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Three Of EDDIE VAN HALEN's Iconic Guitars Sold For $422,000

Julien's Auctions held the highly anticipated "Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock ‘N' Roll", the world record-breaking auction house to the stars' annual music extravaganza, on Tuesday, December 1 and Wednesday, December 2, 2020 live in Beverly Hills and online at JuliensAuctions.com. The two-day music...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: Why I Decided To Call My Band MAMMOTH WVH

In a new interview with Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linea Rock, Wolfgang Van Halen spoke about his decision to use the MAMMOTH WVH band name for his solo project. MAMMOTH WVH is a nod to family history — Wolfgang's father, legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen, and Eddie's brother Alex Van Ha...

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Watch METALLICA, KORN, MASTODON, Others Perform ALICE IN CHAINS Covers At Museum Of Pop Culture Ceremony

METALLICA, KORN, MASTODON, Billy Corgan, Dave Navarro and Krist Novoselic are among the artists who took part in virtual tribute performances when ALICE IN CHAINS was presented with this year's Museum Of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Founders Award on Tuesday (December 1). ALICE IN CHAINS also played at the e...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: DAVID LEE ROTH 'Has All The Right In The World' To Perform VAN HALEN's Classic Songs

Wolfgang Van Halen says that David Lee Roth has "all the right in the world" to perform VAN HALEN songs live with his solo band. Wolfgang made the comment during a new interview with Razor, the mid-day jock on the Tucson, Arizona radio station KFMA while promoting the upcoming debut album from his s...

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DAVID LEE ROTH's Shares New Artwork Featuring References To SAMMY HAGAR

David Lee Roth has shared a brand new piece of artwork in which he makes several references to his replacement in VAN HALEN, Sammy Hagar. As he has done before, Roth styled the image in the form of a newspaper called The Daily Catastrophe and he incuded several front-page headlines that mention Haga...

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JOE SATRIANI Says He Was Tapping Before He Heard EDDIE VAN HALEN

In a new interview with the "Behind The Vinyl" podcast, Joe Satriani was asked if he started using the technique of tapping notes on his guitar when he first heard Eddie Van Halen in 1978. He responded (hear audio below): "I'd been tapping before that. I think, just like Eddie, 'cause we were the sa...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN On Response To His 'Distance' Single: 'It's An Outpouring Of Love Like I've Never Seen Before'

Wolfgang Van Halen told Marci Wiser of the 95.5 KLOS radio station that a lot of other artists have reached out to him to offer their words of support in the days following the release of "Distance", the first single from his solo band MAMMOTH WVH. "To the point where I can't even keep up with it,"...

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Watch DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE Sing A Cappella Version Of 'Pull Me Under'

Video of DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie belting out an a cappella version of "Pull Me Under", the first single from the band's breakthrough album "Images And Words", can be seen below. LaBrie sang a couple of lines from the track while filming a new video message on Cameo, which lets users hire c...

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BILLY SHEEHAN Says New TALAS Studio Album Is Shaping Up To Be 'Really Cool'

Billy Sheehan spoke to the "Music Matters" podcast about the progress of the recording sessions for the new studio album from TALAS, the 1970s upstate New York band which initially earned its name while performing gigs in the Buffalo and Rochester scenes. Although TALAS started out by playing covers...

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Will There Ever Be A 'Definitive' VAN HALEN Documentary? BANGER FILMS' SAM DUNN Would Love To Get A Crack At It

Canadian documentarian Sam Dunn of Banger Films says that he would love to make the "definitive" documentary about VAN HALEN. "VAN HALEN, for me, has always been a bit of a Holy Grail story, particularly the David Lee Roth years, up to '83, '84," Dunn told DEATH ANGEL's Ted Aguilar as part of the "A...

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DREAM THEATER's JOHN PETRUCCI And JAMES LABRIE Reflect On Losses Of NEIL PEART And EDDIE VAN HALEN

In a new interview with "Talk Is Jericho", DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci and singer James LaBrie reflected on the losses this year of two of greatest and most influential rock musicians of all time: Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist for the rock band RUSH; and Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virt...

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NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN Covers HEART's 'Alone' (Video)

NIGHTWISH's Floor Jansen has released her cover version of the HEART classic "Alone". A video of her rendition, featuring music by Joost Van Den Broek, can be seen below. In a statement accompanying the YouTube release of her "Alone" video, the Dutch-born vocalist wrote: "Picking Alone from @theband...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN On His Father EDDIE VAN HALEN: 'I Think He's The MOZART Of Our Generation'

In a recent interview with "Entertainment Tonight", Wolfgang Van Halen was asked what he thinks his father Eddie Van Valen's legacy will be. He responded (see video below): "I think he's the Mozart of our generation. I think the way we look back at people like Mozart and Beethoven, from how far we a...

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EPICA Releases Music Video For New Single 'Freedom - The Wolves Within'

Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will release their new album, "Omega", on February 26, 2021 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2016's "The Holographic Principle" was once again produced by Joost Van Den Broek (POWERWOLF, AYREON) in part at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, Netherlands. EPICA...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says His Father Didn't Want To Get Involved In Making Of MAMMOTH WVH Album: 'He Didn't Wanna Touch It'

Wolfgang Van Halen spoke to Big J of the 100.3 The X Rocks radio station about the upcoming debut album from his solo band MAMMOTH WVH. Tentatively due in early 2021 via Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records, the LP was preceded by the standalone single "Distance", which was released on November 16. Wol...