From: Fast Company In the March issue of Fast Company, Dan and Chip Heath's column focuses on early warning indicators. In one example, they explain why David Lee Roth banned brown M&Ms from backstage. It wasn't a diva thing, but rather, an operations performance metric. The excerpt: BROWNOUT: Van Halen's brown-M&M test acted as a diagnostic, allowing … [Read more...]
Van Halen’s new line of High-End Designer Clothing Unveiled
From Van Halen Store: You asked...we responded. Van Halen Store is very excited to introduce the new designer line of premium men's and women's (and kids!) Van Halen clothing, proudly made in the USA by the vintage t-shirt specialists at Chaser LA. (SHOP NOW or scroll down) Van Halen's high-end fashion line employs revolutionary fabrics, washes, printing processes and … [Read more...]
More Van Halen isolated guitar tracks
Eddie Van Halen's isolated guitar tracks for "Hear About It Later", "Intruder," "Pretty Woman", Somebody get Me A Doctor", and the "Beat It" guitar solo. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Van Halen on Clapton
This is from the "30 on 30" article in Guitar World's current (March 2010) issue. As their 30th Anniversary celebration continues, they chose 30 of the greatest living guitarists to tell them who they would pick as the greatest guitarists of all time. Our man Eddie picked Eric Clapton, and Richie Kotzen chose Eddie. … [Read more...]
Righteous, Red, and Rockin’ Introducing the Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul
From Gibson.com: Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul Through a career that spans stints with Ronnie Montrose, Van Halen, and his own prominent solo work, Sammy Hagar has been the force behind a total of 60 million record sales and countless righteous riffs, and when the Red Rocker rocks, he chooses to rock Gibson. Now, in celebration of Hagar’s mammoth new band Chickenfoot, and … [Read more...]