Van Halen

I remember Eddie Van Halen being relieved during the Van Halen days the group had grown up and not singing about sexual energy all the time. It was another jab against both Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth. When the new album cover began to leak all over the Internet, it was obvious the innuendos returned. Judge for yourself. However, the concept is far from original and comes from the least likeliest of influences--Lionel Richie's band The Commodores. Here is the album cover from their 1975...Read Full Story

The debates about a rock band's best singer are unending. We can think of Ozzy vs Dio, Gillan vs Coverdale, Gabriel vs Collins - and let's not forget David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar, as Van Halen produce their first studio release for 14 years. For my own part, given that I would just as readily listen to 5150 and OU812 (Hagar) as VH1 and 1984 (Roth), I'm content to sidestep the comparisons. Here and now, any hesitancy as to whether this reunion was just a ploy from another set of past their...Read Full Story

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH Doorbells...three of them...oddly harmonizing...have been uploaded to my cerebellum...flown in telepathically...as the swarm of notes reaches a crescendo, a snippet of the ringing sound that my parents' old dial-phone made is looped backward, dancing at 150 miles per hour...floating over the din is a familiar voice...the one with a wink between every word...though it's been a long time, I welcome this sound back into my life with a warm embrace... Van Halen returns...Read Full Story

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Van Halen has taken out a full-size building ad for their new album on the side of The Andaz Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. The legendary hotel was formerly known as the Continental Hyatt House, and was nicknamed the “Riot House”. Bands such as Led Zeppelin , the Stones and The Who have stayed there. Huge Van Halen posters currently decorate legendary bars on the Sunset Strip such as the Whisky a Go Go and the Rainbow. Countless window posters for A Different Kind Of Truth are...Read Full Story

So. For the first time in 14 years as a band and 27 years as a band with David Lee Roth in it, Van Halen is releasing an album of all new material. When I first heard this news, I shrugged it off and went about my life confident I’d not think about Van Halen again until one of them does another stint in rehab. Then a funny thing happened. My twitter and facebook feeds started blowing up with folks talking about how good this new Van Halen album was. In the end, I couldn’t resist giving it a...Read Full Story

Van Halen with special guest Kool and the Gang ?! WTF?!?!?! Talk about a mismatched combo! There was a time I would have killed to see the original Van Halen line-up, but that was about 30 years ago. Eddie Van Halen now looks like a homeless man, and lead singer David Lee Roth is getting more and more obnoxious as the years go by. If you want a laugh, check out his EXTREMELY DISTRACTING DANCING in this video clip:Read Full Story

Artist : Van Halen Album : A Different Kind Of Truth Genre : Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Country : USA Track List 1. Van Halen - As Is (4:47) 2. Van Halen - Beats Workin' (5:03) 3. Van Halen - Big River (3:51) 4. Van Halen - Blood And Fire (4:26) 5. Van Halen - Bullethead (2:31) 6. Van Halen - China Town (3:15) 7. Van Halen - Honeybabysweetiedoll (3:47) 8. Van Halen - Outta Space (2:54) 9. Van Halen - She's The Woman (2:57) 10. Van Halen - Stay Frosty (4:08) 11. Van Halen - Tattoo (4:44) 12. Van...Read Full Story

The 'Set Fire to the Rain' hitmaker is expected to gain a boost from her Grammy performance, while the newly-reunited band are predicted to pull in 180,000 to 200,000 copies of their new album.Read Full Story

In his old age, Van Halen frontman appears to have the need to be a philosopher. He won't shut up. He just keeps rambling on about some deep meaning the new Van Halen songs have. Do we want Van Halen songs with deeper meaning, or do we want Van Halen songs that actually rock with some dancability, which is what Van Halen is known for? Take for instance Roth rambling on about a boring track on A Different Kind of Truth called China Town. Song by Song: China Town from Van Halen on Vimeo...Read Full Story