“I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close to having Ed’s [Eddie Van Halen's] fantastic combination of chops and musicianship. I rank him along with Charlie Parker and Art Tatum as one of the three greatest musicians of my lifetime. Unfortunately, I don’t think Ed … [Read more...]
Neil Zlozower shares some of his favorite Van Halen Stories
Rock Photography icon Neil Zlozower shares some of his Van Halen favorite stories with Nikki Sixx in a new interview on Nikki's website, SixxSense.com. In this interview, Zlozower recalls some memorable tales of Van Halen's climb to superstardom from 1978 - 1980. Length is 19:36. As part of Van Halen's entourage, "Zloz", toured America with Van Halen, becoming their … [Read more...]
Flashback: Van Halen’s ‘You Really Got Me’ Used in Nissan Commercial
Here's a blast from the past... Do you remember this commercial? This 1996 Toy Story-esque ad for the Nissan 300ZX Turbo featured Van Halen's stompin' remake of the Kinks' ''You Really Got Me'' and used stop-motion animation to depict a G.I. Joe-esque character picking up a Barbie-esque character. The ad was so good that Mattel sued to take it off the air. It's not only the … [Read more...]
Billy Sheehan Talks Van Halen, David Lee Roth
From BigMusicGeek.com: Acclaimed bassist Billy Sheehan (Talas, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Devil’s Slingshot, among others), always a man of many words and interesting stories, was kind enough to take a break from his decidedly hectic schedule to speak with us regarding, among many other things, the release of his latest solo opus Holy Cow… Here's the Van Halen-related … [Read more...]
The Brown Sound: Interview with Craig Parker Adams
Eight months ago, the Van Halen News Desk came across a guitar player named Craig Parker Adams (official site), who wrote and recorded some instrumental songs that we truly felt captured the summertime sound and feel of classic VH. We've just learned that Craig has written four brand new VH-esque instrumentals, and we want to share them with VHND readers. Note that it's … [Read more...]
Top 10 Rock ‘N’ Roll Front Men: David Lee Roth
AskMen.com has a new "Top 10" list of the greatest rock 'n' roll front men of all time. David Lee Roth was their eighth pick. Of course we think he deserves to beat most, if not all of the others on their list, but at least they didn't make the mistake of leaving him out of the Top 10! By Nathan Atnikov from AskMen.com: You can have the chops, you can have the songs and … [Read more...]