Metalsucks — Spoiler alert: it's not Eddie Van Halen. The post And the New Guitarist for Joey Jordison’s Vimic Featuring Joey Jordison is… appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Allmusic Blog — ​The fourth installment of our 2016 Holiday Gift Guide also features the story of Van Halen’s wild early days, a chic way to display LPs at home, and a gadget that lets you create your own music box melodies. more info

JamBase — Watch the fretboard fireworks that ensued when Canadian shredder Jacob Deraps teamed with Dweezil Zappa in Quebec City. more info

Metalsucks — Pikajhu. The post Video: Mike Portnoy Plays Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Van Halen, King Diamond, and More on a Pokémon Drum Set appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — German band Nena scored a massive worldwide hit with "99 Luftballons," including an English language version ("99 Red Balloons") that hit #2 in 1984 (kept out of the top spot by Van Halen's "Jump"). Now singer Nena (aka Gabriele Susanne Kerner) ... more info

Stereogum — Nena — the German artist who sang the ’84 hit single “99 Luftballoons” — never toured the states even after the track became a smash hit, peaking at #2 and losing first place to Van Halen’s “Jump.” Nena recorded a version of the song ... more info

Stereogum — If you thought Crying’s last single sounded like Deerhoof covering Van Halen, just wait until you hear the next one. Built from frantic guitars, humongous keyboards, and cavernous drops the size of an arena, “Revive” feels like an anthem from t... more info

DrownedInSound — If SremmLife was the first Van Halen (which it wasn't quite), then this is Van Halen II more info

People.com — "I just want to be friends. I just want to say sorry for anything bad I said about you," Hagar says to his former bandmates more info

Metalsucks — He says it's for "all the bad things I've ever said about you", which is nice, but... The post Sammy Hagar Apologizes To Van Halen for… Something? appeared first on MetalSucks. more info