I had intended to just find a great LIVE version of Sugarloaf’s quirky 1974 hit, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” but about all I could find was a recording of Sugarloaf’s album version (nice, but not the same as a LIVE performance) and surprisingly, a recording less than a year later of a bootleg tape of one of Van Halen’s early concerts also singing the song! Obviously David Lee…
Van Halen has always been know as a “guitar group” but how unmistakable is the opening synthesizer portion of “Jump?” I mean, you could “name that tune” after the first chord, couldn’t you? William Kurk not onl takes you through ALL the tips and tricks VH used to create this unique sound, but how to play it yourself, if you so desire. Here’s more from his article at Reverb.com: Given…
Have you ever wanted to understand what really makes a great song? What it takes to put everything together just right to get that incredible sound? I’ve wanted a number of this guy’s videos and Rick Beato is the real deal! Here’s more from his Facebook page biography: Rick Beato is a musician, teacher, and father of three. Rick has worked as a writer/producer with various bands in the rock…
First off, the video is labeled as a cover of Van Halen’s “You Really Got Me Now” and I know some of you are going to remind me that the song was originally released by The Kinks back in 1964 and covered by VH in 1978, peaking at 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. If you listen to the video, it’s obvious the young ladies of Heiress are trying to…
Back in 1979, before there was an MTV, Van Halen was getting some radio airplay for “Dance the Night Away” but wasn’t really making headway with any of their new material. So, on May 18 of that year, Warner Brothers filmed the band performing three songs, “Dance the Night Away,” “You’re No Good,” and “Bottoms Up!” which ultimately was shown on the popular Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert television during the November…
Wait, what? Yup, you read that correctly. We have video of a 6–year-old doing a drum cover of Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher” and he’s really, really good! Here’s more from the YouTube description: Avery “Drummer” Molek is young growing musician. He started playing drums at age 2. He now loves to play everything: classic, rock, jazz, metal and progressive music. Avery also plays bass, guitar & piano. Maybe they…
We’re still doing research, but this appears to be some of the earliest “watchable” video of Van Halen in concert, early in 1978, just before their debut album, Van Halen, dropped. Yes, there is other footage that claims to be older, but it’s mostly ghostly images that are hard to make out … and even harder to listen to. Kids these days don’t realize how hard it was to sneak…
Van Halen’s self-titled debut studio album was released on February 10, 1978, and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album became widely owned as the band’s popularity grew, eventually going on to sell more than ten million copies in the United States. By August 7, 1996 and Van Halen was certified Diamond. One of only six rock bands to release two RIAA Diamond status albums, Van Halen…
“Everybody Wants Some!!” is the second track off Van Halen’s 1980 album Women and Children First. Despite not being a big song on the radio, it’s one of the band’s most popular songs, and started as a concert highlight during Van Halen’s early concerts, as you can see from this video take in October of 1982 in Largo, Maryland. It also features heavily, as the title would imply, in the…
‘Running With the Devil’ has to be one of the heartiest songs ever from Van Halen. According to one reviewer, the song kicked off the band’s first album “.. with all the subtlety of a fist upside the head” and that pretty much sums it up. RWD is known for it’s pounding bass/drum/guitar combination, as well as David Lee Roth’s almost painful screams It also proved that lead guitarist and…