EVH has announced the debut of Wolfgang Van Halen‘s signature guitar, SA-126. SA-126 is the result of a three-year collaborative development process between Wolfgang, Matt Bruck and EVH‘s masterbuilder Chip Ellis. With this release, Wolfgang […]
David Lee Roth is in full vendetta mode these days. After hitting back at Sammy Hagar last week, he’s now turned his attention to Wolfgang Van Halen. The longtime Van Halen singer posted a YouTube […]
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has shared the story of meeting one of his heroes, Eddie Van Halen, revealing that the guitar legend “started crying” during their backstage encounter. During an appearance on The Howard […]
The guitar Jason Becker received as a gift from Eddie Van Halen has sold in an auction for $110,000. Becker, who was diagnosed with ALS in 1989, parted ways with the instrument in order to […]
Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony attended MAMMOTH WVH‘s concert in Las Vegas, Nevada. Late Friday night (December 8),MAMMOTH WVH leader Wolfgang Van Halen, who replaced Anthony in VAN HALEN, took to his social media […]
Two for the Road is a series in which two artists touring together chat about playing shows, life backstage, and more. The latest installment of the series features Wolfgang Van Halen and Nita Strauss. Wolfgang […]
Former Deep Purple singer-bassist Glenn Hughes has confirmed that Eddie Van Halen nearly asked him to front Van Halen in the 1980s. Around the same Hughes was recording vocals for the Black Sabbath album Seventh […]
MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen spoke to Matt Pinfield of 95.5 KLOS‘s “New & Approved” show about what it has been like to open for METALLICA on the latter band’s “M72” world tour. Regarding […]
Wolfgang Van Halen doesn’t think a Van Halen reunion or tribute show for his late father Eddie Van Halen is “possible”. The 32-year-old musician admits there is too much politics between bandmembers that they aren’t […]
Before his passing, the late Eddie Van Halen was offered a cameo in Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third entry in the time-traveling buddy comedy trilogy. In fact, Eddie was offered a spot […]
Sammy Hagar recently said he and his former bandmate Eddie Van Halen had “buried the hatchet” in text conversations, months before Van Halen’s death in 2020. Van Halen famously expelled Hagar from the band in […]
Eddie Van Halen was in the process of reuniting Van Halen’s classic lineup for a farewell tour before his health took a turn for the worse and he eventually passed away in October 2020. The […]
The guitar was played during the music video for “Hot for Teacher.” If that seems like a a lot of money to spend on a guitar, included are a pair of white gloves and a […]
Sammy Hagar and his supergroup THE CIRCLE will play two shows in Nevada this summer: July 14 at Harvey’s amphitheater in Lake Tahoe and July 15 at Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas. The […]
Ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony has revealed that he’s formed a new band with Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X and current Aerosmith touring drummer John Douglas. There’s also a “really cool singer” on board, but […]
VAN HALEN‘s first live album – 1993’s double-platinum “Live: Right Here, Right Now” — will make its vinyl debut on Record Store Day as a limited edition four-LP set. Recorded in May 1992 as the […]
David Lee Roth says working with Eddie Van Halen was “better than any love affair”. Although the pair often clashed during their time together in Van Halen, Roth revealed how much he misses his late […]
David Lee Roth and the Van Halen camp haven’t always seen eye to eye, but the singer recently offered some touching remarks while reflecting on his longtime bandmate, the late Eddie Van Halen. Roth opened […]
Back in the mid 1990s, Van Halen recorded the ballad “Between Us Two” for the soundtrack to the disaster film Twister. The track didn’t make the cut and was ultimately shelved, but Sammy Hagar has […]
Sammy Hagar says the late Eddie Van Halen deserves a tribute – but he’s no longer on talking terms with Alex Van Halen. There have been talks of varying lineups performing in honour of the […]