I think most of you know the Van Halen demos better than I do. You all know the original demo songs, in their original forms; I like them, but I don’t, and probably never will,[…]

To use the words of my late grandfather, last night “a cloud” was about to come in. That’s Texan talk for a storm that will probably produce a tornado. The problem was I wanted this[…]

GOTCHA! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS, PEEPS! by jhs5150

Released today is news that Eddie and Alex Van Halen signed a deal with Atlas Music Publishing for the rights of all the Van Halen catalog except “A Different Kind of Truth.” Atlas has the[…]

In connection with the recent appearance and interview of Eddie Van Halen at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Rolling Stone got its two cents in, asking the question whether Van Halen will have[…]

Look, tweets about Van Halen, courtesy of Meanie Beanie! Not even I could make an actual article about a 40 character tweet, so I’ll simply say that the noise about Rhino being an label for[…]

I’m not sure if this is a sign of things to come, if it’s the fulfillment of my prediction that Van Halen was waiting to get a label, if it’s somehow old (noticing they don’t[…]

Happy 60th to the one who started it all. Sure guitar was done before that, but… no it really wasn’t. Sixty is a huge deal. I hope it brings him joy and fun things, like[…]

How many bands get their start playing weddings? Who even knows how to estimate that question? Does anybody actually like wedding bands? What if a famous band played at your wedding, or your friend’s wedding?[…]

If there is one thing that separates the chicks from the dudes, it’s stereos. I remember when I was young, dudes often had more money in their stereo thingies than they had in their cars.[…]