It has been reported that legendary giutarist Eddie Van Halen is on the mend after undergoing surgery on his crucially important left hand. According to Van Halen, himself, the guitarist began to experience pain in his thumb and pinky finger towards the end of his band’s most recent tour. The pain got progressively worse until, about three months ago, both digits locked up completely and he was unable to play guitar at all.
In fear of losing his legendary prowess on the six-string, Van Halen consulted hand specialists in Germany who, at first, began treating him for what was perceived to …read more

Well, ok, that’s not what he said. This is what he actually said in a phone interview with Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles.
“I’ve made this statement a million times – some people don’t like it, some people do – but Joe is the best guitarist I have ever played with,

It’s the man’s opinion and if people don’t like it them piss on ‘em. Most would argue that Eddie Van Halen is a better player, but how do you really compare the two? Both are great, both are legends, but everyone always wants to pull out the “Eruption card” without …read more

Chickenfoot, the super-group that features Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith is hitting the road for a handful of shows in May. I reported back in October that the band was recording and they have planned to release the album early this summer. Below are the confirmed dates as of right now.

May 14 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
May 15 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
May 17 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
May 19 – The Roxy Theatre – West Hollywood, CA
May 22 – Park West – Chicago, IL
May 24 – The Mod Club …read more

Joystiq.com has reasons to believe that Activision is planning a Guitar Hero: Van Halen. I’m not a big enough Van Halen fan to want to run out and buy it the first day it comes out, but I could bet that it would be a fun game. Guitar Hero: Metallica was released yesterday and I have yet to play it. Might save that for my son’s birthday coming up.
Joystiq has been informed that Activision’s next artist-oriented Guitar Hero release will be based around Van Halen. According to Joystiq’s source, the game is set to arrive sometime after Guitar Hero: …read more

Aerosmith pretty much started the band based Guitar Hero line and the latest band rumored to get an upcoming release on the game is Van Halen. Deservingly I guess, Eddie Van Halen is a guitar hero. How many rock and metal guitar players has he influenced over the years. While his playing and style may be slightly dated compared to some of the guitar players out there today, he’s still an amazing talent. Besides, I don’t like to compare guitar virtuosos of yesterday to players of today. A lot of guitar players these days play for speed more than …read more

I haven’t wanted to talk about this because it’s just been pure speculations and rumors, but there has been a lot of words flying around about Guns N’ Roses doing full blown stadium tour. What’s the big deal about that? Well, everyone is wondering how the hell Axl plans on filling those seats. They don’t believe that Guns N Roses has the pull they once did, even with the release of Chinese Democracy. You really do have to wonder if it’s possible for them to fill stadium seats and sell tickets. While there is no doubt that they will …read more

Here is the first single and title track from Sammy Hagar’s upcoming November 18th release, Cosmic Universal Fashion on Loud & Proud/ Roadrunner Records. You know Sammy’s history. I shouldn’t have to feed you Sammy’s resume of countless hits and albums sold. If you don’t know the name by now, then you have been in the dark for way too long.
The title track and first single, “Cosmic Universal Fashion,” was written in an online collaboration between Hagar and a young Iraqi band in Baghdad, with the music video produced in the same spirit as the classic Van Halen video …read more

I hate the term “Super Group”, but this one could be interesting. You have Sammy Hagar, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, RHCP drummer Chad Smith and Joe Satriani on guitar. Billboard reported:

Unlike the rest of the Van Halen camp, former VH front-man, Sammy Hagar said that he’s cool with either candidate using the song because the lyrics fit the times. I used to dislike Hagar as a singer for VH and not do much as a person, but lately, perhaps I’m opening another part of my mind and realizing that Hagar was a great VH front-man, with some really memorable songs during his time in the band and seems like a pretty good dude.
When I wrote the lyrics to ‘Right Now’, I intended them to inspire people to not sit around …read more

Former Van Halen front-man and dude that makes some kick ass tequila, Sammy hagar had some words to say about the recent Van Halen reunion. Now I think he’s got a great point in saying that Michael Anthony should have been there for it to be a true VH reunion, but I don’t think that they’re trying to push the fans away. Here is what he said on The Tour Bus, a syndicated radio show.
“They just keep going, making more and more mistakes,” Hagar said. “The reunion with Dave was the greatest thing they could have done, but why didn’t …read more