Guitarist Adam Bomb shares his story and personal photos from meeting Van Halen in the late seventies. The Van Halen portion below is from the full story on his Myspace page. His Van Halen story starts off in September of 1978. Adam was just a 15-year-old kid who was obsessed with rock 'n' roll, girls, smoking pot, and playing guitar, who just scored tickets to see Van … [Read more...]
“Mad Anthony TV” launches!
MAD ANTHONY TV - UNCUT & UNDERGROUND Mad Anthony TV is the Official YouTube Channel of Michael Anthony and Mad Anthony's Cafe. Here you'll find all kinds of wild and wacky videos: on stage, backstage and all around random nuttiness...there's something for everyone at Mad Anthony TV! Click to Watch Mad Anthony TV Here's a sample: … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen sighting at Grainger
Posted on VHLinks by nicholas_kudochop: "Cool EVH sighting @ Grainger!!! I work for the company Grainger...and this was posted on our intranet today (3/2/10)...very cool!" "Rocker Eddie Van Halen knows where to go to get it done! The guitarist stopped by branch 450 in Burbank, CA, last weekend after looking "anywhere and everywhere" for a particular clamp for a drum … [Read more...]
10 Things You Gotta Do To Play Like Eddie Van Halen
From GuitarPlayer.com: By Jude Gold. MANY GUITARISTS WHO WERE ACTIVE IN the late ’70s remember exactly where they were standing when they first heard Van Halen. Like film footage of an erupting volcano, the band’s eponymous 1978 debut captured in real time a stunningly explosive and organic spectacle—four hard-rocking, hard-partying adrenaline junkies whose sound was … [Read more...]
Van Halen: VH1
From Guitar World.com. Originally printed in Guitar World Magazine, April 2008 By Joe Bosso. Photographs by Neil Zlozower. Thirty Years ago, Van Halen burst out of the Sunset Strip and set the music world on fire with their debut album. This is the story behind the group's rise to success and the making of Van Halen, the record that changed guitar playing - and rock - … [Read more...]