Over the last three years, the VHND has kept up with three young musicians who've been performing excellent Van Halen covers, but always having to do them long distance, as two of them live in Québec, and one lives in Australia. This summer, however, they all got together for the first time — to perform several gigs as the Jacob Deraps Band! Watch their latest Van Halen cover, … [Read more...]
When Van Halen Kicked Up ‘One Way To Rock’ Ten Notches
How do you turn a pretty decent rock song into an ABSOLUTELY EPIC guitar song? You just add Eddie Van Halen, of course. It was on this day in 1986 that Van Halen was filmed in New Haven Connecticut, which resulted in our favorite recorded version of "There's Only One Way to Rock." If you want to appreciate the difference Eddie Van Halen can make on guitar, just listen to … [Read more...]
10-Second Sneak Peek of Wolfgang Van Halen’s Music
Update 8/28/17: Wolf tweeted it today. Embedded above. Listen to a 10-second sneak peek of Wolfgang Van Halen's solo project in the video above. The snippet was posted by Wolfgang himself this week as an Instagram Story. All Instagram Stories are automatically deleted by Instagram 24 hours after they're posted, but – wouldn't you know it – someone grabbed the audio and … [Read more...]
Wolfgang: ‘Shouldn’t Be Too Much Longer’ Until Solo Album Finished
Wolfgang posted the following message today on social media, along with the above photo: "Progress. Shouldn't be too much longer until everything I've been working on is done." Sounds like his solo project is coming along. Earlier this year, VHND received confirmation that the talented 26-year-old, who's been playing bass in Van Halen since 2006, is doing it all (bass, … [Read more...]
10-Year-Old Drummer Avery Molek Performs 9-Song Van Halen Medley
This kid never ceases to amaze us! Watch Avery Molek's new video released today, where the 10-year-old drumming prodigy performs a medley of 9 Van Halen classics! Nice song choices, Avery! Related Avery Molek articles: Our original feature on young drumming prodigy Avery Molek, 6-Year-Old Drummer Shreds Van Halen’s ‘Hot For Teacher’, wracked up over two million views … [Read more...]