Various news tidbits today: 1) 1984 Still Rules: This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Van Halen's Diamond-certified 1984 returns to the chart for the first time since July 13, 1985, thanks to sale pricing in the iTunes Store. With 3,000 sold, it's the set's best sales frame since December 2009. The classic album is at number 147 this week. 2) Eddie Van Halen on … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, MTV! Original MTV VJs’ Dish on Doing Coke with David Lee Roth
Embed from Getty Images Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn and the late J.J. Jackson were MTV's original VJs. At 12:01 a.m. August 1, 1981, 36 years ago today, Music Television launched. And the world has never been the same. Original MTV VJs Alan Hunter and Mark Goodman spill the beans on what it was like to do coke with David Lee Roth... Alan … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen & Michael Jackson Go #1 With “Beat It”
"Beat It," the classic collaboration between Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen, went Number One on the Billboard chart on this day in 1983. “Beat It” hit the charts on 3/12/83, lasting 15 weeks and reaching #1 in the U.S. on April 30th, 1983, and #3 in the U.K. “Beat It” held the #1 spot for three weeks, and won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal … [Read more...]
LL Cool J’s AUTHENTIC Released Today: Listen to Both Songs With Eddie Van Halen Here
LL Cool J's new album AUTHENTIC is released today. Eddie Van Halen guests on two tracks, which can be listened to below. "We're The Greatest" features Eddie Van Halen on guitar, who LL himself heralds as "one of the greatest guitar players that ever lived." Travis Barker plays drums on the track. "It's not necessarily about me and Eddie, per se," LL told Radio.com of the … [Read more...]
‘Revealed: David Lee Roth’ Interview (Video)
REVEALED: David Lee Roth is the half-hour special that aired during mid-April on REELZ, a US based cable network channel dedicated to stars, fans and all aspects of Hollywood. The legendary Van Halen frontman talks about the band’s early days, comeback, and what it’s like to be a Samurai swordsman! Watch the 22-minute interview above. … [Read more...]