When Van Halen was about to hit the road in 1986 in support of 5150 (their first with Sammy Hagar) they knew they might be facing in uphill battle. After all, their former singer, David Lee Roth, was arguably the most popular rock frontman on the planet at the time, and the band were about to tour North America without him. Greg Prato from Songfacts recently interviewed … [Read more...]
VHND’s All Access Photo: Crazy Eddie
Eddie Van Halen getting just a little bit crazy side-stage at Portland Meadows, Oregon, August 18th, 1993, during the Right Here Right Now tour. This never seen pic is courtesy VHND reader, Jon Storms. “All Access” Photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we feature a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many are never-seen-before exclusives. Tune in … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays from the Van Halens!
"Wishing everyone Happy Holidays!" (Posted on the Facebook pages of Eddie Van Halen & Kody Van Halen) … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen: ‘If there was any other vocalist I’d like to make a record with, it would be Joe Cocker’
Joe Cocker, the British singer whose impassioned, gravel-voiced covers of popular rock and blues songs were an indelible sound of 1960s counterculture, has died at age 70 after a battle with lung cancer. Cocker died Monday at his home in Colorado. Even a hard rocker like Edward Van Halen fantasized about making music with him. In 1991, he revealed to Guitar World, “I can … [Read more...]
Guitar Legends Recreate Photo 30 Years Later
What’s 30 years between friends? Back in 1978, Eddie Van Halen was thrilled to be touring with one of his idols, Black Sabbath. As this 1978 backstage photo shows, one day Queen’s Brian May attended a Black Sabbath/Van Halen show and hooked up with Eddie and Tony Iommi backstage. Luckily for guitar buffs, someone snapped this historic photo—showing three HUGE guitar legends … [Read more...]