Wolfgang Van Halen looks back on his mammoth year: “I’m not a guitarist of the year – I’m just a dude” By Alison Richter published 29 December 22 The Mammoth WVH mastermind previews his next album and makes a strong case for his own selection for guitarist of the year
Watch Steel Panther recruit Top Gun guitarist Lexii Lynn Frazier to cover Van Halen’s Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love By Matt Owen published 13 December 22 The blockbuster session guitarist – who first started playing guitar because of Eddie Van Halen – picked up Satchel’s signature six-string for a no-holds-barred rendition of the 1978 track
Watch John Mayer and Sammy Hagar play Van Halen’s Finish What Ya Started By Matt Owen published 22 November 22 The newly released pro-shot footage is lifted from an episode of Hagar’s Rock & Roll Road Trip from 2017
Sammy Hagar on his all-time favorite Van Halen album, and why Michael Anthony's bass playing is better than ever on The Circle's new album, Crazy Times By Andrew Daly published 10 November 22 The former Van Halen frontman says The Circle's musical chemistry was so potent the band recorded “two songs a day and were partying by 5 o'clock”
Michael Anthony: Why Live At Leeds is one of the best live albums of all time By Nick Wells published 8 November 22 Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony pays tribute to John Entwistle and The Who's Live at Leeds
EVH salutes Van Halen's revolutionary debut album with launch of Striped Series ‘78 Eruption guitar By Jackson Maxwell published 20 October 22 The lightly-aged model closely follows Eddie Van Halen's iconic original, with a single humbucker, mis-labeled volume knob, vintage-style Strat tremolo, and much more
Joe Satriani on proposed Van Halen tribute concert: “If it's ever gonna happen, Wolfgang Van Halen should play guitar” By Sam Roche published 11 October 22 The virtuoso says Wolfgang's playing at Foo Fighters' recent Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts was “the most natural, beautiful thing” he'd seen in a long time
Wolfgang Van Halen discusses nerves over covering Eddie's guitar parts at Taylor Hawkins tribute concert: “I didn’t even know if I could do it” By Sam Roche published 6 October 22 The multi-instrumentalist details his fast-tracked rehearsal process with Dave Grohl, Josh Freese and Justin Hawkins, and why the tribute marked the perfect moment to play Van Halen music onstage
Wolfgang Van Halen nails Panama at LA Taylor Hawkins tribute concert – after promising he'd never play the track live By Sam Roche published 28 September 22 The multi-instrumentalist and Mammoth WVH mastermind pokes fun at himself in a new social media post, saying that he'll instead never play the track “twice”
W.A.S.P.’s Chris Holmes recalls the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed his Ibanez Destroyer – and made some radical surprise modifications By Matt Owen published 20 September 22 Holmes retrieved the guitar while Van Halen was on tour, and was left asking himself one question: “How in the eff did he play this?”
The Van Halen Stage officially opened in the Van Halen family’s hometown of Pasadena By Matt Owen published 20 September 22 Located in the newly built Playhouse Village Park, the stage pays tribute to Van Halen, who formed in Pasadena in the early 1970s
Rick Beato debunks claims that Wolfgang Van Halen was playing to a backing track of Eddie at Taylor Hawkins tribute By Matt Owen last updated 7 September 22 Wolfgang's timing, tone and delivery on Hot for Teacher and On Fire was so good some viewers couldn't quite believe it
Watch Wolfgang Van Halen nail classic Van Halen tracks at Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins tribute show By Sam Roche last updated 5 September 22 Accompanied by Dave Grohl on bass, The Darkness's Justin Hawkins on vocals and session ace Josh Freese on drums, Wolfgang paid homage to his father Eddie with killer renditions of Hot For Teacher and On Fire
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more By Jenna Scaramanga published 19 August 22 Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
Vinnie Moore says Eddie Van Halen inspired him to take a chisel to his Strat By Matt Parker published 4 August 22 “That didn't go very well – at all,” says the affable virtuoso, reminding us all that oftentimes retro-fitting a Floyd is best left to the professionals, especially when you're just starting out
David Lee Roth gets nostalgic for Van Halen high-jinks on new single, Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway By Sam Roche published 28 July 22 Featuring John 5, the track finds the former Van Halen frontman wistfully recall throwing a TV off a balcony, and that one time his bandmates safety-pinned a tablecloth to his pants
David Lee Roth shares reflective new single, Pointing at the Moon – but who’s the guitarist? By Matt Parker published 11 July 22 Is this soulful slice of Americana another track taken from of his unreleased collaboration with John 5?
David Lee Roth is holding up Van Halen tribute project, according to Eddie Trunk By Sam Roche published 4 July 22 The veteran radio host – who says his information comes from a “very reliable source” – says Roth is a “difficult guy to get to sign off on anything”
Get to the roots of Eddie Van Halen’s groundbreaking playing with this lesson on his biggest influences By Phil Short published 27 May 22 In six immersive studies, we approach Eddie’s playing style from the perspective of the players he idolized
Watch Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with Eruption cover By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 17 May 22 McCready tackles the track’s iconic whammy bar dives and two-hand tapping on a vintage Strat
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