Guitarist Mike McCready leading the way on Pearl Jam's performance of "Eruption"/"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Hartford, CT 2013) For those who need proof that even the "grunge" bands of the 90s were huge Van Halen fans we submit Exhibits "P" & "J" as in Pearl Jam. "I don’t think there was a better live music experience [than Van Halen]," Gossard recently told Classic … [Read more...]
Gene Simmons Reveals The Van Halen Demo Most Deserving Of Release: ‘It’ll Make Your Jaw Drop’
If Gene Simmons could pick any Van Halen demo track for an official release it would most definitely be the band's original 1976 recording of “House of Pain”. “The original version is like a locomotive that doesn’t stop. Your jaw would drop,” Simmons said during a recent appearance on The Jeremy White Podcast which can be viewed above. Simmons has a personal connection to … [Read more...]
David Lee Roth Debuts New Character ‘Dawn Verdict’ In Latest Illustration
She's the first of the new breed of detective dominatrixes straight from the endlessly imaginative mind of David Lee Roth. Meet Dawn Verdict. Roth has posted a new illustration (above) on his Twitter page and this one debuts a character who "solves the crime and delivers the verdict right where it hurts!! Every time." Ouch! Roth goes on to write: "So for all you bad … [Read more...]
Listen To Van Halen/Foo Fighters Mashup ‘Jump Like These’
It's times like these you might as well "Jump"! Check out this mashup just posted to YouTube by Pierre Dentale. In it he takes David Lee Roth's isolated vocals from Van Halen's "Jump" and lays it over the music of "Times Like These" from Foo Fighters. The result - "Jump Like These": Makes us wonder what it'd be like if David Lee Roth actually was the lead singer of … [Read more...]
How Eddie Van Halen & David Lee Roth Ignited The Late 70s [VIDEO]
If only there were teachers like this when we were in school... The Professor of Rock has returned once more to profess his love of Van Halen. In his latest video he discusses how the one-two punch of Van Halen's first two singles - "You Really Got Me" and "Runnin' With The Devil" helped to "ignite" the late 70s music scene. "Van Halen was born in the middle of disco, … [Read more...]