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  • SATELLITE or ASTEROID ?

    02/13/2024 6:36:12 AM PST · by Orlando · 35 replies
    The Sky ^ | 2-13-24 | Orlando
    (February 12, 2024). | Fireballs in skies by David de Chiriquí, #Panamá . and Fireballs flying through the skies of Puntarenas, Gulf of Nicoya, credits: Twitter X ⚠️Alerta Climagram🌎 @deZabedrosky
  • David Lee Roth Fires Shots at Wolfgang Van Halen (wow, it's so personal)

    01/25/2024 10:01:13 AM PST · by vespa300 · 87 replies
    Rolling Stone ^ | 1/24/2024 | Brian Hiatt
    In a new YouTube video, Van Halen singer David Lee Roth launches a sudden verbal attack on his one-time bandmate, the son of the late Eddie Van Halen
  • TED NUGENT Says MICHAEL ANTHONY Was An 'Unequaled Background And Harmony Vocalist' During His Time With VAN HALEN

    09/28/2023 6:52:57 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 23 replies
    Blabbermouth ^ | September 28, 2023 | N/A
    Longtime and esteemed rock journalist Steve Rosen, who recently released a book about his unique friendship with Edward Van Halen, "Tonechaser - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey With Edward Van Halen", was a guest on Ted Nugent's "Real America Voice" podcast on September 22. During the chat, which can be seen below, Ted stated about his love of VAN HALEN (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "When I first saw VAN HALEN, they opened up for me. I think the first gig was either Omaha or Des Moines, Iowa. But I heard that guitar, and I was aware of the 'You Really...
  • Van Allen Probes Reveal an Impenetrable Barrier in Space

    08/02/2023 10:12:42 AM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 88 replies
    Scitechdaily ^ | 12/01/2014 | By KAREN C. FOX, NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
    Using NASA’s Van Allen Probes, new research reveals that the Van Allen radiation belts contain a nearly impenetrable barrier that prevents the fastest, most energetic electrons from reaching Earth.The Van Allen belts are a collection of charged particles, gathered in place by Earth’s magnetic field. They can wax and wane in response to incoming energy from the sun, sometimes swelling up enough to expose satellites in low-Earth orbit to damaging radiation. The discovery of the drain that acts as a barrier within the belts was made using NASA’s Van Allen Probes, launched in August 2012 to study the region. A...
  • Musical Interlude topic for April 2023

    04/02/2023 10:09:05 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 44 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | September 12, 2015 etcetera | Yellow Magic Orchestra et al
    Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker (1978) | 5:00 | YMO Unofficial12.7K subscribers | 892,132 views | September 12, 2015 | Track 2 on 'Yellow Magic Orchestra' (1978) | Written by Martin Denny
  • Daryl Hall Says Van Halen Asked Him to Replace David Lee Roth

    03/14/2022 9:07:20 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 55 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | March 13, 2022 | Matthew Wilkening
    Daryl Hall said that Eddie Van Halen once asked him about replacing David Lee Roth in Van Halen. "Yeah... actually yes," the Hall & Oates frontman said with a big laugh when asked about the rumor during an interview on Q104.3. "I knew those guys really well and we actually shared some people - crew and things like that. Eddie came to a show with [his then-wife] Valerie [Bertinelli], and David had just left the band. Eddie said, 'do you wanna join Van Halen, man?' He was half-joking, but I think he was serious, I really do believe he was...
  • Van Halen’s David Lee Roth Reveals Why He Got Fired From His First Las Vegas Residency!

    02/03/2022 11:12:17 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 28 replies
    gnr central ^ | 1/24/22 | admin
    Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth made a recent appearance on the PodKats podcast hosted by John “Kats” Katsilometes of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Van Halen frontman is currently in the middle of his Las Vegas Residency which lasts for nine dates. During the interview he revealed how he was supposed to have his first residency in 1995 but was fired from the gig over an inappropriate joke telling Katsilometes
  • DAVID LEE ROTH Says He Is 'Retiring' After Las Vegas Residency: 'These Are My Last Five Shows'

    10/01/2021 8:08:34 PM PDT · by Viking2002 · 19 replies
    Blabbermouth ^ | 10/1/2021 | Staff
    VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth will retire after the last concert of his Las Vegas residency in January. "I'm throwing in the shoes," Roth told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday (August 1). "I'm retiring. This is the first, and only, official announcement. … You've got the news. Share it with the world." He added: "I'm not going to explain the statement. The explanation is in a safe. These are my last five shows." Roth also reflected on the passing of his longtime bandmate, legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who died of cancer a year ago. "I...
  • DAVID LEE ROTH Turned Down Offer To Support MÖTLEY CRÜE On 'The Stadium Tour': 'I Don't Open For Bands That I Influenced'

    09/01/2021 9:47:18 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 51 replies
    Blabbermouth ^ | August 30, 2021 | N/A
    Nikki Sixx says that MÖTLEY CRÜE originally invited VAN HALEN's David Lee Roth to share the bill with them and DEF LEPPARD on "The Stadium Tour" but that David passed. "I don't open for bands that I influenced," the CRÜE bassist says Roth told him, according to the Los Angeles Times. Back in October 2019, Roth reflected on the influence of VAN HALEN on bands that followed, telling KKLZ's "The Mike & Carla Morning Show": "Hair bands were the imitations of VAN HALEN. Yeah, it is true, and spandex was what they came up with as something visual. I started...
  • Panama Canal expansion seen to open by July

    03/23/2016 8:09:49 PM PDT · by george76 · 16 replies
    Manila Bulletin | March 23, 2016 | NAUREEN S. MALIK
    The expansion of the Panama Canal, a $5.3 billion project almost two years behind schedule and plagued by cost overruns and contractor disputes, is expected to open by the end of June, according to the agency that operates the waterway. The Panama Canal Authority has resolved problems associated with contractors and seepage from the new locks discovered during testing, said Jose Ramon Arango, senior international trade specialist at the agency that operates the 50-mile (77- kilometer) waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The authority is planning a test of the new locks with a tanker in May...
  • ALEX VAN HALEN's Stage-Played 1980 Drum Kit Can Be Yours For $275,000

    11/20/2020 4:34:36 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 23 replies
    Blabbermouth ^ | November 18, 2020 | N/A
    Alex Van Halen's stage-played complete drum kit, which he used on VAN HALEN 1980 "Invasion" tour, is available for purchase from Reverb.com for $275,000. A portion of proceeds will go to charity. The white Ludwig kit (see video below), which was used on more than 100 shows during the tour in support of VAN HALEN's "Women And Children First" album, was previously displayed at Cleveland, Ohio's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum starting around nine years ago. Alex used the drum kit not only as a percussion instrument, but also as a visual art form. Working with various...
  • Wolf Van Halen -- Distance

    11/18/2020 7:36:56 PM PST · by bigdaddy45 · 15 replies
    Yes, we hate vanities here (my apologies Mr. Robinson). But I know there are a lot of Van Halen fans that reside in the free republic. Eddie's son Wolf just dropped a new song and video as a tribute to his dad. Wow. I did not expect to tear up at the end. A great song. The kid has talent. A welcome respite from all the current craziness in the world.
  • Steve Perry Looks Back on Touring With Van Halen and the Eddie Collaboration That Might Have Been

    10/19/2020 5:44:00 PM PDT · by KevinB · 50 replies
    Rolling Stone ^ | October 19, 2020 | Andy Greene
    On October 6th, Steve Perry got a text from his recording engineer that read, “Oh man, Eddie Van Halen. I can’t believe it.” The former Journey frontman had no idea what he was talking about. “I don’t watch the news anymore,” he says. “And so I picked up the phone and said, ‘What’s going on?'” When he heard the tragic news that the guitarist died after a long battle with cancer, Perry’s mind instantly went back to 1978 when Van Halen opened for Journey for eight weeks on the Infinity tour. He phoned up Rolling Stone to tell stories from...
  • DAVID CROSBY Draws Ire Of VAN HALEN Fans After Dismissive EDDIE VAN HALEN Tweet

    10/12/2020 8:12:18 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 101 replies
    Blabbermouth ^ | October 12, 2020 | N/A
    Legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby has drawn the ire of VAN HALEN fans for seemingly minimizing the talents of recently deceased guitarist Eddie Van Halen.After a Twitter follower asked Crosby for his opinion of Eddie, David replied simply: "Meh ...." His bluntness was seen as out of line by a number of other Twitter users, including TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, who chimed in: "I appreciate @thedavidcrosby too much for this to get in the way, but a much better answer would have been: 'I know he meant a lot to so many but his sound & style just weren't...
  • Van Halen - Runnin' With the Devil

    10/09/2020 8:37:33 PM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 42 replies
    YOU TUBE ^ | 01 MAY 2009 | mig31imstillalive
    One of my favorite Van Halen songs! RIP Eddie.
  • How Eddie Van Halen Changed The World Of Music Forever

    10/08/2020 8:02:58 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 121 replies
    The Federalist ^ | October 8, 2020 | Mark Hemingway
    Most people spend their entire lives trying to achieve some measure of immortality. It only took Edward Lodewijk van Halen one minute and 42 seconds. Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and American original, is dead at age 65 and there’s no possible coda for a musical legacy this big. Most people spend their entire lives trying to achieve some measure of immortality. It only took Edward Lodewijk van Halen one minute and 42 seconds.That’s the length of “Eruption,” the short guitar solo piece that is the second track on Van Halen’s eponymous 1978 debut. It starts off with some fast pull-off...
  • Van Halen - US Festival Devore, CA May 29, 1983

    10/06/2020 7:25:08 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 43 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 20, 2020 | MyCollection
    Pro shot video of Van Halen playing at the US Festival at Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore, California on May 23, 1983.
  • Eddie Van Halen dead at 65.

    10/06/2020 12:43:47 PM PDT · by Mmogamer · 156 replies
    Tmz.com ^ | 10/6/20 | TMZ
    the legendary guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen -- has died after a long battle with throat cancer ... TMZ has learned.
  • Wolf Van Halen Reacts To Sammy Hagar’s ‘Get Sick And Even Die’ Comment Over Future Of Music Industry

    A few days ago, Sammy spoke in the recent conversation with Rolling Stones Magazine and revealed his thoughts about encounter of the coronavirus and the music industry. He stated that he would risk his own life to bring back the music industry. Here is what Sammy Hagar said earlier: “I’ll be comfortable playing a show before there’s a vaccine, if it’s declining and seems to be going away. I’m going to make a radical statement here. This is hard to say without stirring somebody up, but truthfully, I’d rather personally get sick and even die, if that’s what it takes....
  • Rocker Sammy Hagar wants economy to re-open even if it means dying

    06/28/2020 6:24:31 PM PDT · by willk · 47 replies
    Just the News ^ | June 24, 2020 | Emma McSpadden
    Rocker Sammy Hagar is over coronavirus lockdowns and said he’d rather perform concerts and die from COVID-19 than watch the economy plummet. The 72-year-old former Van Halen frontman said in a Rolling Stone interview that he’d be comfortable playing a show before there’s a vaccine. “I’m going to make a radical statement here. This is hard to say without stirring somebody up, but truthfully, I’d rather personally get sick and even die, if that’s what it takes,” he said. The Red Rocker, who in the past has said he supports Trump, says he wants to leave behind a strong economy...