These never get old. … [Read more...]