New York Times — Mr. Collings’s company made guitars for Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Joni Mitchell, Eddie Van Halen, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell and Emmylou Harris. more info

Indie Music News — First there was Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Rage Against the Machine, as well as Van Halen, among many others. That was then though and this is now with Burn River Burn. Gigantic Rawk … Read More more info

Stereogum — Los Angeles dance duo Classixx covered Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge track "Right Now" for a new compiliation that features rarities and unreleased tracks from artists associated with the label Innovative Leisure. Classixx released a new ... more info

Metal Injection — Eddie Van Halen plus Iron Maiden? Hell yeah. The post IRON MAIDEN's "The Trooper" & MICHAEL JACKSON's "Beat It" Work Really Well As One Song! appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Stereogum — Sammy Hagar was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone , and the former replacement Van Halen singer said that a linkup with the old band seems "inevitable," though he hasn't had any contact with the band. "I think it could happen in a second," he sa... more info

MSN Music — Last weekend, the world lost a guitarist's guitarist, as legendary jazz-fusion musician Allan Holdsworth died at the age of 70. He was an inimitable, revolutionary, jaw-dropping talent who was revered by such guitar wizards as Eddie Van Halen, Pa... more info

New York Times — Mr. Holdsworth, whose talent amazed better-known peers like Frank Zappa and Eddie Van Halen, played in seminal bands including Soft Machine before making a series of solo albums. more info

USA Today Music — Sammy Hagar talked about music, tequila and Van Halen during a discussion at SXSW.             more info

USA Today Music — Sammy Hagar talked about music, tequila and Van Halen during a discussion at SXSW             more info

Rock Sound — So cool. Rock Band VR have revealed some of the songs you can play in the new game! The game is released March 23 and allows the player to get the onstage experience whilst playing in front of a crowd. The soundtrack so far is pretty great too... more info