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Watch Shane Hawkins play drums on Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Black Sabbath songs with Taylor Hawkins’ cover band, Chevy Metal
By Stuart Williams published
The young drummer delivered a solo on Moby Dick, and the band were joined by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach

"Certain people in the band at that time didn't like me doing things outside the group" – remembering when Eddie Van Halen joined Michael Jackson onstage to play Beat It without a rehearsal
By Rob Laing published
"You got it Eddie!"

New Van Halen documentary takes us back to the early ‘80s to tell the story of how Eddie built 5150 Studios as the band were coming apart
By Jonathan Horsley published
Or how Eddie Van Halen helped pioneer working from home, reinvented guitar, befriended Frank Zappa and ended up producing My Mother Is A Space Cadet for a young Dweezil Zappa

David Lee Roth releases rerecorded version of Van Halen classic Unchained
By Jonathan Horsley published
Unchained is the latest VH track to be shared by Diamond Dave from his May 2022 solo studio session, and it features Al Estrada assuming the late Eddie Van Halen's role on guitar

Steve Lukather recalls how Prince gave him the silent treatment and shares memories of being one of the few guitarists to jam with Eddie Van Halen live
By Jonathan Horsley published
“I’m playing all day long and the cat never said nothing to me,” says Lukather, who admits to being more than a little creeped out The Purple One's inscrutable in-studio demeanour

Wolfgang Van Halen says everyone in the VH camp is too “dysfunctional” to make a tribute show happen
By Jonathan Horsley published
Wolfgang says playing Van Halen tracks at the Foo Fighter’s Taylor Hawkins shows was his tribute to his late father, and gave him “a lot of closure”

“Some people make it very difficult to do anything” – Wolfgang Van Halen opens up about Eddie Van Halen tribute concert
By Rod Brakes published
Fans remain hopeful as the Van Halen bassist talks band politics

David Lee Roth weighs in on Van Halen tribute tour rumours
By Jonathan Horsley published
Could this tour with Joe Satriani on guitar take off? If it does, Diamond Dave has a surprising candidate to front the band
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