From The Salt Lake Tribune: Esquire magazine has turned 80 and to celebrate the anniversary, the magazine set out to create a portfolio called "The Life of Man," 80 original photographs of actors, sports icons, musicians, politicians, and presidents, ages 80 to one. The list of musicians featured in the portrait include Eddie Van Halen (58), Willie Nelson (80), Tim McGraw … [Read more...]
This Day in 1992: Van Halen Scores 3 MTV Video Music Awards For “Right Now,” Including ‘Video Of The Year.’
View image | gettyimages.com On Sept 9th, 1992, Van Halen took home three MTV Video Music Awards for their smash hit "Right Now," including 'Video Of The Year.' Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and the video's director and producer talk about making the music video for "Right Now" (the quotes below are from the book, I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video … [Read more...]
VHND’s All Access Photo: Young David Lee Roth
Young David Lee Roth. Does he realize what the future holds for him? “All Access” Van Halen photos is a weekly feature at VHND.com. Every weekend we will be posting a photo from a roadie, friend, or band insider. Many will be exclusives that have never been seen anywhere before. Tune in every weekend for more! Photo courtesy of The Roth Show. … [Read more...]
This Day in 1991: Van Halen Performed “Poundcake” on the VMAs
On this day in 1991, Van Halen opened the MTV Video Music Awards with a live performance of "Poundcake." The show's host, Arsenio Hall, enthusiastically introduced the band as "The Greatest American Rock And Roll band EVER!" More about Poundcake: Three main guitar tracks make up this song, from the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album. They include two tracks of … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s “Back To School” From ‘The Wild Life’
It's that time of year again.... Whaddaya think the teacher's gonna look like this year? Another Van Halen News Desk exclusive! Here’s what we call “Back To School”, written and performed by Eddie Van Halen in 1983. This track is part of the musical score from the movie The Wild Life, released in 1984. Eddie wrote the entire musical score for the movie, playing guitar along … [Read more...]