The Red Hot Chili Peppers have released a 57-second teaser of the Eddie Van Halen-inspired track "Eddie". The full track is set for release tomorrow (September 23) along with their latest album Return of the Dream Canteen. The band posted a clip of the song to Twitter: EDDIE 9/23https://t.co/H6XPFrZdGN pic.twitter.com/ERWCtuH1Cc— Red Hot Chili Peppers (@ChiliPeppers) … [Read more...]
Van Halen News
Sammy Hagar Calls On Ted Templeman To Help Capture The ‘Classic Van Halen’ Sound On New Album ‘Crazy Times’
Sammy Hagar says Ted Templeman was able to "crack the code" and help capture the classic Van Halen vocal sound on his latest album with the Circle. For Crazy Times (due out September 30th), the album's producer Dave Cobb was determined to make the most of Michael Anthony's vocals. He wanted to hear Mikey sound like he did on all of the classic Van Halen records. He and Sammy … [Read more...]
Podcast Releases Never-Before-Heard Steve Vai ‘Eat ‘Em And Smile’ Interview With Greg Renoff From 2016 [AUDIO]
Credit: Neil Zlozower The podcast "The Tapes Archive" has just released author Greg Renoff's complete 2016 audio interview with Steve Vai all about David Lee Roth's classic 1986 album Eat 'Em and Smile'! From "The Tapes Archive"/YouTube: In this never before-heard 2016 interview, Vai talks with author Greg Renoff about the landmark David Lee Roth album Eat ‘Em … [Read more...]
Mammoth WVH Announces Deluxe Edition Of Debut Album With Previously Unreleased Tracks
Wolfgang Van Halen's self-titled debut Mammoth WVH album will be re-issued in deluxe edition format on November 11th with three bonus tracks. The deluxe edition will feature the bonus track from the Japanese version of the album - "Talk & Walk," along with two previously unreleased tracks - "As Long as You're Not You" and "Goodbye." To coincide with … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth Releases Second Live/Studio Recording: ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’
David Lee Roth is back with another "Roth Lives! Studio Live" classic Van Halen track. This time it's 'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love'! On September 1st, Dave released a new studio version of Van Halen's 1984 classic ‘Panama'. Dave and his band recorded a total of 14 songs in two hours on May 3rd, 2022 at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA. From Dave's … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle Get ‘Funky’ On Latest Track [VIDEO]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle are back again with a new track titled "Funky Feng Shui" and it arrives via an official video. Sammy: "Funky Feng Shui was the first song I started writing for the 'Crazy Times' record. We recorded just the two verses I had written for the first Lockdown Sessions. When we got in the studio David Cobb loved this song so we finished it and it made … [Read more...]
‘Van Halen Stage’ Dedication In Pasadena Rescheduled
From Pasadena Now: The grand opening of Playhouse Village Park in Pasadena has been postponed from Saturday (Sept. 10) to Sept. 17 due to inclement weather anticipated for this weekend.A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set to take place at 9 a.m. followed by a community celebration from 10 a.m. to noon.Legendary Pasadena rock group Van Halen will be honored at the event when the … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Honors 45th Anniversary Of ‘Eruption’
Forty-five years ago today, Eddie Van Halen recorded his iconic solo "Eruption". Wolfgang shared a video on social media today to commemorate the anniversary. Below is the tweet Wolf sent out today: In honor of Eruption being recorded 45 years ago today, here’s me playing part of it on the guitar it was recorded on in 2015 while tracking some guitars for the first … [Read more...]
He Really Is THAT Good! Rick Beato Shuts Down The Wolfgang Doubters
Wolfie just can't win with some folks. Thankfully, he has Rick Beato to shut 'em down! Wolfgang's performance of "On Fire" and "Hot For Teacher" on guitar at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London Saturday (September 3) was so good that there are actually those who feel it was too good to be true. Beato took to YouTube to respond to the doubters. Beato is a … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen Performs Van Halen Classics At Taylor Hawkins Tribute! [VIDEO]
Wolfgang Van Halen joined Dave Grohl, Josh Freese (Devo, Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails) and Justin Hawkins of The Darkness to perform scorching covers of Van Halen's "On Fire" and "Hot For Teacher" at today's Taylor Hawkins Tribute concert at London's Wembley Stadium! “It should come as no surprise that Taylor Hawkins was a huge fucking Van Halen fan,” said Grohl, who … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth’s New Studio/Live ‘Panama’
Last night, David Lee Roth released a new studio version of Van Halen's 1984 classic ‘Panama', with no description other than the title, "Roth lives! Panama – David Lee Roth studio live”. Fans online have been debating when it was recorded, who is playing on it, etc. Well, we've got the scoop, straight from the Mojo Dojo: On May 3, 2022 the Roth band went into Henson … [Read more...]
‘ED by ZLOZ: Edward Van Halen Photographs by Neil Zlozower’ Hardcover Book Released
This is it! The BIGGEST & BEST hardcover coffee table photo book of Eddie Van Halen ever published. The long-awaited ED by ZLOZ, by legendary photographer Neil Zlozower, is being released right now, and it's packed with photos you won't find anywhere else. None of them appear in either of his previous Van Halen books, and the vast majority have never before been … [Read more...]