Story by John Scanlan (Author of Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock’n’Roll) Continued from Part 1. Roth’s return from the Amazon was just in time to prepare for a giant outdoor show Van Halen were co-headlining in San Bernardino County, California. The US festival, styling itself as a latter-day Woodstock, had been named “us” as in ‘we’—not US, or “United … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen To Tour With Tremonti in February
Mark Tremonti is setting up some 2013 tour dates for his solo album All I Was, and the good news is Wolf Van Halen will be joining him once again. In the video above, Wolf tells Artisan News he's a huge fan of their album. Mark Tremonti Tour Dates (17 total) Click here to visit the official Tremonti tour page … [Read more...]
Full Blast & Top Down: The Making of 1984 (Part 1)
Story by John Scanlan (Author of Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock’n’Roll) The singer, on one of his many exotic adventures, is lost in the Amazon rainforest weeks before the biggest gig the band will ever play. The guitarist is threatening to burn the master tapes of the new album, which is taking considerably longer than the usual five days to record. … [Read more...]
The Roth Show, Episode 6: Tales & Video From New Guinea
If you're like most readers of the Van Halen News Desk, you grew up listening to Van Halen most of your life, and when you were a kid you wished you were David Lee Roth. (Or was it Eddie? Or Alex? Or Michael? All four? Thought so!). And when scouring through the rock magazines at your local record store, or perhaps when reading Dave's autobiography, you read that, in between … [Read more...]
Van Halen Tops Guitar World’s ‘Top 50 Albums of 2012’!
Guitar World's STAFF has chosen VAN HALEN"S 'A Different Kind Of Truth' as the #1 album of the year! From Guitar World: From an impending apocalypse to the promise of a new Van Halen album with David Lee Roth, the bar was set high for 2012. Everyone from the Mayans to Nostradamus allegedly prophesied the end of the world in 2012, but who could have predicted Green Day's … [Read more...]