The famous and longest-running Van Halen tribute band, The Atomic Punks, did a Live Stream Concert at the Monsters of Rock Cruise Studios in N. Hollywood today. Presented by the Monsters of Rock Cruise, it's streamed on their Facebook, and embedded above. … [Read more...]
Van Halen News
David Lee Roth / KISS Tour To Return Summer 2021
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Why Stop Now .. Diamond Dave is looking forward to returning to YOU next summer! We just received the awesome poster, above, straight from DLR's camp. How cool is that?? "The Last Tour .. Unless It Isn't." - If only ALL bands were so honest! LOL KISS has just announced the rescheduled dates for the latest U.S. leg of its "End Of … [Read more...]
Watch Sammy Hagar & The Circle Cover “Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)” While On Lockdown
Sammy Hagar & The Circle just dipped back into the Van Halen catalog for their @Home Sessions series and this time they picked "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" from 1995's 'Balance' album. Here's what Hagar posted along with the video on YouTube: When I heard that Kurt Cobain had taken his own life, the first thing I thought of was I wish I were there and could have … [Read more...]
Make America ’80s Again
"When I die, sprinkle my ashes over the '80s." - DLR The '80s was a fun, carefree decade that was all about hairspray, spandex, and rockin' music that still brings back childhood memories. What was the soundtrack to your life? Your drive to school? Your first kiss? Your high school years? Road trip weekends? No rock band exemplifies the best of ‘80s “Big Rock” and … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s ‘Donut City’ Covered by Liquid Charlie
Guitarist Charlie Stinchcombe (aka “Liquid Charlie”) has done a "one-take spontaneous jam" of the Eddie Van Halen track, "Donut City." "Donut City" is a song written by Eddie Van Halen that was released on the soundtrack for "The Wild Life." It's one of the only studio-recorded EVH instrumentals that was never released on a VH album, so it's pretty rare. Charlie says, … [Read more...]
What Happened To The Woman From ‘Hot For Teacher’? [Video]
Looks like someone's been doing their Van Halen history homework. The website Grunge recently posted a video on their YouTube channel all about what became of Lillian Müller, the woman who played the teacher with all the right moves in Van Halen's classic "Hot For Teacher" video. Here are some of the interesting notes Grunge revealed about Müller: Müller had started … [Read more...]
Tawny Kitaen On Touring With ‘Greatest Rock Band In The World’
Tawny Kitaen was doing cartwheels for Van Halen long before Whitesnake. In fact, she still is. "I'd like to see somebody tell me that Van Halen isn't the greatest rock band in the world," said Kitaen during her recent appearance on rock journalist Mitch Lafon's podcast "Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon". Kitaen said she toured with Van Halen's original lineup for three years … [Read more...]
Gregg Bissonette on Dream Gig With David Lee Roth
Gregg Bissonette tells Rolling Stone his Van Halen and David Lee Roth stories: I know your earliest professional gigs were with Gino Vannelli and Maynard Ferguson, but tell me how you wound up in the David Lee Roth Band. I was doing an audition for Vinnie Vincent of Kiss. He was starting the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. I went down with Myron Grombacher from Pat Benatar’s … [Read more...]
Listen to Eddie Van Halen Join Scandal On Stage in 1984
Not many people are aware that Eddie Van Halen joined Patty Smyth's band, Scandal, on stage in 1984. Eddie Van Halen and his then-wife Valerie Bertinelli were good friends with Patty Smyth as Scandal was still riding a wave of popularity after 'The Warrior' became a Top 10 hit song. During Scandal's 1984 tour, Eddie - impromptu - joined Scandal on stage for two songs in … [Read more...]
Quarantine Cover Video of the Van Halen’s ‘Loss Of Control’
Bassist Billy Sheehan, singer Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Phil Demmel and drummer Dave McClain have teamed up to cover “Loss Of Control," the deep track from Van Halen's third album, Women And Children First. This is their seventh "Collab-A-Jam." Guitarist Phil Demmel explains, "This a song Dave and I have been jamming for a while. It had to be covered. While I was touring … [Read more...]
Patty Smyth Regrets Turning Down Offer To Join Van Halen
Regrets. She’s had a few. Not being lead singer of Van Halen is one of them. Patty Smyth has enjoyed a successful career as both the singer of Scandal (“The Warrior”, “Goodbye To You”) and later as a solo artist (“Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”) but she could have added another major accomplishment to that list. Back in 1985 Eddie Van Halen and wife Valerie Bertinelli … [Read more...]
Who Decides If Eddie Van Halen Tours Again? ‘It’s Not DLR’ Says Wolfgang
If you’re wondering whether Van Halen will ever tour again don’t ask David Lee Roth. Wolfgang Van Halen made that very clear. Wolfgang recently responded to comments from Roth, who in a recent interview with The New York Times, said, “I don’t know that Eddie Van Halen is ever really going to rally for the rigors of the road again. I don’t even want to say I’ve … [Read more...]