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Previously unreleased footage of a jam session between Eddie Van Halen and Mountain‘s Leslie West has surfaced online, courtesy of Lightyear Entertainment. The six-string showcase took place at the Hollywood House of Blues on Aug. 10, 2002, where both guitar legends tore through Mountain’s 1970 track “Never in My Life.” You can watch the performance, along with an interview with West in which he discusses his friendship with Van Halen, below. “I was going to rehab in Milwaukee,” West recalled. “And I stopped playing for six months. So I met Ed, and I introduced myself. After I saw him, it got ...
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Michael Anthony has detailed how he was able to finally get closure following the death of Eddie Van Halen. The former bandmates had been estranged for years prior to the guitarist’s passing. Anthony was infamously forced to take a pay cut and sign away his rights to the Van Halen band name before going on tour with the group in 2004. When the band reconvened for a tour, he was replaced by Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen. In a recent conversation with Sally Steele, Anthony admitted that he didn’t see the lineup change coming, but added that he was understanding of the move. “I didn’t see [Eddi...
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Michael Anthony has detailed how he was able to finally get closure following the death of Eddie Van Halen. The former bandmates had been estranged for years prior to the guitarist’s passing. Anthony was infamously forced to take a pay cut and sign away his rights to the Van Halen band name before going on tour with the group in 2004. When the band reconvened for a tour in 2015, he was replaced by Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen. In a recent conversation with Sally Steele, Anthony admitted that he didn’t see the lineup change coming, but added that he was understanding of the move. READ MORE: ...
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Eddie Van Halen’s son has revealed for the first time he carries the late rocker’s ashes in a necklace he never removes. The 33-year-old musician and guitarist – who performed alongside his father as the bassist for his Van Halen group from 2007 to 2020 – also said he has his late dad’s thumb prints embedded on a ring and the chain. He said on his ‘Behind the Music’ show on Paramount+ about creating the jewellery after his dad’s throat cancer death in 2020 aged 65: "No matter what I do we're always together. I have his thumb print on this ring. I have his thumb print on this necklace. His ashe...
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Valerie Bertinelli has opened up about her relationship with Eddie Van Halen, admitting the Van Halen guitar god was “not a soulmate.” In a video shared via her Instagram account (which you can see below), the actress explained that she recently watched her son Wolfgang Van Halen’s episode of Behind the Music. “It was not easy,” Bertinelli revealed. “I’d stopped it many times because it was just too brutal to watch for many reasons. One, seeing Wolfie’s pain. Two, seeing what a better job I could have done as a parent even though he turned out magnificently. I made a lot of mistakes. And three...
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Valerie Bertinelli has opened up about her relationship with Eddie Van Halen, admitting the Van Halen guitar god was “not a soulmate.” In a video shared via her Instagram account (which you can see below), the actress explained that she recently watched her son Wolfgang Van Halen’s episode of Behind the Music. “It was not easy,” Bertinelli revealed. “I’d stopped it many times because it was just too brutal to watch for many reasons. One, seeing Wolfie’s pain. Two, seeing what a better job I could have done as a parent even though he turned out magnificently. I made a lot of mistakes. And three...
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Valerie Bertinelli has admitted her late ex-husband Eddie Van Halen "wasn't a soulmate". The 'One Day at a Time' star was just 21 years old when she tied the knot with the rocker - who died of cancer in October 2020 - in 1981 and they were married for more than 20 years before separating in 2001 and divorcing in 2007, and now, looking back on their reunion she admitted she has turned their relationship into a "fantasy recreation of history". Explaining she had sat down to watch her son Wolfgang Van Halen's episode of 'Behind the Music' on Paramount+, the 64-year-old star told her Instagram fol...
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Eddie Van Halen‘s friendship with rock journalist Steve Rosen dated to 1977, before the release of Van Halen‘s self-titled debut album, and continued into the 2000s. They’d often spend time talking and jamming in a Hollywood Hills guesthouse and at Van Halen’s 5150 studio. Rosen chronicles those days in Tonechaser – Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen, which is returning for its third edition. “I chose that title, Tonechaser, because Edward once described himself in that way,” Rosen says. “I thought it was such a beautiful, fragile and poignant word for him to use in...
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Van Halen 3 producer Mike Post has revealed that Eddie Van Halen had to take over on drums in place of his brother Alex during the recording of the album. The 1998 record was the only Van Halen record to feature Gary Cherone on lead vocals, and was the band’s first commercial failure. Post, who is best known for writing the theme songs to famous TV shows such as Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, agreed to work on the record to help his friend Eddie maintain his sobriety. “I knew the record wasn’t really good,” he admits. “I knew the record was kind of crappy. But it’s the way Ed...
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Van Halen 3 producer Mike Post has revealed that Eddie Van Halen had to take over on drums in place of his brother Alex during the recording of the record. The 1998 album was the only Van Halen record to feature Gary Cherone on lead vocals, and was the band’s first commercial failure. Post, who is best known for writing the theme songs to famous TV shows such as Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, agreed to work on the record to help his friend Eddie maintain his sobriety. “I knew the record wasn’t really good,” he admits. “I knew the record was kind of crappy. But it’s the way Ed...
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