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Van Halen’s “Almost Infamous”

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Here's a entertaining recollection of what it was like to discover Van Halen back in 1978, and then to actually meet them on their first world tour. Echoes & Reverberations: Van Halen's "Almost Infamous" Written by Jeffrey Liles from the Dallas Observer. Photo: Eddie Van Halen, April 15, 1978, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Jeffrey Liles) It was the spring of 1978 and rock … [Read more...]

NASA Plays Van Halen in Space

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From NASA's website: STS-126 Wakeup Calls Wakeup calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude. Flight Day 11 STS-126 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 11 -- "Can't Stop Loving You" by Van Halen was played for Mission Specialist … [Read more...]

Van Halen: Like Father, Like Son

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From Guitar World: Van Halen: Like Father, Like Son By Chris Gill This feature is from the April 2008 issue of Guitar World magazine. Eddie Van Halen put the fire in the group that bears his name. It took his son, Wolfgang, to rekindle the passion and get the group on the road for one of the most anticipated reunion tours in rock history. In this world exclusive … [Read more...]

VHND’s exclusive interview with Michael Anthony (Complete)

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The final two segments are up of our exclusive interview with Michael Anthony, which was conducted in October, 2008. Below are all 8 segments. We hope you enjoy the interview. Part 1, Chickenfoot: Part 2, VH Bootlegs & Unreleased footage: Part 3, Van Halen: Part 4, Van Halen, continued Part 5, The internet, newest VH books, Michael's … [Read more...]

VHND’s exclusive interview with Michael Anthony, Parts 5 & 6

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Here's the next two parts of our exclusive interview with Michael Anthony, conducted last month in Cabo. Parts 1 & 2 were posted a couple weeks ago, here. Parts 3 & 4 were posted last week, here. The final two segments will be posted in a few days. Enjoy. Part 5: The Internet, the Newest VH Books, Basses: Part 6: Hot Sauce, Mad Anthony Xpress: … [Read more...]

Van Halen, All Cut Up

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[Sorry - the video is no longer on Youtube] A few weeks ago, the Van Halen News Desk featured a story on a California guitarist, Craig Parker Adams, who likes to write instrumentals that sound like early Van Halen. We recently noticed that he had an interesting video on Youtube that we just had to ask him about. So we did. The music from the video is from an unrehearsed Van … [Read more...]

New “Vintage” Van Halen Shirts!

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Due to extremely popular demand, Van Halen has finally reissued two of their most classic shirt designs! Both are in stock & shipping now at Van Halen Store. Van Halen Vintage 1978 Logo Shirt: The logo that introduced the world to the greatest rock band ever! Ever since "Runnin' with the Devil" erupted from the radio in 1978, the look and sound of rock 'n' roll has … [Read more...]

VHND’s Exclusive Interview with Michael Anthony (Complete)

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Here's our complete exclusive interview with Michael Anthony, conducted last month in Cabo (Oct, 2008). All 8 parts are embedded below, for your listening pleasure... When we announced that we were going to have an exclusive interview with ex-Van Halen bass player, Michael Anthony, we asked people to give us their questions to use in the interview for Michael . This led to … [Read more...]

Music with the Vintage Van Halen Sound

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Every now and then we get reminded of why we love Van Halen so much. It happens on sunny days when "Beautiful Girls" or "D.O.A." comes on blaring through the radio, or at night when we hear "House of Pain" or "Romeo Delight". Or when we come across an old bootleg video of a tour we wish we had seen. Well, the last time we were reminded why we love VH so much happened to be … [Read more...]

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