Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Eddie Van Halen Marries Longtime Girlfriend


Eddie Van Halen, 54, married his longtime girlfirend on the grounds of his seven-acre casa Saturday night. Wearing flip-flops, the ex drug addict wed Janie Liszewski, in his estate’s garden after she came down the aisle to a performance of Van Halen’s ‘When It’s Love’ by the Sonus Quartet.
Eddies son Wolfgang,18,served as best man and his brother Alex, an ordained minister, officiated at the 20-minute, non-denominational service. Van Halen’s ex-wife, Valerie Bertinelli — who he divorced in 2006, after 25 years of marriage — was among the 100 or so guests who sipped non-alcoholic beverages from the lemonade bar in honor of Eddie’s year-and-a-half of sobriety.
No sign of Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony or David Lee Roth at the gathering...
more HERE

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Van Halen Files Suit Against Nike


Reps for the Van Halen rocker’s company, ELVH Inc., filed a cause of action for copyright infringement Friday in Los Angeles Federal District Court against Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike.
ELVH alleges that the design of certain Nike Dunk Low styles infringe on the copyright the company holds for the red-white-and-black-striped pattern Van Halen made famous on his “Frankenstein” guitar — and for which the musician has held the copyright since 2001.
more HERE

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Super Chicken


Before even releasing their self-titled debut on June 9th, new rock supergroup Chickenfoot have already sold out all nine road-test concerts they had planned for May. The quartet — which features former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Mike Anthony, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani — posted on their official site, “Beyond our expectations, the public on-sales for the nine road-test shows sold out all tickets in record time. The band was blown away by your response and can’t wait to take the show on the road!”
Rolling Stone article HERE

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Legendary 1982 Van Halen Tour Rider

The whole 53 page brown M and M less nightmare HERE.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

More Really Bad Lyrics...

Yet another list of 10 songs with stupid lyrics...
...and here's the list:
  1. I’m serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer – Rhythm Is A Dancer, SNAP!
  2. I don’t want to see a ghost, it’s a sight that I fear the most, I’d rather have a piece of toast, watch the evening news – Life, DES’REE
  3. Is that yo ass, or yo mama half reindeer? – Shake Ya Tailfeather, NELLY, P. DIDDY & MURPHY LEE
  4. He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious? – Sk8er Boi, AVRIL LAVIGNE
  5. I love you like a fat kid love cake – 21 Questions, 50 CENT
  6. Time is like a clock in my heart – Time (Clock Of The Heart), CULTURE CLUB
  7. You got a Prada bag with a lotta stuff in it – Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It, WILL SMITH
  8. Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don’t confuse them with mountains – Whenever, Wherever, SHAKIRA
  9. She had dumps like a truck, truck, truck – Thong Song, SISQO
  10. Only time will tell if we stand the test of time – Why Can’t This Be Love, VAN HALEN

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Monday, March 03, 2008

Van Halen Tour Cancelled...

The Van Halen tour has just been canceled!

Arrangements are being made right now to cancel hotel stays for the tour -- which was scheduled to continue through April 19th. Sources tell us the reason for the cancellation is Eddie -- that he is having "issues."
The last three shows had already been canceled. There have been reports that Eddie was out of it during concerts.
story is HERE

Below is a video from a show 2 weeks ago, we aren't sure what's worse, Roth or the EDDIE SOLO...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

VH covered ZZ in '83