Cue up the Indiana Jones music, Sunset Sound's Drew Dempsey has just discovered a priceless Van Halen artifact! Dempsey recently posted a video to the Sunset Sound Recorders YouTube channel in which he shares "one of the most amazing documents ever." In his hands is the hand-written microphone set up for the tracking of 1979's Van Halen II, which was recorded at the Sunset … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
Should ‘Without You’ Have Been Left Out Of Van Halen’s ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ Compilation?
On this day in 1998 Van Halen released the single "Without You", the very first to feature Gary Cherone on lead vocals. The track debuted at number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Yet, when Van Halen released their Best Of Both Worlds compilation in 2004, "Without You" was not included among the 36 "best" Van Halen tracks. Should it have been? Let's first go … [Read more...]
‘You Can Mess With Us, But Not With Our Fans’: Two Times Van Halen Stood Up For Their Fans [VIDEO]
The YouTube channel Rock N' Roll True Stories has released a video recalling two times Van Halen stood up for the fans and gave the big ole "FU" to authorities in the early 90s. Both stories took place in 1992 while Van Halen was on tour promoting their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The first occurred when the band played at the Five Seasons Center outside Cedar … [Read more...]
Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ Featuring Eddie Van Halen Solo Released On This Day In 1983
February 14th, 1983. The day the King of Pop and King Edward would team up to make rock and pop history. Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was released 39 years ago today. It would go on to become a number one single for three weeks and win two Grammys thanks in big part to the song's now iconic guitar solo performed by Eddie Van Halen. Did you know that Pete Townshend was … [Read more...]
Stephen Pearcy On The First Time Seeing Van Halen Live, Becoming Friends With Eddie
Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy recalled the time he had his mind blown by Van Halen during a recent interview with Metal Edge. Pearcy, who is from Long Beach, California, formed a band out of San Diego in 1977 called Mickey Ratt. In 1980, he decided to move his band to Los Angeles after seeing Van Halen for the first time. It was at a legendary club on the Sunset Strip in … [Read more...]
Guitar World Revisits 2012 Eddie Van Halen Interview For Tenth Anniversary Of ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’
Guitar World has commemorated the tenth anniversary of Van Halen's A Different Kind Of Truth album by revisiting a 2012 interview with Eddie Van Halen. Here are the excerpts from the interview (originally run in the August 2012 issue of Guitar World) regarding the album conducted by Guitar World's Chris Gill. Q: You're using a lot more wah on your solos on this … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen On ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’: ‘I Fought For ‘She’s The Woman’ To Be The First Single’
If it were up to Wolfgang Van Halen, the lead single off of Van Halen's 2012 album A Different Kind Of Truth would have been "She's The Woman" instead of "Tattoo". "['Tattoo'] was a song I didn't think should be at the beginning or the first [single] released," Wolfgang recently told Ultimate Classic Rock's Gary Graff. "It's still a great song. I was really happy with it. It … [Read more...]
Yano Anaya AKA ‘Michael Anthony Jr’ Shares Behind-The-Scenes ‘Hot For Teacher’ Video Stories
Actor Yano Anaya, who portrayed Michael Anthony Jr in Van Halen's classic "Hot For Teacher" video, took fans behind the scenes on the video shoot in a recent interview with Classic Rock. Anaya was one of four young actors hired to play "junior" members of the band - David Lee Roth (played by BIll Bookmeyer), Eddie Van Halen (played by Brian Hitchcock), Alex Van Halen (played … [Read more...]
Ultimate Jam Night Celebrates Eddie Van Halen Tonight; Livestream Available
Via Bravewords: Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running community-oriented music show presents its night to honor Eddie Van Halen, tonight, Tuesday, February 1. The evening will be held at its long-time residency location, The Whisky A Go-Go in West Hollywood, California. Doors are at 8 PM. Admission is free for anyone over 21 years of age. The event will livestream worldwide … [Read more...]
Watch Bumblefoot, Michael Starr & More Pay Tribute To Eddie Van Halen On ShipRocked Cruise
This year's ShipRocked cruise featured an all-star tribute to Eddie Van Halen. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, singer Michael Star of Steel Panther (formerly of the VH tribute The Atomic Punks), Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss and former Five Finger Death Punch lead guitarist Jason Hook all joined the all-star band The Stowaways to perform nine VH … [Read more...]
South Of Eden Pays Tribute To Eddie Van Halen With Cover Of ‘Drop Dead Legs’ [VIDEO]
The Columbus, Ohio band South Of Eden released a rousing cover of Van Halen's "Drop Dead Legs" on Eddie Van Halen's birthday Wednesday (January 26). "Today we commemorate the great Eddie Van Halen with a cover of one our favorite VanHalen songs," the band posted to Facebook. "'Drop Dead Legs' is one of many VH songs where the riff, lyrics, and groove come together to form a … [Read more...]
Remembering You, Ed
Today would have been Edward Van Halen's 67th birthday. Alex Van Halen, Wolf Van Halen, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony all shared messages for Ed today, embedded from Instagram, below. "Hey Ed, Happy Birthday! May your light never dim. Love you, miss you and btw... Wolf is killin' it." - Alex View this post on Instagram A post shared by Reverend Al … [Read more...]