Wolfgang Van Halen has released the tracklisting, and what could be the album cover (or back cover?) to his upcoming debut album, Mammoth WVH, which is due this spring. The video update was sent out by email to fans who signed up for updates through the official Mammoth WVH website. The email includes the following message from Wolfgang: "Hey Gang, … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen Releases Teaser Clips Of New Song ‘You’re To Blame’ [UPDATED]
Wolfgang has released short audio teaser clips of "You're To Blame". CLIP TWO: Soon...Sign up for more info @ https://t.co/WAi3IofknP pic.twitter.com/KIKb4uJIfo— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) February 4, 2021 CLIP ONE: Coming soon... ? @MammothWVH Sign up for exclusive deets @ https://t.co/WAi3IofknP pic.twitter.com/1eAWBFaEDu— Wolf Van Halen … [Read more...]
Steve Vai On The ‘Innocent Genius’ Of Eddie Van Halen
Guitar World has posted Steve Vai's tribute to Eddie Van Halen. In it, Vai illustrates Eddie's ability to endlessly and effortlessly tap into his creativity. Below is an excerpt from Vai's article submitted to Guitar World on October 14th, 2020: The innocence of genius is fascinating. This idea was prominently on display through the entire career of Edward Van Halen. … [Read more...]
32 Years Ago Van Halen Finishes Two-Night Stand In Tokyo, Japan
On February 2nd, 1989 Van Halen played the second of two consecutive shows at the Superdome in Tokyo, Japan as they were winding down their highly successful 'OU812' tour. The lineup of Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony were coming off of their second straight #1 album with 'OU812', which topped the charts on June 25th, 1988. It's since gone … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Talks Early Cover Band Days Of Van Halen
Michael Anthony recalled Van Halen's early cover song club days during a recent interview with Southern California radio station 95.5 KLOS FM. "In Van Halen we would all get together at [David Lee Roth's] house 'cuz we would make up the flyers for some of the clubs we would play at," Anthony told Matt Pinfield for the KLOS video series New & Appoved. "Alex [Van Halen] … [Read more...]