The VHND's Eric Senich talked with Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen authors Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill for an exclusive, in-depth discussion of Eddie Van Halen's legendary career! Throughout the interview Tolinski and Gill give their insight and opinions on a wide range of EVH topics including: Eddie's childhood days overcoming his shynessHis relationship … [Read more...]
Podcast Explores Van Halen’s Rare & Unreleased Recordings
It's the biggest question among Van Halen fans: Will we ever get to hear what's in the 5150 vaults? The fascination with Van Halen's vast collection of unreleased material was pretty intense back in the 80s and 90s but with the emergence of the internet, it grew to mammoth (pun intended) proportions. The Wax Audio Show podcast recently released an exceptionally … [Read more...]
Author Greg Renoff On The History & Legacy Of Van Halen
Author Greg Renoff sat down for an in-depth discussion on Eddie Van Halen and Van Halen history during a recent appearance on the Making Waves with Tom Prather podcast. Prather covered a wide range of Van Halen-related topics while also learning some Greg Renoff history. Long before writing his critically acclaimed books Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview: ‘Van Halen: The Eruption and the Aftershock’ Author Michael Christopher
The Van Halen News Desk's Eric Senich talked with music journalist Michael Christopher about his new book Van Halen: The Eruption and the Aftershock! Below is the complete interview conducted by Senich for his podcast Booked On Rock. Christopher discusses a wide range of topics related to Van Halen including: The band's early days in Pasadena and original bassist Mark … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview: ‘Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen’ Authors Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill
Brad Tolinki (L), Chris Gill (R) The Van Halen News Desk had the chance to talk with Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill, authors of the much-anticipated book Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen, which is released today! Tolinski and Gill collected over 50 hours of unreleased interviews with Eddie - most conducted at his legendary 5150 studios in Los Angeles … [Read more...]
My Tribute to Eddie Van Halen (by Avery)
Right Now, like the rest of us, Avery Molek is mourning the loss of Eddie Van Halen. Avery's been performing killer drum covers of Van Halen songs since he was six years old, and he's put together a new tribute. Watch it above. Check out Avery’s covers of more Van Halen classics, “Girl Gone Bad!” “Outta Love Again” "I'm The One" "Everybody Wants Some" "5150" … [Read more...]
The Van Halen News Desk Tribute To Eddie Van Halen [Podcast Special Included]
Over the last week the staff at the Van Halen News Desk has been doing our best to bring you the overwhelming amount of stories and tributes coming in regarding the passing of Eddie Van Halen. Today we'd like to take some time to offer our thoughts, condolences and tributes to the man who has brought us so much joy for over four decades. Below are the thoughts from some of … [Read more...]
First Confirmed Sighting!
While fans know most rock groups tour extensively once signed to a record deal, and bands that get as big as Van Halen tour the globe (and have been pretty much everywhere there is to be), recently a story broke as far North as the boys have ever been. That includes places like Helsinki, Finland (where they played in May, 1998) and earlier appearances in countries like Norway … [Read more...]
VHND’s Van Halen Album Pages & Tour Pages
While Van Halen continues their hiatus after the 2015 tour, we at the Van Halen News Desk are always working on the website. Check out what we just pulled up from our archives... Shown here is an incredibly rare poster promoting Van Halen's second stop on their 1979 “World Vacation" tour, at the Jackson County Expo in Medford, Oregon, which took place this week in 1979. … [Read more...]
The Truth About The Van Halen ‘New Album’ Rumors
Over the last year, rumors that Van Halen are working on a new album just won’t go away. It seems that every music news website, when mentioning Van Halen, would end their articles with “Van Halen are currently working on a followup to 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth.” Today that rumor went into overdrive, as one website even claimed that "the new Van Halen album is complete … [Read more...]
Announcement: ‘Women And Children First’ Page Now Live!
As we have done for Van Halen's debut album and Van Halen II , VHND is unveiling our NEW PAGE dedicated entirely to Women and Children First. The new page is full of everything there is to know about the album. Features include: the recording of the album, sales information, photos from the cover shoot, never-seen photos, and more! This is a must-read for any Van Halen … [Read more...]
Celebrating ‘Van Halen II’: Everything You Want To Know About The Album
This week marks the 34th anniversary of Van Halen II, released March 23rd, 1979. As we did last month for their debut album, VHND is celebrating the occasion by unveiling our NEW PAGE dedicated entirely to the second album. This page is full of everything there is to know about the album. Features include: the recording of the album, our review, sales information, photos … [Read more...]