Van Halen biographer, Greg Renoff, author of Van Halen Rising is featured on this week's episode of the Cover Your Ears podcast. About this episode: It’s all things Van Halen as Brian and Greg tap into the early days prior to the release of the now classic first Van Halen album. Greg also discusses how a guy with a PHD in History ends up writing rock biographies and the … [Read more...]
Van Halen News
Nerf Herder’s Ode to Van Halen Becomes a Hit, Angers Sammy Hagar
More than twenty years ago, suburban pop-punk rockers Nerf Herder earned a hit with their song "Van Halen." The "pop-punk, pro-Dave, anti-Sammy" ode to their favorite band piled lavish praise on that group's early work, while lamenting its Sammy Hagar-era material. The song enjoyed widespread radio circulation and garnered the group a record deal with Arista and a top-40 hit … [Read more...]
Watch Animated Van Halen Video on ‘Mind of a Chef’ Episode
It's fascinating how Van Halen keeps popping up in pop culture in the most random, unexpected ways. Then again, the band's music deserves it, so we're not too surprised when it happens! The video below features the latest random Van Halen mention, which is awesome. Two world-class chefs from the the new series Mind of a Chef, Danny Bowien and Sean Brock, take a deep dive into … [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...]
The Top 10 Greatest Eddie Van Halen Guitar Solos
TEAMROCK has come up with their list of the crowning moments from the king of shred... If you’re compiling a list of the world’s greatest guitarists, then Eddie Van Halen should be at the top. Across the course of his band Van Halen’s 40-plus-year career, he took what could be done with the guitar to a level not see since Jimi Hendrix. Such is his importance in the evolution … [Read more...]
Van Hagar Reforming Next Year? The TRUTH About the New Rumor
Whenever Van Halen is on hiatus, rumors tend to pop up. This year has been no exception. A new Van Halen rumor broke yesterday which states that the band is planning on touring in 2017 with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony. We don’t have much to say about this, other than the fact that three of our tried and true sources are saying the rumor is simply not true. Van Halen are … [Read more...]
The Death of Rock Dynamic Duos
What do we love about golden gods and guitarists with mystique? For starters … everything. There's an interesting new article on AL.com about the greatest rock duos over the last few decades. We're featuring the intro and Van Halen segment from the article, below. Read the rest at AL.com. "From the very beginning, we said I'm the frontman and you're the guitarist with … [Read more...]
Every Van Halen Album Ranked From Worst to Best
From TEAMROCK.COM: Van Halen revolutionized hard rock when they came shrieking out of Pasadena in the 1970s, and have sold millions of albums since. Here they are, ranked from disastrous to dazzling Van Halen revolutionized hard rock music. When the band’s debut album was released in 1978, punk had unsettled rock’s old order. Giants such as Zeppelin and Sabbath were on … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Awarded ‘Icon of the Year’ at RockGodz Hall of Fame Ceremony & Jam
Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot, The Circle) received the prestigious RockGodz Hall of Fame's ICON OF THE YEAR award on October 27, during their third RockGodz Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Show in Las Vegas, at Hard Rock Live. Note that Michael didn't receive a "Bass Player of the Year" award, but rather, the "ICON of the Year" award. That's because, in our … [Read more...]
Watch: Killer Van Halen Covers by Liquid Charlie
Welcome to the first installment of a new monthly feature here at VHND, where we spotlight upcoming guitar players and feature their killer Van Halen covers, which we feel should not be missed by VH fans! This new column is written by Eric Broadbent, host of the popular EVH Gear Discussion Talk Show on YouTube. This month Eric interviews Charlie Stinchcombe (aka "Liquid … [Read more...]
Van Halen Halloween Costume Winner 2016 – Stella Lee Roth!
We just have to say that little "Stella Lee Roth" is easily our favorite Van Halen-related Halloween costume this year! We were contacted by Stella Lee Roth's mom, and we're happy to feature her cute photos of Stella Lee Roth. "A friend of mine suggested we do this and I’m so glad we did. She was the original member of Van Halen and is now back with them. She’s also known as … [Read more...]
Van Halen Halloween Costumes 2016
Here's our collection of creative Van Halen (or VH-related) costumes that people sent us for Halloween this year and last year. Enjoy, and start thinking about your costume(s) for us to feature on VHND for next year! (Click photos for full size) … [Read more...]