Watch 13-years-old drummer, Avery Molek, below, cover Van Halen's "And The Cradle Will Rock..." from Van Halen's third album, Women And Children First. Check out Avery’s covers of more Van Halen classics, “Girl Gone Bad!” “Outta Love Again” "I'm The One" "Everybody Wants Some" "5150" "House of Pain", and "Hot For Teacher" at age 6 and 13. You'll be amazed! Keep … [Read more...]
‘Weird’ Van Halen Covers Set For a Good Cause
Watch some self-proclaimed "weird" Van Halen covers... organized for a good cause! This Van Halen covers set was organized by the Slay At Home Festival - the first virtual metal and arts festival of its kind. Organized to raise donations for two amazing charities; MusiCares and Global Giving. Watch this Van Halen set, featuring: Shawna Potter of War On Women, Chris … [Read more...]
‘Hot For Teacher’ Van Halen Drum Cover – Age 6 vs. Age 13
Seven years ago, we featured 6-year-old drumming prodigy Avery Molek, shredding Van Halen’s ‘Hot For Teacher’, which helped it go viral - racking up over four million views on YouTube and received well over 100,000 ‘Likes’ on VHND.com and our Facebook page! Today, Avery, now 13-years-old, has covered "Hot For Teacher" again. "When I was 6 years old my “Hot For Teacher” … [Read more...]
Meet NERD HALEN: A Van Halen Tribute Band with a Twist
Meet NERD HALEN: (L to R: Caleb Rapoport, Hal Sparks, Victor Broden & Jeff Page) There’s a Different Kind of Van Halen Tribute Band … NERD HALEN! Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2019, Nerd Halen brings to pocket protector and T-square to the greatest rock and roll ever created! We’ve talked to the band, and we have some new concert footage of them, which … [Read more...]
Watch 23-Year-Old Guitarist Joshua Jones Shred Van Halen Classics
Rock is dead? Not so fast nay-sayers. Rock isn’t dead. It’s not only alive but we have proof that the future of rock looks bright, particularly guitar-heavy rock. The Van Halen News Desk has a guitarist from Oklahoma who simply must be heard. His name is Joshua Jones and he is heavily inspired by the guitar playing of Edward Van Halen. On his YouTube channel the 23-year old … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Mistake’ in ‘Eruption’ Explained
We have three new Van Halen-related videos from Jacob Deraps... First, Jacob points out the "mistake" in "Eruption" that Eddie Van Halen has admitted to in at least one interview ("I didn't even play it right," he told Guitar World. "There's a mistake at the top end of it. Whenever I hear it, I always think, 'Man, I could have played that better.") Jacob says, "Eddie … [Read more...]
Van Halen ‘Uncovered’ Mashup
We've got a cool exclusive for ya ... guitarist Charlie Stinchcombe (aka “Liquid Charlie”) created a unique mashup for the readers of the Van Halen News Desk. This mashup is just for us die-hard fans, entitled "Van Halen UNcovered Mashup". With this one, Charlie tackles a few rarely (if ever?) covered songs, such as "Crossing Over," and others. Check it out below, and see if … [Read more...]
The Bird And The Bee’s Van Halen Tribute Album (Updated w/ more songs)
UPDATED 8/2/19 with more songs: The Bird And The Bee are releasing a Van Halen tribute album, and we are SUPER EXCITED about it! I was out shopping at a record store in 2006 when I heard their debut album playing in the background, and it stopped me in my tracks... I asked the clerk who it was, and I bought it on the spot. This was not rock and roll, but was something … [Read more...]
The Struts Cover (Van Halen’s Version?) of ‘Dancing In The Street’
The British rock foursome, The Struts, have released a cover of The Martha & the Vandellas original, "Dancing In The Street". And make no mistake - it's WAY more Van Halen than Vandellas. Listening to their cover, it almost makes you think that the only version of the song they were inspired to cover was Van Halen's take on the song. We think of the Van Halen version … [Read more...]
Five New Van Halen Mashups by Liquid Charlie
Holy shit, Liquid Charlie keeps crankin' out some fun VH videos! Here's not one, but five new Van Halen medleys from guitarist Charlie Stinchcombe (aka “Liquid Charlie”). The first is him (and his identical twin, lol!) "Having a little bit of fun" with his mini guitar. The next two are based on Van Halen's first two albums. The four features (mostly) Sammy Hagar-era songs. … [Read more...]
Watch Chevy Metal’s All Van Halen Set at BeachLife Festival
Chevy Metal’s Taylor Hawkins and his Van Halen cover band at BeachLife Festival Who wouldn't want to throw on a Van Halen t-shirt, some leopard skin pants, jump onstage with their friends, and perform an all-Van Halen set in front of a huge crowd on the beach during a beautiful day? That's exactly what Foo Fighter drummer, Taylor Hawkins got to do over the weekend. His … [Read more...]
Hear Dance Version Of ‘Panama’ From Indie LA Pop Duo The Bird and the Bee
Jump back, what’s that sound? It's the sound of a brand new synth-pop version of Van Halen’s “Panama” that just dropped. The Los Angeles pop duo known as The Bird and the Bee have just released an Amazon-only cover of Van Halen’s classic track “Panama”. Multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin, one half of The Bird and the Bee, told Billboard re-imagining this VH classic was a … [Read more...]