Tag Archives: Van Halen
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Insert Foot: Alex Van Halen leaves VH fans wanting more with ‘Brothers’
Alex Van Halen, “Brothers.” Alex Van Halen certainly understands how to keep an audience wanting more. Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Brothers Alex Van Halen Harper Get it on Amazon. His new book, “Brothers” lasts 226 pages. Sammy Hagar, the guy who came along and likely saved the band when David…
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REVIEW: Sammy Hagar and friends mostly pull off Van Halen tribute in Concord
Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham perform at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Aug 17, 2024. CONCORD, Calif. — Rumors swirled the past year or two, and the Van Halen camp couldn’t agree on how to pay tribute to a generation’s greatest rock guitarist. Sammy…
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REWIND: There’s a heat dome, so here are some hot songs
Dua Lipa performs during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. If you’re a regular reader of this column, you may have noticed that I’m often profoundly lazy. For example, in 2021 I…
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Insert Foot: Who should and shouldn’t be touring without dead bandmates
Eddie Van Halen performs with Van Halen at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on July 16, 2015. Derek Tobias/STAFF. Former members of two of my three favorite bands when I was 13 are talking about hitting the road without my favorite members of my old favorite bands,…
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REWIND: Take a quick mental health break with Andrew WK and Van Halen
David Lee Roth of Van Halen backstage at Cobo Arena in in Detroit during his “Eat ‘Em and Smile Tour” on Sept. 26, 1986. Photo by Ross Marino/Getty. Look, you all know what’s happening. A draft decision leaked that would not just reverse Roe v. Wade but do so…
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REWIND: Five songs for Ukraine to jam Russian radios with
Editor Daniel J. Willis brings some song ideas to Kyiv Independent defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, who reported that the Ukrainian military has been jamming Russian radio communications with metal. Illia Ponomarenko, defense reporter with the Kyiv Independent and metalhead, reports that the Ukrainian military has been jamming Russian radio…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Weezer bows at the altar of Ozzy and Eddie on ‘Van Weezer’
Is there anything that Weezer cannot do? Mere months after releasing OK Human, its 14th studio album, the veteran band is back with Van Weezer, its metal-inspired pandemic-delayed album that’s more than a year in the making. Now, this isn’t a metal album, per se, but it pulls from the…
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Insert Foot: Making classic music a family affair for these famous siblings
Insert Foot Vs. National Siblings Day. Saturday was Siblings Day, which we celebrate by posting photos on social media of siblings harmoniously pretending to get along, not trading blows and not throwing a deceased parent’s false teeth at each other at a funeral home. Don’t ask. I didn’t meet…
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Insert Foot: Putting the brakes on the bad to remember good times
Insert Foot longing for childhood. I just had an emotional Feel Like a Kid Again Week. Never heard of it? Me neither. I just made it up. I figure someone else is out there making up fake holidays (Daughter’s Day, Son’s Day … Hamster Month), so why shouldn’t I?…
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Obituary: The once-in-a-lifetime force of Edward Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen performs with Van Halen at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on July 16, 2015. Derek Simmons/STAFF. I was done crying and trying to get my head around Eddie Van Halen’s death, when my mom called me and offered condolences for “the most loved person…
