Sammy Hagar appeared on KLOS FM's "New & Approved" virtual series to reflect on his entire career including the time he first met Eddie Van Halen in 1978. At around the age of 24 Hagar decided to move his family and bandmates from Fontana, California to San Francisco to kick start his career, which is exactly what it did. Soon after he became the lead singer of the band … [Read more...]
Van Halen News
10 Most Intriguing Songs Van Halen Covered In Their Club Days
From the Top 40 dance hits of the day to future hard rock and metal classics, The Houston Press has come up with the list of Van Halen's most intriguing cover songs from their early club days. David Rozycki wrote: "Fans around the world were shocked and saddened when they learned that Eddie Van Halen died on October 6, 2020, after years of battling cancer. It was obvious … [Read more...]
How David Lee Roth’s ‘Crazy From The Heat’ Book Led John 5 To Becoming DLR Band Guitarist
Guitarist John 5's David Lee Roth story began where Roth's book ended. Literally. During a recent interview with The Sessions, the former DLR Band guitarist recently recalled how he landed the job as Roth's guitarist in 1998 . He said it all started when he was reading Roth's 1998 autobiography 'Crazy From The Heat'. "I was reading ['Crazy From The Heat']. I was at my … [Read more...]
Mammoth WVH To Perform At Houston’s Buzzfest 2021
Wolfgang Van Halen announced on Instagram today that Mammoth WVH will be among the headliners of Buzzfest 2021. The rock festival sponsored by radio station KTBZ-FM/94.5 (The Buzz) will take place on September 4th at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas. Headlining the event along with Mammoth WVH are The Offspring, Chevelle, P.O.D., Candlebox, Ayron Jones … [Read more...]
Dweezil Zappa Highlights The ‘Jeff Beck’ Influence On Eddie Van Halen’s Guitar Technique
Eddie Van Halen often talked about Eric Clapton being his main influence growing up but Dweezil Zappa said he hears more Jeff Beck in Eddie than Clapton. "I don't hear Eric Clapton in Ed's playing unless he's playing straight up blues and he can clearly mimic Eric to a T when he's doing that," Zappa said in a newly released clip from his podcast Runnin With The Dweezil. … [Read more...]
40th Anniversary Of Van Halen’s ‘Fair Warning’
Track listing: 1. Mean Street2. "Dirty Movies"3. Sinner's Swing!4. Hear About It Later5. Unchained6. Push Comes To Shove7. So This Is Love?8. Sunday Afternoon In The Park9. One Foot Out The Door “And someone said 'Fair Warning!'Lord, strike that poor boy down.”– Van Halen, 1981 Release Date:April 29, 1981Recorded:Early March - Early April 1981Length:30:58Producer:Ted … [Read more...]
‘The Van Halen Story – The Early Years’ Now Available on DVD
The Van Halen Story - The Early Years has been released again on DVD! This DVD documentary chronicles the rise of four young musicians from their formative years to their transformation into a worldwide phenomenon. Witness the group's gripping tale told by the people who were there when it began - the childhood friends, fellow musicians, roadies, bodyguards, producers, and … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth On The Van Halen Brothers & ‘The Two Pasadenas’ In Latest Illustration
David Lee Roth is back with another illustrated story and this one tells of a darker side to sunny Pasadena. Roth, born in Bloomington, Indiana, arrived in Pasadena during his teens. While attending Pasadena City College in the early 70s, he met the brothers Eddie and Alex Van Halen, who had moved from the Netherlands to Pasadena in 1962. "True Story: There are two … [Read more...]
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Watch Nancy Wilson’s Storyteller Performance Of Eddie Van Halen Tribute Song ‘4 Edward’
Heart's Nancy Wilson has released a storyteller video performance of her Eddie Van Halen tribute song "4 Edward". The track is taken from Wilson's debut solo album, "You And Me", which will be released on May 7 via Carry On Music. The LP was recorded primarily in Wilson's California home studio, working with band members and special guests remotely. Before performing the … [Read more...]
The 10 Best Uses of Van Halen Songs in Movies
Van Halen on the silver screen. Greatest thing we've ever seen! Ben Sherlock of the online movie news website Screen Rant has picked the ten best uses of Van Halen songs in film and ranked them all. Here's a look at the top five: 1) "Everybody Wants Some!!" In Better Off Dead "The darkly comic John Cusack cult classic Better Off Dead has … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s ‘Somebody Get Me A Doctor’ (US Fest Version) | First Time Reaction!
Meet DJ. He's the newest Van Halen fan thanks to his YouTube co-host MCA. MCA is clearly a man with excellent taste in music. MCA and DJ have a YouTube show called GetSideways, which features a series of first time reaction videos where the old-school rock fan MCA plays his favorite music for the new-school hip hop fan DJ and vice versa. For their most recent episode MCA … [Read more...]