On this day in 1982, Van Halen released "Diver Down!" Here's what David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen had to say about every song on the classic album upon it's release. Roth's quotes are from Cream & Van Halen's are from Guitar Player. Eddie: "When we came off the Fair Warning tour last year [1981], we were going to take a break and spend a lot of time writing this and … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen News
Hear Van Halen’s Unreleased Song “I Want Some Action” & Other ‘5150’ Demos
For the 30th anniversary of Van Halen's, multiplatinum, No. 1 album, "5150," we're spotlighting an unreleased (and unfinished) song from the album, "I Want Some Action," which you can listen to above. This is a is a song that was written and recorded during the "5150" sessions, and, interestingly, the only unreleased song that has leaked out of 5150 from all the years with … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Donates Signed Guitar For Charity
Edward Van Halen donated a signed EVH Striped Series guitar for a great cause — the John Varvatos 13th Annual Stuart House Benefit. Mr. Van Halen is on the host committee for the John Varvatos Stewart House event, and he has donated for several years now. The CHARITY BUZZ auction is live! It ends TUES, April 26, 2016 3:53 PM EDT. BID HERE. About Stuart House: Stuart … [Read more...]
Video Demo & Review: EVH 5150 III Micro Stack
Guitarist Eric Broadbent (who's endorsed by EVH Gear, VHND, and Van Halen Store) has made a video demo/review of the EVH 5150 III Micro Stack. As for the performance part of the demo, he's running directly into the Micro Stack, and all he's using for effects are some reverb and delay in post processing. After that, he uses the same setup, but has added the EVH 5150 Overdrive … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar Is Ready to Make Peace With Eddie Van Halen
Some interesting quotes from Sammy Hagar were released today in Rolling Stone (that were NOT included in their interview yesterday, which was about the 30th anniversary of 5150): Earlier this month, Sammy Hagar bumped into Metallica frontman James Hetfield. "The first thing he said was, 'Is it true?" says Hagar. "I said, 'What?' He goes, 'That you guys [in Van Halen] are … [Read more...]
Gene Simmons Talks Lost Seventies Van Halen Demos
While speaking with Rolling Stone about the 40th anniversary of Kiss' Destroyer earlier this month, Gene Simmons digressed to reflect on the anniversary of some other recordings he made in 1976: his demos with Van Halen. It was 40 years ago this summer that Simmons discovered Van Halen and recorded several demos with the band, including one electrifying session (which … [Read more...]
New EVH “Classic Stripes” Bandanas Available
Just a heads up for the for the fans of Eddie Van Halen's famous guitar stripes.... EVH has now released a line of Bandanas in all three "Classic Stripes" color schemes! Theres a new & improved Red/Black/White Bandana, along with the new color schemes Black/White & Black/Yellow. You can grab them individually, or all three in a Complete Set at Van Halen Store. … [Read more...]
Never Seen Photo: Ed playing 316 for Val & Wolfie…
Valerie Bertinelli posted a CLASSIC photo today on her Facebook: "Ed playing 316 on my growing tummy, before he knew he would call it 316 #HappyBirthdayWolfie!" … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen at the Lakers Game Sunday
Edward Van Halen and George Lopez attended the Lakers game yesterday. … [Read more...]
Van Halen Brothers Donate to The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
Edward Van Halen at the The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation party Thursday night. "Not only did Eddie donate 75 guitars four years ago, he and his brother Alex just made a $100,000 donation to MHOF, which will keep instruments flowing to more kids and more schools for a long time! Tricia Steel, our Program Director just told Eddie that he’s as much of a rock star off stage to … [Read more...]
MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive Pedal Demo & Review
Guitarist Eric Broadbent has done a great video demo for the EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal. Watch it below. Eric says, "In this episode I give an in-depth look at the new EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal from MXR and Eddie Van Halen. "This review will show you that you CAN use this pedal even on a 5150 amplifier. "This pedal is amazing. I demo it, running the clean channel of my … [Read more...]
Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen Discuss Their Careers, Friendship
Tony and Eddie tour the world in Black Sabbath & Van Halen, 1978! Photo by Ross Halfin. Any short-list of the greatest riff-makers of all-time would be incomplete without Tony Iommi's name inscribed in bold letters. Beginning with Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album, Iommi ushered in a dark, sludgy sound that through the years has impacted bands as varied as Nirvana and … [Read more...]