Don't tell the Redheads, but Diamond Dave was the first Van Halen frontman to sing about being a bum in the sun and having fun with a drink in your hand and your toes in the sand! Continuing with our celebration of the start of summer, we serve up a playlist of David Lee Roth songs for your summer listening pleasure. "Ice Cream Man"From: Diamond Dave … [Read more...]
Best Of All Worlds Tour Launches: Video & Setlist! [UPDATED]
The wait is over. Sammy Hagar's Best of All Worlds Tour kicked off last night (7/13) at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FLorida! Hagar kicked off the evening alongside guitarist Joe Satriani, bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham, and multi-instrumentalist Rai Thistlethwayte with "Good Enough", the opening track from his very first album with … [Read more...]
Sunset Strip Veteran Shares Front-Row Tales Of Van Halen’s Rise
Former Sunset Strip veteran musician Loren Molinare recently appeared on Final Resonance TV’s Van Halen Stories Podcast to discuss his front-row seat to the rise of Van Halen as the guitarist/vocalist for Detroit Rockers The Dogs. During the mid to late 1970s, The Dogs opened for Van Halen often, including a gig at The Pasadena Civic Auditorium, just after Van Halen signed … [Read more...]
Shinedown’s Berry Kerch On ’04 Van Halen Tour: “As Much As They Hated Each Other They Were So Sweet To All Of Us”
Shinedown drummer Berry Kerch says the 2004 Van Halen tour was a love/hate fest. While Kerch received nothing but love from Edward Van Halen, Sammy Hagar wasn't so fortunate. During his recent appearance on The Paltrocast, Kerch talked about his experience as part of the Van Halen '04 tour, which featured the return of Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony to the lineup. While … [Read more...]
Hagar: 90 Percent Of Rehearsed Songs Are From Van Halen
As the Best Of All Worlds summer tour nears, Sammy Hagar says he and his bandmates have rehearsed over 30 songs so far with 90 percent of them coming from the Van Halen catalog. Hagar, who spoke with Ultimate Classic Rock just days away from the tour opener, is pulling out all the stops for Van Halen fans and that goes beyond the setlist. "We've got a big production," … [Read more...]