We are pleased to present to you our new mobile website. From now on, whenever you visit VHND.com on your phone or mobile device, the easy-to-view mobile version of our site will automatically be displayed. VHND's mobile site optimizes your Van Halen experience for your iPhone, Android, Blackberry or other mobile device. All of the text is legible, the sidebar content isn't … [Read more...]
1986: EVH on “5150” vs. Vai on “Eat ‘Em And Smile”
From Premiere Guitar: How Van Halen's split broadened the musical landscape of the mid-'80s. I remember the days of running down to the mailbox to see if the latest of many guitar magazine subscriptions had arrived, always hoping for one of two players to be on the cover: Eddie Van Halen or Steve Vai. Nothing drove me to my room faster for a three-hour session with the … [Read more...]
Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl: Van Halen VS. Motley Crue
From UltimateClassicRock.com: The sixth matchup of the 2013 Ultimate Classic Rock Bowl features two of the most explosive groups ever to come out of Los Angeles — Motley Crue and Van Halen. Over the next month, 16 of rock’s biggest bands will square off against each other in a series of single-elimination battles to determine the true champ. Edward Van Halen and company … [Read more...]
The Roth Show, Episode 8: Stay Frosty/Ice Cream Man
In Episode 8, your host, David Lee Roth, discusses Stay Frosty landing at #16 on Rolling Stone's Top 50 songs of 2012. Also discussed is Ice Cream Man (the song and the vocation). The episode winds up with a touching story about strippers. Everything as it should be ... on The Roth Show. Also: catch glimpses of never before seen footage from 1978 and 2012. … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s “No Brown M&Ms” Concert Rider Infographic
Perhaps the most famous concert riders of them all are the ones in which Van Halen famously stipulated that brown M&M's were to be banished from the band's dressing room. Feast your eyes on this cool infographic based on the actual 1982 Van Halen World Tour rider, below. The rider contains items such as "Schlitz Malt Liquor beer (16 ounce cans)", "One (1) large tube KY … [Read more...]