David Lee Roth fans may recall it was right around this time in 1991 that the video for his single “A Lil’ Ain’t Enough” was in steady rotation on MTV. It was the lead single from the album released the previous month - 'A Little Ain't Enough'. The video was classic Dave. Plenty of outrageous characters (remember the little people chanting “OOH! AH! OOH! AH!"?), beautiful … [Read more...]
Testament’s Alex Skolnick Is ‘Hooked’ On Van Halen’s ‘I’m The One’
Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick appeared on Premier Guitar's video series Hooked to talk about an often overlooked classic from Van Halen's 1978 debut album - "I'm The One". While it was Eddie Van Halen's instrumental "Eruption" that ignited his fire, it was "I'm The One" that influenced the kind of guitarist Skolnick would become. "It's among the riffs that have had … [Read more...]
Van Halen Tour Stories With Guitar Tech Tom Weber & Keyboard Tech Greg Rule
From controversial keyboard mishaps to giant show-stopping bugs, Van Halen guitar tech Tom Weber and keyboard tech Greg Rule shared over two-hours worth of must-hear tour stories during a recent podcast appearance. Weber, who worked with Van Halen in 2007 & 2015, along with Rule, who worked with the band in 2015, appeared on The Jeremy White Podcast and Rock Talk with … [Read more...]
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen’s Band MAMMOTH WVH perform ‘Distance’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Here it is! The official video of Wolfgang Van Halen's band MAMMOTH WVH performing "Distance" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Watch it above. The long-awaited debut album from Wolfgang Van Halen, Mammoth WVH is coming soon! The self-titled album will be available worldwide on June 11th via EX1 Records/ Explorer1 Music Group. The album will include 13 tracks, plus a bonus song, … [Read more...]
How Pepsi Got Van Halen To Give Up ‘Right Now’ For Crystal Pepsi Ad
Why did Van Halen give up their song "Right Now" for a Crystal Pepsi commercial? The YouTube channel Rock N' Roll True Stories has attempted to “clear” up that question. You may have first seen the commercial for Crystal Pepsi during Super Bowl XXVII on January 30th, 1993. Along with old-school 90s fonts and computer graphics and — for some reason — a rhino and a rat in a … [Read more...]
Mammoth WVH Track Listing, Possible Album Cover Revealed
Wolfgang Van Halen has released the tracklisting, and what could be the album cover (or back cover?) to his upcoming debut album, Mammoth WVH, which is due this spring. The video update was sent out by email to fans who signed up for updates through the official Mammoth WVH website. The email includes the following message from Wolfgang: "Hey Gang, … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen Releases Teaser Clips Of New Song ‘You’re To Blame’ [UPDATED]
Wolfgang has released short audio teaser clips of "You're To Blame". CLIP TWO: Soon...Sign up for more info @ https://t.co/WAi3IofknP pic.twitter.com/KIKb4uJIfo— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) February 4, 2021 CLIP ONE: Coming soon... ? @MammothWVH Sign up for exclusive deets @ https://t.co/WAi3IofknP pic.twitter.com/1eAWBFaEDu— Wolf Van Halen … [Read more...]
32 Years Ago Van Halen Finishes Two-Night Stand In Tokyo, Japan
On February 2nd, 1989 Van Halen played the second of two consecutive shows at the Superdome in Tokyo, Japan as they were winding down their highly successful 'OU812' tour. The lineup of Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony were coming off of their second straight #1 album with 'OU812', which topped the charts on June 25th, 1988. It's since gone … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Talks Early Cover Band Days Of Van Halen
Michael Anthony recalled Van Halen's early cover song club days during a recent interview with Southern California radio station 95.5 KLOS FM. "In Van Halen we would all get together at [David Lee Roth's] house 'cuz we would make up the flyers for some of the clubs we would play at," Anthony told Matt Pinfield for the KLOS video series New & Appoved. "Alex [Van Halen] … [Read more...]
Watch: Violinist’s Stunning Version Of Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’
This violinist is about to blow you away. Watch the new take on Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" performed by violinist Jill from the Japanese band Unlucky Morpheus. An amazing rendition! The band formed in 2008 and describes their genre music as "Technical Melodic Speed Metal." You can watch more videos of Unlucky Morpheus on their official YouTube page. Official … [Read more...]
Jawa Plays ‘Eruption’: A Stop Motion Tribute to the Great Edward Van Halen
The recent death of the legendary Eddie Van Halen sent shockwaves through the galaxy, and even our favorite little scavengers on the Star Wars planet of Tattooine were affected by the passing of their favorite guitarist. YouTuber Thomas J. Yagodinski has made his own fun tribute to Eddie Van Halen by using classic stop-motion animation to create Star Wars JAWA playing Eddie … [Read more...]
Watch: Parrot Sings Along To Van Halen
All the bills are paid, I got it made in the shade an' all I n-n-need is Tico the singing parrot to kick off the weekend! Meet Tico, the parrot who's recently made internet headlines thanks to a series of videos uploaded by his owner Frank Maglio. The videos feature Tico singing along to various classic rock songs performed by Maglio on the guitar. Maglio launched his … [Read more...]