The Air Drummer in the video above, Ari Gold, actually stars in a new comedy about air drumming. He contacted VHND.com wanting to share the video with us and give us some info on his movie. Here's his email: Hello fellow Van Halen fans! I'm a film-director and sometimes-drummer, and I made a comedy about air-drumming and the American Dream, which Neil Peart (Rush) called … [Read more...]
Running with the Devil: A Lifetime of Van Halen
From SLAKE: The Los Angeles Quarterly: By John Albert The first time I hear Van Halen I am fourteen years old, riding in a car through the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. My friend Steve Darrow is riding shotgun while his dad steers the dusty old Volvo station wagon. Chris Darrow is in his forties and has long hair and a slightly drooping cowboy mustache. In the … [Read more...]
Last Chance for EVH Low Top Sneakers
From VanHalenStore.com: Despite the fact that the EVH Signature Sneaker line is our biggest seller of all time, the EVH Low Tops have been discontinued. Our limited stock is all that's left. The EVH High Tops are still being made, but our limited supply is all that we'll have until sometime this summer. So now's your last chance ever to get the Low Tops, and your last … [Read more...]
The Most Misused Song in GOP Politics: Van Halen’s “Right Now”
From Time.com: By Michael Scherer If Republicans are on the campaign trail, Van Halen is back in vogue. For years, Republican candidates and politicians have been using Van Halen’s song, Right Now, as the walk-in jingle at rallies and events. The first time I recorded its use was November 5, 2006, when then-President George W. Bush used the tune to enter a rally in … [Read more...]
Top Ten Guitar Solos by Eddie Van Halen
From KennerMcquaid.blogspot.com: Eddie Van Halen was exactly what the rock ‘n roll doctor ordered to cure the Saturday Night Fever sweeping the nation during the late Seventies. When Van Halen was unleashed upon the unsuspecting masses in 1978, rock guitar playing was changed overnight. The threat that rock would become an afterthought in the face of a changing mainstream … [Read more...]