I'll finish what I started. Here is Alex Van Halen's Drum solo for Right Here Right Now video from 1991's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour. I cannot find Michael Anthony's bass solo from this video so I put this one here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6riGdehqKY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akz6OMtEMDY
My top 5 favorite bands
1. Van Halen
2. Led Zepplein
3. The Who
4. AC/DC
5. Metallica
#2 and #3 are interchangeable for me.
Who are some of your favorites?
Rock on!
Tony
Ok, I love Van Halen. My all time favorite band. I figured why not post another video of awesome guitar work of the Ultimate Amp Blaster and Face Melter, Eddie Van Halen, the powerful voice of Sammy Hagar, thundering bass of Michael Anthony (Go Mikey) and powerhouse drummer Alex Van Halen to go along with the mighty Blue Angels. If you have not seen the Blue Angels live, they are unbelievable!
I've met Mikey at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago in 2006, jammed with Sammy front row and the CEO of NR Jim Piccolo knows these guys and Eddie and Alex. I asked him about it at the April college and he said, oh yeah, I know those guys. I'm good friends with Michael Anthony and I've stayed at Eddie's and Val's place before. I NEARLY fell over talking to him about this (talk about hair raising). Now, I'm not the type of person to get all gitty about meeting celebrities, but MAN, to sit down with Eddie and watch him play on-one-on would be magic.
I have had the pleasure of seeing Van Halen 13 times in concert and Sammy 22 times with and without VH including front row for his birthday bash in Oct. 2003 at the Cabo Wabo Cantina. Greatest experience of my life!
Buckle up and let's go for a ride!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjPEBunlstQ
Happy Rock 'n' Roll!
Tony
Ladies and Gentleman
Lord of the Strings!
Eddie Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULEBSxP725w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w-0bSo9OcI
EDDIE VAN HALEN LAUNCHES THE ALL-NEW EVH® WOLFGANG® GUITAR: AVAILABLE JANUARY 2009
(Los Angeles, CA) Eddie Van Halen launches the all-new EVH® Wolfgang® electric guitar, available worldwide beginning Jan. 2009. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie's 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of brutal road testing during the top-grossing Van Halen 2007-2008 tour.
It was during the massive 2007-2008 Van Halen tour that the all-new EVH Wolfgang guitar went through extensive live "road testing" performance trials. The tour kicked off in fall 2007, and Eddie punished early versions of the new Wolfgang each night; playing every updated prototype onstage under the full, unfiltered spotlight of his fans. The results are reflected in the EVH Wolfgang guitar; produced to Eddie's exact specifications and with features identical to the Wolfgang guitars he records and performs with.
"A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I could have just stayed at home and built this guitar for myself. I do this because a lot of people ask if they can get what I use. Well, yes you can and what you get is identical to what I use," commented Eddie. "From the basics of the guitar to painstaking aspects like the binding and everything else-we re-did everything on this guitar."
"Every aspect and component of this guitar has been examined and upgraded to the highest standards possible: stainless steel frets, double-potted custom-wound pickups, five-piece binding on the matching body and headstock, custom-made signature tuning machines and Floyd Rose® bridge, new low-friction pots, and the list keeps going ... we left no stone unturned," said Eddie. "Everything that I've built, destroyed, stumbled onto, learned and experienced is in this guitar."
When Eddie Van Halen made his debut into the rock music scene in 1978, he did so with a homemade guitar (later known as "FrankensteinTM"). At a time when his monster technique and tone demanded a high-performance, indestructible guitar, he created his own to reach his own seemingly impossible standards. For over 35 years, he has continued to examine and improve every variable within the instrument, all culminating with the new EVH Wolfgang guitar.
In 2007, Eddie Van Halen and Fender® collaborated to launch the first EVH brand high-performance products, including the all-new EVH 5150III TM amplifier, the limited run of Eddie Van Halen FrankensteinTM replica guitars and an array of high-quality EVH brand accessories.
Visit www.van-halen.com/news.html for photos of the EVH Wolfgang.
For more information, exclusive photos, video and news updates, go to www.evhgear.com.
Source: Van Halen Fans Newsletter
