From Green Bay Press Gazette: Bring on the icons. In typical fashion, the closing night of Rock USA at Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh will feature a performance by one of rock’s greatest legends: Van Halen. Following in the footsteps of 2011’s Saturday night headliner KISS and 2012’s Saturday night headliner Kid Rock, Van Halen will carry the capstone torch for Rock USA in … [Read more...]
A Cool Moment on Tour with Eddie Van Halen
Baby Animals guitarist, Dave Leslie, shared the following cool story about hanging out with Eddie Van Halen while touring as the opening act on Van Halen's F.U.C.K. tour: I remember it as if it was yesterday. February 24 1992 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Baby Animals were out on tour as the support act for Van Halen on the last half of their F.U.C.K. tour. We had been on tour for … [Read more...]
Stryper Covers “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” Live & Lead Singer Michael Sweet Talks Classic Van Halen
Glam metal band Stryper performed a cover of Van Halen's classic "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" for the first time Sunday night at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY. How do you think they did? It's no secret that the band are fans of the Mighty Van Halen. In 2010, they released a cover of "On Fire", and in 2011, Michael Sweet cited Eddie Van Halen as one of his biggest … [Read more...]
Six-Year-Old Drummer Avery Tackles Van Halen’s “Girl Gone Bad” (VIDEO)
Everybody's favorite little drummer is back! And this time, he attempts Van Halen monstrous "Girl Gone Bad"! Our original feature on six-year old drumming prodigy Avery Molek, 6-Year-Old Drummer Shreds Van Halen’s ‘Hot For Teacher’, was seen by hundreds of thousands of people and received over 75,000 facebook 'likes' on VHND.com, and another 17,000 likes and shares on … [Read more...]
‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Sets Fans Free
Here's a review of A Different Kind Of Truth that we've never featured. Well worth reading. From: The Editing Room Floor By Doug Fox Back in the late 1970s and early 80s when Eddie Van Halen was constantly rewriting prevailing wisdom on what people presumed possible to achieve on electric guitar, he used to describe his playing approach as falling down the stairs and … [Read more...]