The Pasadena City Council met on Monday and directed officials to come up with ideas on how to best memorialize Eddie Van Halen. According to an article published by The Pasadena Star News, elected officials directed City Manager Steve Mermell to bring together a public group to offer up tribute ideas, then return to the council with suggestions as to how the city could … [Read more...]
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Heart’s Nancy Wilson On Eddie Van Halen: ‘He Was The Sweetest Soul’
Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson shared her memories of Eddie Van Halen calling him "the sweetest soul" and noted his famous "three-mile smile". "He was the sweetest soul. Whether or not he was effed up or partying too much, or whatever was going on, which they all did, but he was just wonderful and sweet as they come and sort of like the three-mile smile you know," Wilson told … [Read more...]
Rob Halford Remembers Eddie Van Halen [VIDEO]
Rob Halford of Judas Priest has some advice for his fellow grieving Van Halen fans. "Like we always do. Like I did when I lost Ronnie [James Dio] and I lost Lemmie [of Motörhead], put the music on and turn the music up," Halford said during a recent interview with Sirius/XM following the October 6th death of Eddie Van Halen. "That's the greatest way you can celebrate these … [Read more...]
Listen To Eddie Van Halen Tributes From Bret Michaels & Sebastian Bach
The Van Halen News Desk continues to roll out the Eddie Van Halen tributes. This time we have two coming from a few of the biggest frontmen to emerge during the 1980s: Poison singer Bret Michaels and former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach. Both Michaels and Bach called into the Sirius/XM's "Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk" shortly after Eddie's passing on October 6th. The … [Read more...]
Ozzy Osbourne Says Eddie Van Halen Once Asked Him To Join Van Halen
Recently both Sebastian Bach and Steve Perry revealed they could have ended up singing for Van Halen. The latest to join the growing list of could-have-been VH frontmen is "The Prince of Darkness" himself: Ozzy Osbourne. In a recent episode of his SiriusXM show "Ozzy Speaks", Osbourne said the offer came during an unexpected late night call from Eddie. "He phoned me up … [Read more...]
How Eddie Van Halen Brought Marty McFly Back To Life In The Future
Forget the DeLorean. Ditch the flux capacitor. Without Eddie Van Halen Marty McFly would never have stood a chance. Syfy writer Adam Pockross found a very clever way to connect his tribute to the greatest guitarist of all time with the greatest sci-fi film of all time: 1985's "Back To The Future". He posted an opinion piece on Syfy's website titled "If Not For Eddie Van … [Read more...]
The L.A. Legacy Of Eddie Van Halen [VIDEO]
Moments after learning of the passing of Eddie Van Halen, Los Angeles news network KTLA spoke to a local music shop owner to get his thoughts on the impact Eddie had the L.A. music scene and beyond. "There are very few people that change the course of modern guitar playing and he was one of them. It's a very sad day but he's left a body of work that will never go away. It … [Read more...]
Listen To Neal Schon’s Complete Eddie Van Halen Tribute Interview
Earlier this week Journey singer Steve Perry shared his thoughts on the passing of Eddie Van Halen. Now guitarist Neal Schon's tribute has been made available to hear in its entirety. The legendary Journey guitarist appeared on Sirius/XM's "Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk" on October 13th to share his thoughts on the passing of Eddie. The 30-plus minute long segment has now … [Read more...]
Robby Krieger Posts Eddie Van Halen Tribute Video
The man who performed alongside "The Lizard King" Jim Morrison has just paid tribute to another king: "King Edward". Legendary Doors guitarist Robby Krieger has posted a tribute to Eddie Van Halen on his YouTube channel which includes his very own EVH-inspired solo. Prior to showing a previously filmed clip of Krieger performing a two-finger tapping guitar instrumental à la … [Read more...]
Fan Honors Eddie Van Halen With Dual-Stylophone Cover Of ‘Eruption’ [VIDEO]
Just when we thought we'd seen every Eddie Van Halen tribute there is to see. Above is a video by musician MaroMaro. He's known for performing covers of classic rock songs using a Stylophone. Invented in 1967 the Stylophone is a miniature analog keyboard operated with a writing utensil called a stylus. To pay tribute to his guitar hero MaroMaro decided to perform Eddie's … [Read more...]
Steve Lukather On Eddie Van Halen: ‘Performing With Wolfgang Was His Greatest Pride And Joy’
Toto guitarist Steve Lukather opened up about the many sides of his friend of 40-plus years Eddie Van Halen. "He loved everybody, but he kept his cards to himself," Lukather told PEOPLE. "He was a family man. That was the only thing that mattered. He was all about his son Wolfie. And his wife Janie, when she came along." Lukather added that performing with Wolfgang during … [Read more...]
Read L.A. Times First-Ever Van Halen Review, From 1976
In memory of Eddie Van Halen The Los Angeles Times has reached into the archives to share its first ever mention of Van Halen. The band first arrived in the newspaper's print via advertisements that ran alongside the paper's music listings and reviews section which can be seen below: Van Halen earned its earliest editorial mention in a Dec. 18, 1976 L.A. Times story … [Read more...]